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Dr Ernest Wong joined Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust as a Consultant Rheumatologist in August 2009 having trained in the Rheumatology Centres of Excellence, Norwich, Bath and Oxford. He is passionate about delivering a high level of patient centred care and promoting patient safety. He was Patient Safety and Leadership Fellow for the South of England Strategic Health Authority between 2011-2013.

He had successfully introduced the Immunosuppressant Monitoring Patient Safety Project within the Rheumatology department at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. The successful outcome were presented at the National Patient Safety Conference and shared internationally at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement conference in Orlando December 2011 on behalf of South Central SHA. This monitoring system is now being used by Rheumatology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Neurology and Ophthalmology departments at the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

As a strong advocate for the use of ultrasound in Rheumatology, Dr Ernest Wong co-founded the South Central Rheumatology Ultrasound(US) network in 2010. He has been the chair for this popular quarterly US peer review network since 2011 and is also a visiting ultrasound tutor nationally. He is a committee member of British Society for Rheumatology Ultrasound SIG group, planning for US training courses nationally. He has chaired and hosted both regional and national Advanced Ultrasound in Inflammatory Arthritis Clinical Perceptorships with international Rheumatology sonography experts. Dr Wong is also a Rheumatology specialty tutor and education supervisor for Wessex Rheumatology registrars. He has set up internationally link and helped to train international fellows coming from Argentina, Malaysia, Malta. He is passionate about helping trainees to fulfil their untapped potential.

Dr Ernest Wong is a strong believer that better clinical outcomes can be achieved when clinical research is delivered side by side routine patient care. He has been UK chief investigator for 5 clinical trials and principal investigator for 12 more. He is also sub-PI for several other trials supporting colleagues in the department. As rheumatology research lead, he has consistently delivered improved care offering extra treatment options beyond NHS for patients under his department care and recognised as top recruiter nationally and internationally for over 80% of his clinical trials conducted. His main research interests are Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Giant cell arteritis, vasculitis, PMR, Gout, Lupus and Rheumatology ultrasound. He has peer reviewed many national and international journals.

In November 2016, Dr Ernest Wong and his department at Queen Alexandra Hospital received National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society Healthcare Champion Award from Prime Minister, Theresa May in Westminster for the unprecedented second time. They are immensely proud and honoured to receive continuous recognition from patients they serve.

In 2024, Dr Ernest Wong started his 3 year tenure in British Society for Rheumatology Biologic register committee member, helping to promote the use of biologics and sharing real world biologics safety and efficacy data among Rheumatologists.

Dr Ernest Wong is married with 2 sons. He loves travelling, playing tennis, enjoying high intensity training with his sons and daily wordle.

Areas of interest

Ultrasound in undifferentiated arthritis; Early Rheumatoid arthritis;Osteoarthritis; Gout; Fibromyalgia; Osteoporosis; Vasculitis, Sports medicine; Akylosing spondylosis; Psoriatic arthritis;Giant cell arteritis; Polymylgia Rheumatica

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