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Ben Kwan


Current Appointments

Sleep Physician (Honorary)
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Associate Professor Ben Kwan is the current Head of Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Sutherland Hospital, Sydney, and is also a conjoint lecturer at the University of New South Wales. He has extensive experience and interest in utilisation of ultrasonography in the field of respiratory and sleep medicine, and has strong passion in medication education and driving changes in provision of health care and redesigning model of healthcare delivery. He currently convenes the Lung Ultrasound for Respiratory Physician Course at Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU) and previously convenes the National advanced trainee courses for both TSANZ and ASA. He is currently completing his PhD in ultrasound imaging of genioglossus movement as well as DDU (Critical Care).


Publications

2024 Feb

A pilot study on the effectiveness of a language‐specific (Chinese) pulmonary rehabilitation programme for individuals with chronic pulmonary disease: a 2‐year prospective cohort study in Sydney, Australia

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16167

2021 Sep

Tobacco use disorder and the lungs

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15309

2019 Apr

Sagittal Measurement of Tongue Movement During Respiration: Comparison Between Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.12.003

2018, 16 Apr

Influence of respiratory mechanics and drive on genioglossus movement under ultrasound imaging

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195884