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The Academy is governed by a Council comprising:
Immediate Past President of the Council shall hold office for a period of 1 year from the date he / she ceases to be the President.
Officers
Title | Name |
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President | Prof. Gilberto Ka-kit Leung |
Vice-President (General Affairs) | Dr. Yu-fat Chow |
Vice-President (Education and Examinations) | Prof. Paul Bo-san Lai |
Honorary Secretary | Dr. Wing-cheong Leung |
Honorary Treasurer | Prof. Eric Wai-choi Tse |
Editor | Prof. Martin Chi-sang Wong |
Immediate Past President
Name | |
---|---|
Prof. Chak-sing Lau |
Ex Officio Members
College | Name |
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Anaesthesiologists | Prof. Chi-wai Cheung |
Community Medicine | Dr. Thomas Ho-fai Tsang |
Dental Surgeons | Dr. Yiu-kai Wong |
Emergency Medicine | Dr. Clara Wing-yee Wu |
Family Physicians | Dr. David Vai-kiong Chao |
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | Prof. Tak-yeung Leung |
Ophthalmologists | Dr. Nancy Shi-yin Yuen |
Orthopaedic Surgeons | Dr. Wilson Li |
Otorhinolaryngologists | Dr. Victor Abdullah |
Paediatricians | Dr. Winnie Wing-yee Tse |
Pathologists | Dr. Michael Ho-ming Chan |
Physicians | Prof. Philip Kam-tao Li |
Psychiatrists | Dr. Roger Man-kin Ng |
Radiologists | Dr. Chun-key Law |
Surgeons | Dr. Heng-tat Leong |
Elected Members
Name | |
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Dr. Julian Chun-yan Fong | |
Dr. Hung-to Luk | |
Dr. Hing-yu So | |
Dr. Victor Wai-lun Tang | |
Vacant |
Prof. Sir David Todd
Dr. David Fang
Dr. Che-hung Leong
Prof. Grace Wai-king Tang
Prof. Raymond Hin-suen Liang
Dr. Donald Kwok-tung Li
Prof. Chak-sing Lau
The Council is chaired by the President of the Academy, with various Committees formed under it to carry out specific functions. It meets once a month and its full duties and responsibilities are set out in the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Ordinance, Regulations and Bylaws.
Reports of the Council and various Committees can be accessible from the Academy’s annual reports.
The 6 Officers are nominated and elected by the members of the Council. Their term of office is 2 years.
Prof. Leung is a neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor, holder of the endowed Tsang Wing-Hing Professorship in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is the Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) of LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU. He graduated from the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, with M.B.B.S., and the University College London with BSc. (Physical Anthropology) in 1992.
Dr. Yu-fat Chow
Prof. Paul Bo-san Lai
Dr. Wing-cheong Leung
Prof. Eric Wai-choi Tse
Work of the Council, Committees and day-to-day operation of the Academy are supported by the Secretariat led by Chief Executive Officer.
The Academy shall hold an Annual General Meeting of Fellows, and Extraordinary General Meeting whenever the Council deems necessary. A notice in writing will be sent to all Fellows according to the notice period as set out in the Regulations of the Academy.