Mr Jason Wong
Clinical Lecturer in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Email: jason.k.wong@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 5076
Plastic Surgery Research
3.60 Stopford Building
Stopford Building
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PT
Role
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery
Specialist Registrar in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2001
Research
Research interests
My main interests are in surgical injuries to the musculoskeletal system. This includes hand injuries, sports injuries, and major limb trauma. In particular I have a specialist interest in tendon biology, iatrogenic tendon injury, tissue engineering, tendon regeneration, revascularisation, and tissue engraftment.
Methodological Knowledge
The particular methodologies that I work with on a regular basis include, basic histology, immunohistochemistry, bio-imaging, 3D modeling, Cell mapping, in vivo study design, explant tissue culture and in vivo microsurgery.
Teaching
I previously had a role teaching undergraduate medical students PBL as "Renovo" Lecturer. I currently supervise a PhD student, a MD student, and a MRes student. I provide some tutorial supervision to current MRes in Tissue Engineering program and lecturing to the Anatomical sciences course. Furthermore I have a role supervising undergraduate medical students with special study modules. I contribute to the postgraduate Plastic Surgery teaching syllabus at Wythenshawe Hospital. I have also contributed as an invited speaker to the British Society of Surgery to the Hand instructors course.
Biography
- MBChB (Aberdeen) 1998
- Membership to the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) 2001
- Renovo Lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences (Manchester) 2003-2006
- Research Registrar in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Manchester) 2003-2007
- Clinical Research Associate, UK Centre for Tissue Engineering (Manchester) 2006
- Honorary Visiting Lecturer (University of Manchester) 2006- 2011
- Walport/NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery (University of Manchester) 2007 til present day.
I started my interests in tendon injury as a senior house officer in Orthopedic surgery and developed this during my role as clinical research fellow in Hand surgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I wanted to formalise my research time and was fortunate enough to be appointed to the post. Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Here I had a 50% research, 50% teaching role with additional clinical commitments as a research registrar in Plastic Surgery. My PhD looked into developing surgical models for tendon injury and repair, a field which I have continued to develop over the years. I was appointed to a Specialist Registrar training post in December 2006 and subsequently was also awarded a “Walport” Clinical Lectureship before Christmas 2006. I now have a small team of researchers looking into the cell biology of tendon repair, the cellular trafficking of tendon grafts and the role of tendon progenitors in tendon repair. I have been fortunate enough to travel and present at national and international meetings on the topic of tendon healing and have contributed to journals and book chapters on tendons. I continue to have an interest in anatomy and am a reviewer for the Journal of Anatomy. I am fortunate enough to have strong collaborative links with the Kadler group (kadlerlab.org) and Renovo plc. Furthermore I have developed collaborations with research and anatomical institutes in Germany (Munster, Lubeck, Dresden and Guben). My aim is to provide a translation hub for surgical technologies based on observations on the cell biology of tissue repair.
Qualifications
MBChB (Aberdeen 1998)
MRCS (Edinburgh 2001)
PhD (Manchester 2008)
Collaborators and affiliated staff
My group collaborates closely with Professor Karl Kadler's Group (Kadlerlab.org) who have an interest in matrix biology and protein trafficking and a similar interest in tendon. I also have collaborations with scientists and clinicians in Germany. The group also continues to have good relations with Renovo plc as a point of clinical translation.
