DR YIZHONG ZHENG 

Dr Yizhong Zheng is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician with a passion for understanding the relationship between breathing, sleep and overall health. He takes the time to listen, explain, and work collaboratively with his patients, developing management plans tailored to each individual's clinical needs, lifestyle, and goals.

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Dr Zheng graduated from the University of Sydney in 2009 on a full scholarship and completed his Respiratory and Sleep Medicine training at St George Hospital, Westmead Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital. He is a staff specialist at St George Hospital, where he also holds a leadership role in Education and Pulmonary Physiology, supervising advanced trainees and medical students and coordinating the departmental education programme. He holds visiting rights at St George Private Hospital.

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Academically, Dr Zheng is a conjoint lecturer at UNSW and an honorary lecturer for the University of Sydney's Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine course. He is a clinician-researcher affiliated with the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, where he completed his PhD in obesity-related respiratory and sleep disorders. He remains actively involved in research, having published in international peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences, where he received the Young Researcher's Award. He serves on the editorial review board for Sleep Advances.

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Dr Zheng sees patients across the full breadth of respiratory and sleep medicine. His special interests include:

• Sleep medicine — including obstructive sleep apnoea, complex sleep-disordered breathing, and non-respiratory sleep disorders such as parasomnia, insomnia and restless legs syndrome

• Obesity-related respiratory and sleep disorders 

• Chronic cough 

• Undifferentiated breathlessness

• Airways disease — including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Respiratory failure and pulmonary physiology 

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He believes that the best outcomes come from combining the latest evidence with a thorough understanding of each patient as an individual — bringing his research expertise directly to the benefit of his clinical practice.

Dr Zheng consults on Wednesdays at the Miranda clinic and on Fridays at the Kogarah clinic.