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Ronald C.W. Ma is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Surgery, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, notably colorectal cancer surgical treatments, cardiac, anesthesia and surgical outcomes, colorectal cancer screening and detection, enhanced recovery after surgery, liver disease and transplantation, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and organ transplantation techniques and outcomes.

Ronald C.W. Ma has published extensively in various venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Medicine
  • BJS Open
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Frontiers in Surgery

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Financial burden of postoperative complications following colonic resection, 2021, Medicine
  • Postoperative complications and hospital costs following small bowel resection surgery, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Integration of Inpatient and Residential Care In-Reach Service Model and Hospital Resource Utilization: A Retrospective Audit, 2020, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • The hospital costs of complications following colonic resection surgery: A retrospective cohort study, 2020, Annals of Medicine and Surgery
  • The Association of Postoperative Complications and Hospital Costs Following Distal Pancreatectomy, 2022, Frontiers in Surgery

Ronald C.W. Ma has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Laurence Weinberg, Maleck Louis, Samuel Johnston, Leonid Churilov, and Christopher Christophi.

Best Publications

  • A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes.

    Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafn Benediktsson

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Variants conferring risk of atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;David O Arnar;Anna Helgadottir;Solveig Gretarsdottir

  • Diabetes in Asia.

    Ambady Ramachandran;Ronald Ching Wan Ma;Chamukuttan Snehalatha

  • Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Kazuki Yasuda;Kazuaki Miyake;Yukio Horikawa;Kazuo Hara

  • Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Eva Halapi;Anna Helgadottir

  • Type 2 diabetes in East Asians: similarities and differences with populations in Europe and the United States

    Ronald C.W. Ma;Juliana C.N. Chan

  • Mental morbidities and chronic fatigue in severe acute respiratory syndrome survivors: long-term follow-up.

    Marco Ho-Bun Lam;Yun-Kwok Wing;Mandy Wai-Man Yu;Chi-Ming Leung

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

    Yoon Shin Cho;Chien Hsiun Chen;Chien Hsiun Chen;Cheng Hu;Jirong Long

  • The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives

    Juliana C N Chan;Lee-Ling Lim;Nicholas J Wareham;Jonathan E Shaw

  • A sequence variant in ZFHX3 on 16q22 associates with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Hilma Holm;Hilma Holm;Solveig Gretarsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson

  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

    Momoko Horikoshi;Robin N. Beaumont;Felix R. Day;Nicole M. Warrington;Nicole M. Warrington

  • Diabetes in Asia and the Pacific: Implications for the Global Epidemic

    Arun Nanditha;Ronald C.W. Ma;Ambady Ramachandran;Chamukuttan Snehalatha

  • Association of Gestational Diabetes With Maternal Disorders of Glucose Metabolism and Childhood Adiposity

    William L. Lowe;Denise M. Scholtens;Lynn P. Lowe;Alan Kuang

  • Implication of genetic variants near TCF7L2, SLC30A8, HHEX, CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, and FTO in type 2 diabetes and obesity in 6,719 Asians.

    Maggie C.Y. Ng;Kyong Soo Park;Bermseok Oh;Claudia H.T. Tam

  • Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-up Study (HAPO FUS): Maternal Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Childhood Glucose Metabolism

    William L Lowe;Denise M Scholtens;Alan Kuang;Barbara Linder

  • Epidemiology of diabetes and diabetic complications in China.

    Ronald C. W. Ma

  • Mental Morbidities and Chronic Fatigue in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Survivors

    Marco Ho-Bun Lam;Yun-Kwok Wing;Mandy Wai-Man Yu;Chi-Ming Leung

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Juliana C.N. Chan
Juliana C.N. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wing-Yee So
Wing-Yee So Chinese University of Hong Kong
Christopher W.K. Lam
Christopher W.K. Lam Macau University of Science and Technology
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Weiping Jia
Weiping Jia Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu Genome Institute of Singapore
Kyong Soo Park
Kyong Soo Park Seoul National University Hospital
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Yik Ying Teo
Yik Ying Teo National University of Singapore

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