Medical Faculty News v25i1

The Annual Dr Li Shu Fan Oration gives insight into the Betterment of the Community First held in 2012 and endowed by Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation, the annual Dr Li Shu Fan Oration features orators of prominence with significant contribution and insight into the betterment of the community, was held on May 4, 2019. The honourable orator of the year was Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee (陳肇始) , Secretary for Food and Health who gave a speech on the topic of “Vision to lead · Mission to serve, for a better tomorrow”. The Dean, Professor Gabriel Leung (梁卓偉) joined Emeritus Professor Raymond Liang Hin-suen (梁憲孫) , Dr Tsao Yen-chow (曹延洲) , Professor Laurence Hou Lee-tsun (侯勵存) , Emeritus Professor Rosie Young Tse-tse (楊紫芝) , Mr Wilson Mok (莫裕生) , Dr Walton Li Wai-tat (李維達) and Professor Ava Kwong (鄺靄慧) in the event to give support to our hospital teaching partner. The 24th Hong Kong Medical Forum was held on May 18-19, 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre with a record 2,500 registrations. The Organising Committee of the Forum was chaired by Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai (孔繁毅) . This year Professor Rosie Young Tse-tse (楊紫芝) , Emeritus Professor of Medicine, HKUMed was invited to deliver the opening remarks. The event featured two plenary lectures, namely the David Todd Distinguished Lecture given by Professor Christina Wang (汪重輪) and the Richard Yu Lecture given by Professor Tse Hung-fat (謝鴻發) . Overseas experts brought in to share their 24th Hong Kong Medical Forum work and wisdom included Professor Javed Butler of The University of Mississippi, USA; Professor Chen Li-sheng (陳立昇) of Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Dr Goh Su-yen (吳淑雅) of National University of Singapore, Singapore; Professor Huang Xiao-jun (黃曉軍) of Peking University, Mainland China; Dr Rina Hui (許漪雯) of University of Sydney, Australia; Professor Peter Kerr of Monash University, Australia; Dr Kim Papp of Probity Medical Research Inc., Canada; Dr Sun Mu-chien (孫穆乾) of Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan; and Dr Joseph Tucker of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and University of North Carolina School of Medicine, USA. These speakers coupled with the many excellent local speakers enabled the forum’s scientific programme to cover a comprehensive range of topics across various disciplines in medicine, with something for every attendee to get excited about. 68 Inside The Faculty