Professor Leung, Gilberto Ka Kit 梁嘉傑
Professor Leung, Gilberto Ka Kit 梁嘉傑
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 of the LKS Faculty of Medicine at HKU. 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.
Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
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1989 | University of London | Intercalated BSc |
1992 | University of London | M.B.B.S. |
1996 | The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | F.R.C.S. |
1996 | The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | F.H.K.C.S. |
2001 | The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | F.H.K.A.M. (Surgery) |
2009 | The University of Hong Kong | M.S. |
2014 | The University of Hong Kong | PhD |
2017 | University of Edinburgh, UK | LLM (Medical Law & Ethics) |
2022 | University of London | LLB |
2023 | The University of Hong Kong | MD |
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 of the LKS Faculty of Medicine at HKU. 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.
Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
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2009-12-01 | Faculty Teaching Medal 2009: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Teaching Accomplishment | |
Lui, WM | 2011-11-01 | Best Oral Free Paper in General Neurosurgery (non-HST): The 5th Asian Epilepsy Surgery Congress cum 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society, Hong Kong, 9 - 12 November 2011 | Research Achievement |
2013-03-01 | Visiting Professorship: Joint Laboratory for Brain Function and Health, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China | Research Achievement | |
1994-03-01 | Hallett Gold Medal: The Royal College of Surgeons of England | Others | |
1988-06-01 | Foster Prize in Anatomy: The Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, U.K. | Others | |
2001-12-01 | J. Douglas Miller Medal in Neurosurgery.: The Hong Kong College of Surgeons | Others | |
2008-12-01 | Champion - "Medicine as our liberal arts' - Faculty Essay Competition 2008: Faculty Essay Competition 2008, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Others | |
Chang, SKR | 2014-10-01 | ePoster Award (First Prize, Frontiers Series – East-West
Alliance Global Symposia): "Establishing an eLearning Platform in Clinical Neurosciences at HKU": HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | Teaching Accomplishment |
2014-03-01 | Best Free Paper Award (First Runner-up): Antiplatelet Drugs Resumption after Antiplatelet-related Intra-cerebral Haemorrhage: 14th Asian & Oceanian Congress of Neurology | Research Achievement | |
Wang, Y | 2012-12-01 | Outstanding poster presentation: The impact of culturing techniques on the in vitro survival of transplantable cells in self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffold: Research Postgraduate Symposium, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
2019-12-01 | Teaching Innovation Award (Team): The University of Hong Kong | Teaching Accomplishment | |
Leung, KM | 2012-12-01 | Best free paper: Computer fluid dynamics study of intracerebral aneurysm after flow diverter treatment: The 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, The Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society | Research Achievement |
Hung, KN Ng, KB | 2006-12-01 | Best Oral Poster Presentation: Annual Scientific Meeting 2006, Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society, Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
2017-11-01 | McLagan Prize, LLM (Medical Law and Ethics) School of Law: University of Edinburgh | Others | |
2015-01-01 | Best Free Paper: Joint 11th Biennial Convention of the ASEAN Neurological Association and 16th ASEAN Congress of Neurological Surgery. | Research Achievement | |
2017-11-01 | Prize for Best Distance Learning LLM Dissertation: School of Law, University of Edinburgh | Others | |
2018-05-01 | Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia: Academy of Medicine of Malaysia | Others | |
Li, Q Chan, WLP Chu, KPJ Ho, CC | 2016-12-01 | Bronze in Discipline Award (Life Sciences), in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education competition: Interprofessional Team-Based Learning for Health Professional Students: QS Wharton Reimagine Education Awards | Teaching Accomplishment |
Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
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03/2016-date | Vice-President | The Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society |
01/2012-date | Member | Cental Internship Committee |
12/2001 - date | Fellow | The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |
01/2017-date | Vice-President | The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |
7/200 - 2013 | Executive Committee Member | The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong |
09/2006-01/2017 | Member | Research Committee, The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, |
07/2005 - 03/2011 | Board Member | Neurosurgery Board, The Hong Kong College of Surgeons |
07/2005 - date | Member | The International Society of Pituitary Surgeons |
07/2013-date | Council Member | The Hong Kong Neuro-oncology Society |
07/2005 - date | Member | The Pituitary Society |
07/2005 - date | Fellow | The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies |
01/2010 - 12/2013 | Honorary Secretary | The Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society |
07/2005 - 01/2015 | Member, and Chairman of the Education Committee, | The Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society |
12/1997 - date | Fellow | The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
12/1997 - date | Fellow | The College of Surgeons of Hong kong |
09/2005 - date | Associate Editor | The Asian Journal of Surgery |
05/2011 - 04/2013 | Council Member | Asian Surgical Association |
04/2016-03/2018 | Vice-President | The Hong Kong Neuro-oncology Society |
02/201402/2016 | Council Member | The Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society |
Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
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Neurosurgery | |
Medical Ethics and Law | |
Clinical Neuroscience |
Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
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English | 英語 |
Cantonese | 粵語 |
Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
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English | 英文 |
Chinese | 中文 |
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