Selected publications
2011
- Taylor, S., Al-Youha, S., Van Agtmael, T., Lu, Y., Wong, J., McGrouther, D. & Kadler, K (2011). Tendon is covered by a basement membrane epithelium that is required for cell retention and the prevention of adhesion formation. PLoS One, 6(1), e16337. eScholarID:126714 | PMID:21298098 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0016337
2010
- Wong J. (2010). Under the skin: the microvacuolar system. Presented at EURAPS. Radisson Hotel, Manchester. eScholarID:83785
- Guimberteau JC, Delage JP, Wong J. (2010). The role and mechanical behavior of the connective tissue in tendon sliding. Chir Main, 29(3), 155-166. eScholarID:83774 | DOI:10.1016/j.main.2010.04.002
- Hassan, Z., Wong, J., Bush, J., Bayat, A. & Dunn, K (2010). Assessing the severity of inhalation injuries in adults. Burns, 36(2), 212-6. eScholarID:79814 | PMID:20006445 | DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.205
2009
- Wong J. (2009). Nutrition, tendon healing, and adhesion formation. Presented at BSSH Instructors Course. Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester. eScholarID:83780
- Wong JK, Lui YH, Kapacee Z, Kadler KE, Ferguson MW, McGrouther DA. (2009). The cellular biology of flexor tendon adhesion formation: an old problem in a new paradigm. Am J Pathol, 175(5), 1938-1951. eScholarID:79811
2008
- Foong D, Babar A, McGrouther D, Wong JKF. (2008). Key points in technique: Split thickness skin grafting to bare skull as a single stage procedure. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 61( 10), 1260-3. eScholarID:1d18534 | DOI:10.1016/j.bjps.2008.01.032
2007
- Wong J,Bennett W, Ferguson MW, McGrouther DA. (2007). Three dimensional models for the investigation of flexor tendon healing and repair in the mouse. Presented at IFSSH Hand in Hand 10th Triennial Congress. Sydney, Australia. eScholarID:83789
2006
- Wong JKF, Maffulli N. (2006). Epidemiology of Pediatric knee injuries. The Pediatric and Adolescent knee. Elsevier Science. eScholarID:3d539
- Wong JKF, Maffulli N. (2006). Tendinopathy of the Extensor Apparatus of the Knee. The Pediatric and Adolescent knee. Elsevier Science. eScholarID:3d922
- Wong JKF, Bennett W, Ferguson M, McGrouther D. (2006). Microscopic and histological examination of the mouse hindpaw digit and flexor tendon arrangement with 3D reconstruction. J Anat, 209( 4), 533-45. eScholarID:1d14572
- Wong JKF, Cerovac S, Ferguson MW.J, McGrouther D. (2006). The Cellular effect of a single interrupted suture on tendon. Journal of Hand Surgery, 31B, 358-367. eScholarID:1d13109 | DOI:10.1016/j.jhsb.2006.03.162
2003
- Maffulli N, Tallon C, Wong J, Peng Lim K, Bleakney R. (2003). No adverse effect of early weight bearing following open repair of acute tears of the Achilles tendon. The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 43(3), 367-79. eScholarID:1c2371 | PMID:14625519
- Maffulli N, Tallon C, Wong JKF, Lim K, Bleakney R. (2003). Early weightbearing and ankle mobilization after open repair of acute midsubstance tears of the achilles tendon. Am J Sports Med, 31( 5), 692-700. eScholarID:1d18565
- Maffulli N, Tallon C, Wong JKF, Peng Lim K, Bleakney R. (2003). No adverse effect of early weight bearing following open repair of acute tears of the Achilles tendon. J Sports Med Phys Fitness, 43( 3), 367-79. eScholarID:1d18562
- Maffulli N, Wong JKF, Almekinders L. (2003). Types and epidemiology of tendinopathy. Clin Sports Med, 22( 4), 675-92. eScholarID:1d18564
- Maffulli N, Wong JKF. (2003). Rupture of the Achilles and patellar tendons. Clin Sports Med, 22( 4), 761-76. eScholarID:1d18563
- Wong JKF, Duncan J, Nichols D. (2003). Whole-leg duplex mapping for varicose veins: observations on patterns of reflux in recurrent and primary legs, with clinical correlation. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 25( 3), 267-75. eScholarID:1d18566 | DOI:10.1053/ejvs.2002.1830
2002
- Bleakney R, Tallon C, Wong JKF, Lim K, Maffulli N. (2002). Long-term ultrasonographic features of the Achilles tendon after rupture. Clin J Sport Med, 12( 5), 273-8. eScholarID:1d18567
- Wong JKF, Barrass V, Maffulli N. (2002). Quantitative review of operative and nonoperative management of achilles tendon ruptures. Am J Sports Med, 30( 4), 565-75. eScholarID:1d18568
2001
- Maffulli N, Wong JKF, Barrass V. (2001). What is the best treatment of subcutaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon?. Evidence based Sports Medicine. Academic Press. eScholarID:3d923