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Dr Tang Wong

Dr Tang Wong

Conjoint Senior Lecturer

BSc(med) MBBS (hons) FRACP MPhil

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Dr Tang Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Honours) from the University of NSW in 2003 and undertook Advanced Training in Endocrinology at the Concord Repatriation, Prince of Wales and Bankstown-Lidcombe hospitals. Under the tutelage of Professors Ngai-Wah Cheung, Jeffrey Flack and Glynis Ross he completed a Masters of Philosophy in Medicine at the University of Sydney. His research thesis was titled "The Risk stratification of women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Can we predict adverse outcomes?", exploring the additive roles of glucose, weight and other factors in the development of negative outcomes in pregnancies affected by Gestational Diabetes. 

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Tang currently holds dual appointments as a consultant Endocrinologist at both Prince of Wales and Bankstown-Lidcombe hospitals.

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He currently sits on the editorial board of the Diabetes Management Journal and is a member of the Medical Education Scientific Advisory Committee which advises and reviews education resources for Diabetes Australia.  

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Phone
+61-2-93996463
E-mail
tang.wong@health.nsw.gov.au
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Kourloufas LC; Barnes RA; Flack JR; Wong T, 2026, 'Do Dietitians Recommend Too Much Carbohydrate? A Cross-Sectional Survey of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Dietary Advice: A Patient Perspective', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.70121
    Journal articles | 2026
    Lappin JM; Bolton P; Smith G; Chua XY; Grattan S; Samaras K; Day R; Popovic G; O'Donnell M; Buten S; Hansen J; Teasdale S; Wong T; El-Omar E, 2026, 'Weight loss and gut microbial changes associated with semaglutide among people living with schizophrenia receiving clozapine or olanzapine: An open-label 24-week semaglutide intervention and 76-week trial', Schizophrenia Research, 296, pp. 19 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2026.06.021
    Journal articles | 2025
    Chong S; Rubinstein H; Wong T; Poynten A, 2025, 'Evaluation of hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a major tertiary centre over a two-year period', Diabetic Medicine, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.70024
    Journal articles | 2025
    Mathews KO; MacMillan F; Wong V; Craig M; Greenfield JR; Hicks R; Jones T; Poynten A; Wong T; Reyes M; Tannous K; Wilson C; Hay P; Abdo S; Piya MK; Lai J; Venigalla M; Thomson R; Simmons D, 2025, 'Study protocol: Apps and peer support for a healthy future and living well with diabetes (APHLID-M)', Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101484
    Journal articles | 2025
    Rudland VL; Hibbert E; Flack J; Wong T; Wong VW; McLean M; Pasupathy D; Simmons D; Cheung NW, 2025, 'Should we treat mild gestational diabetes? An Australian multicentre retrospective cohort study', Acta Diabetologica, 62, pp. 2063 - 2070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00592-025-02548-6
    Journal articles | 2025
    Sweeting A; Hare MJL; de Jersey SJ; Shub AL; Zinga J; Foged C; Hall RM; Wong T; Simmons D, 2025, 'Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) 2025 consensus recommendations for the screening, diagnosis and classification of gestational diabetes', Medical Journal of Australia, 223, pp. 161 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52696
    Journal articles | 2025
    Wong T; Immanuel J; Wong VW; Barnes R; Simmons D, 2025, 'Diagnosis of gestational diabetes: Evidence and pitfalls', Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism, 39, pp. 102069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beem.2025.102069
    Journal articles | 2024
    Templer S; Abdo S; Wong T, 2024, 'Preventing diabetes complications', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 1264 - 1274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16455
    Journal articles | 2022
    Barnes RA; Flack JR; Wong T; Ross GP; Griffiths MM; Stephens M; Kourloufas L; Smart CE; Collins CE; MacDonald-Wicks L, 2022, 'Does weight management after gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosis improve pregnancy outcomes? A multi-ethnic cohort study', Diabetic Medicine, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.14692
    Journal articles | 2022
    Choy KHA; Wong T; Cao RHM; Flack JR, 2022, 'Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus in a GDM pregnancy: early recognition is vital for maternal and fetal outcomes', Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-22-0262
    Journal articles | 2022
    Seabrook A; Wijewardene A; De Sousa S; Wong T; Sheriff N; Gill AJ; Iyer R; Field M; Luxford C; Clifton-Bligh R; McCormack A; Tucker K, 2022, 'MEN4, the MEN1 Mimicker: A Case Series of Three Phenotypically Heterogenous Patients With Unique CDKN1B Mutations', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 107, pp. 2339 - 2349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgac162
    Journal articles | 2020
    Barnes RA; Wong T; Ross GP; Griffiths MM; Smart CE; Collins CE; MacDonald-Wicks L; Flack JR, 2020, 'Excessive weight gain before and during gestational diabetes mellitus management: What is the impact?', Diabetes Care, 43, pp. 74 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc19-0800
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wong T; Barnes RA; Ross GP; Cheung NW; Flack JR, 2017, 'Are the Institute of Medicine weight gain targets applicable in women with gestational diabetes mellitus?', Diabetologia, 60, pp. 416 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4173-3
    Journal articles | 2016
    Barnes RA; Wong T; Ross GP; Jalaludin BB; Wong VW; Smart CE; Collins CE; MacDonald-Wicks L; Flack JR, 2016, 'A novel validated model for the prediction of insulin therapy initiation and adverse perinatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus', Diabetologia, 59, pp. 2331 - 2338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4047-8
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ling M; Wong T; Bui CD; Atlas S; Li JJ; Yang T; Harvey S; Flack JR, 2014, 'Tumor within another tumor: an unusual case of metastatic poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma within an intracranial meningioma', The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 99, pp. 3513 - 3514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-1310
    Journal articles | 2012
    Wong T; Ross G; Jalaludin BB; Flack J, 2012, 'The clinical significance of overt diabetes in pregnancy', Diabetic Medicine, 30, pp. 468 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.12110
    Journal articles | 2011
    Girgis CM; Wong T; Ngu MC; Emmett L; Archer KA; Chen RC; Seibel MJ, 2011, 'Hypophosphataemic osteomalacia in patients on adefovir dipivoxil', Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 45, pp. 468 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181e12ed3
    Journal articles | 2010
    Herrmann M; Harwood T; Gaston-Parry O; Kouzios D; Wong T; Lih A; Jimenez M; Janu M; Seibel MJ, 2010, 'A new quantitative LC tandem mass spectrometry assay for serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D', Steroids, 75, pp. 1106 - 1112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2010.07.006
    Journal articles | 2010
    Lih A; Hibbert E; Wong T; Girgis CM; Garg N; Carter JN, 2010, 'The role of insulin glulisine to improve glycemic control in children with diabetes mellitus', Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 3, pp. 403 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSOTT.S5116
    Journal articles | 2010
    Wong T; Girgis CM; Ngu MC; Chen RCY; Emmett L; Archer KA; Seibel MJ, 2010, 'Hypophosphatemic osteomalacia after low-dose adefovir dipivoxil therapy for hepatitis B', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 95, pp. 479 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2009-2051
  • Conference Abstracts | 2025
    Jeyaruban A; Shanmugalingam R; Wu P; Cao R; Wong VW; Wong T; Flack J; Makris A, 2025, 'Influence of aspirin on obstetric outcomes in women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus: a South-Western Sydney cohort study', in Obstetric Medicine, Vol. 18, pp. 18 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753495X241230719

2011 -

Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society - Emerging investigator award.

2013 -

Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society the best poster award by the Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society.

2019 -

Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society - Emerging investigator award.

Tang's key area of research is in risk stratification in women with Gestational Diabetes.