Expertise

• Neurosurgery

Biography

Professor Gilberto Leung is a neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor, and Tsang Wing-Hing Professor in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He graduated from the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London, with M.B.B.S. in 1992. During postgraduate training, he was awarded the Hallett Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the J. Douglas Miller Medal in Neurosurgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Having worked at the Hong Kong Hospital Authority for ten years and completed his Neuroendocrine Fellowship at the University of Virginia, he joined HKU in 2005 where he obtained his MS, PhD, and MD. He practises as an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Queen Mary Hospital (QMH).

 

He is currently Director of the School of Clinical Medicine and, after serving as Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) for seven years, Senior Advisor to the Teaching & Learning Sub-Deanery at the LKS Faculty of Medicine. He is Immediate-Past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and Co-Chairperson of its Professionalism and Ethics Committee. He is Covenor of the Institute for Medical Advancement and Clinical Excellence, a multipartite platform newly established by the Hong Kong Government, and an Executive of the Research Council of the Health Bureau. He serves as a Board Member of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities.

 

Beyond the field of medicine, he holds an Intercalated BSc in Physical Anthropology and an LLB from the University of London, as well as an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh and its School of Law’s McLagan Prize for Best Graduate. He is currently Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at HKU.

 

Some of his past leadership positions include Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at HKU; Elected Member of the HKU Senate; Director of Trauma Service and Deputy Chief of Service in Neurosurgery at QMH; Chairman of the Hospital Authority Central Committee on Trauma Service; and Region XVI Chief (Asia-Australasia) of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Program of the American College of Surgeons.

 

His clinical and research interests include endoscopic neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neuroprotective therapy, medical education, and medical law and ethics. He has supervised 35 postgraduate students, delivered 152 invited lectures, and published 224 peer-reviewed journal articles, 13 book chapters, three monographs, 138 conference papers, and 75 other publications.

 

Research interests

• Molecular biology of brain tumour
• Endoscopic skull base surgery
• Neuroprotection
• Neurotrauma
• Medical Education
• Medical Law & Ethics

Publications and achievements

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