David underwent
plastic surgery training in Western Australia, and after 2 years of private
practice decided to leave Perth to pursue his passion of correcting facial
differences in children. He spent three years working with world leaders in
Dallas and Toronto, completing 2 fellowships in Cleft Lip and Palate plus
Craniofacial Surgery. He worked at the International Craniofacial Institute and
then the Hospital for Sick Children.
Dedicated to
pursuing the best ways to treat children with facial issues, David was awarded
a travelling fellowship by the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons and
spent six months visiting leading units
around the world.
He returned to
Australia and was initially recruited to a half time position at The Royal
Children’s Hospital. His areas of specialisation included craniofacial surgery
and cleft lip/palate surgery. He also performs all areas of facial surgery, including
for adolescents and adults. Recently, he has reduced his time commitment at RCH
to concentrate more on cleft lip and palate surgery, as well as to dedicate more
time to global health issues.
David volunteers three to
four times a year to operate and teach in developing countries. He is the
current president of the Australasian Cleft Lip and Palate Association (ACLAPA)
and is employed by Operation Smile International as a consultant in Surgical
Outcomes, Strategy and Education. He has authored numerous chapters and
articles on cleft care
- A Cephalometric Analysis of Maxillary and Mandibular Parameters in
Treacher Collins Syndrome;
Chong D,
Murray D, Britto J, Tompson B, Forrest C, Phillips J
Plast Reconstr Surg.2008
Mar;123(3):77e-84e
Presented at 14th
International Congress IPRAS, Berlin Germany June 2007
- Dentigerous
Cyst following Distraction Osteogenesis of the Mandible: A Case Report
Murray D, Chong D,
Forrest C, Sandor G
J Craniofac Surg. 2007
Nov:18(6):1349-52
- Reviewing
the Orthognathic Surgical Care of the Patient with Cleft Lip and Palate:
The Single Surgeon Experience
Chong D,
Portnof J, Xu H, Salyer K
J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Sept: 20
(8):1895-1904
- Measuring
Cranial Vault Volume with 3D Photography: A Novel Approach to Quantitatively
Evaluating Outcomes in Surgery for Craniosynostosis
McKay D, Williams S, Ellis L,
Davidge K, Texeira R, Chong
D, Greensmith
A, Holmes A
J Craniofac Surg. Sept 2010; 21
(5) 1419-1422
Presented at International
Society of Craniofacial Surgery, Oxford, August 2009
- Skeletal
Facial Balance and Harmony in the Cleft Patient: Principles and Techniques in
Orthognathic Surgery
Salyer KE, Xu H, Portnof J,
Yamada A, Chong D, Genecov E
Ind J Plast Surg 2009; 42 Supp
149-67
- Delayed
Sagittal Sinus Tear: A complication of Spring Cranioplasty for Sagittal
Craniosynostoses
Lin, F, Wong V, Ekanayake G,
Holmes A, Greensmith A, Wray A, Chong
D
J Craniofac Surg 2012 Sept Vol
23 (5) p1382-1384
- Changing
epidemiology of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis and revisiting the risk factors
Lee HQ, Hutson JM, Wray AC, Lo PA, Chong DK,
Holmes AD, Greensmith AL.
J Craniofac Surg.
2012 Sep;23(5):1245-51. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318252d893.
- Analysis
of morbidity and mortality in surgical management of craniosynostosis
Lee HQ, Hutson JM, Wray AC, Lo PA, Chong DK,
Holmes AD, Greensmith AL.
J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Sep;23(5):1256-61
- Neurodevelopmental
functioning of infants with untreated single-suture craniosynostosis during
early infancy
Da Costa AC, Anderson VA, Savarirayan R, Wrennall
JA, Chong DK, Holmes AD, Greensmith AL, Meara JG.
Childs
Nerv Syst. 2012 Jun;28(6):869-77. doi: 10.1007/s00381-011-1660-1. Epub 2012 Jan
14.
- Secondary
effects of botulinum toxin injections into the salivary glands for the
management of paediatric drooling
Reid S, Walstab J, Chong D,
Westbury C, Reddihough D
J
Craniofac Surg. 2013 Jan;24(1):28-33. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31827102a0.
- Total
cranial vault remodelling for isolated sagittal synostosis:part 1. Postoperative cranial suture patency
Seruya M, Tan SY, Wray AC, Penington AJ, Greensmith
AL, Holmes AD, Chong DK.
Plast Reconstr Surg.
2013 Oct;132(4):602e-610e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31829f4b3d.
- Longitudinal
study of the neurodevelopmental characteristics of treated and untreated
nonsyndromic craniosynostosis in infancy
Da Costa AC, Anderson VA, Holmes AD, Lo P, Wray AC,
Chong DK, Greensmith AL, Meara JG.
Childs Nerv Syst.
2013 Jun;29(6):985-95. doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-2017-0. Epub 2013 Jan 29.
- Submucous
cleft palate: an often-missed diagnosis
Ha KM, Cleland H, Greensmith A, Chong D,
Macgill K, Verhoeven A, Hutson JM.
J Craniofac Surg.
2013 May;24(3):878-85. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31827fef4b.
- Computed
tomography-based morphometric analysis of extended strip craniectomy for
sagittal synostosis
Seruya M, Tran J, Kumar S, Forrest CR, Chong DK.
J
Craniofac Surg. 2014 Jan;25(1):42-7. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000000478.
- Three
patterns of Fronto-Orbital remodelling for Metopic Synostoses: Comparison of
Growth
Outcomes
Seruya M, Shen S, Wang L,
Pennington A, Wray A, Greensmith A, Holmes A, Chong
DK
Plast Reconstr Surg 2014;
134(5):787e-795e
- Unilateral
Lambdoid Synostoses: A Case Series of Patients Comparing Two Techniques
Puente-Espel J, Greensmith A,
Shen S, Chong D
ANZ Journal of Surgery 2014 Vol
84
- The
essential anatomic subunit approximation unilateral cleft lip repair
Chong
D, Swanson J
Plas
Reconstr Surg 2016 138 (1) 91e-94e
Presented
International Cleft Congress, Chennai 2017
- Unilateral
Cleft Lip Nose
Salyer K, Chong D, Marchac A, Michienzi J
Comprehensive cleft care 2nd
edition, Chapter 43, editors Losee and Kirschner, CRC Press 2015
- Anatomical
Subunit Repair of Unilateral Cleft Lip
David K Chong and Kathryn V Isaac
Operative Technique in Pediatric
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chapter 1 Editors Gosain and Chung, Wolters
Kluwer 2020
- Two-flap
palatoplasty
David K Chong, Kathryn V Isaac and Kenneth E
Salyer
Operative Technique in Pediatric
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chapter 11 Editors Gosain and Chung,
Wolters Kluwer 2020
- Von
Langenbeck Palatoplasty
Kathryn V Isaac and David K Chong
Operative Technique in Pediatric
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chapter 9 Editors Gosain and Chung, Wolters
Kluwer 2020
- Long
term impact of saliva control surgery in children with disability
Reid S, Westbury C, Chong D, Johnstone B, Guzys A,
Reddihough D
JPRAS 2019; July Vol72 ( 7): 1193-1197