Lecture by IAS Visiting Professor
“Understanding Medicine”
Wed, 7 Jan 2009; 1.30pm - 2.30pm; SBS-CR1
“Research on Chinese Medicine”
Thu, 8 Jan 2009; 9.30am – 11.00am; SBS-CR2
Professor Ping-Chung Leung
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Host: Institute of Advanced Studies
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor Leung Ping Chung is an eminent expert in microsurgery and hand surgery.
He graduated from The University of Hong Kong in 1966 and received the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1970.
He was the first recipient of the Doctor of Science degree conferred by CUHK in 1994. The research areas of Professor Leung include surgery, orthopaedics, microsurgery, education, public health, Chinese medicine and Chinese pharmacology.
He has received numerous honours, including the OBE in 1995 and the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2002.
Professor Leung is a Deputy of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China.
He has also contributed significantly to CUHK and New Asia College by serving as the Head of New Asia College.
He has been the Director of the Institute of Chinese Medicine, CUHK since 2000 and was awarded an Emeritus Professorship of Orthopaedics and Traumatology upon his retirement in 2006.