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Chapter V. Embracing the Modern Age

21 Century Leaders
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Professor Lo Chung-Mau, 2011-2017

Professor Lo Chung-Mau, MBBS (HK), term ended on 30 June 2022 – one day
for further training in liver
surgery and bile duct surgery. MS (HK), FRCSEd, FRACS, FCSHK, before he took up his current position as
“I focused on the liver because FHKAM (Surgery), graduated from Hong Kong’s Secretary of Health, which
it is a challenging field and the HKU with an MBBS in 1985 and almost meant he missed the 10th anniversary
results of liver surgery were went into internal medicine. But the celebrations of the The University of
not so good. I could see that decisive treatment that surgery could Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital.
I could do something on this offer was a better fit for his character. He
aspect,” he said. initially joined the government hospital Professor Lo has also held numerous other
team, later the Hospital Authority, where prestigious positions within his speciality,
he developed his expertise, undertook such as President of the International
Professor Fan started his
academic career in 1987 with training in liver transplantation at the Liver Transplantation Society and the
the hepatobiliary division, University of California, Los Angeles, and International Society of Digestive Surgery.
where he made a huge came back in 1994 to join the pioneering He is a positive thinker and he believes
impact. In 1991, he performed liver transplantation team that won the his time with the Department prepared
national First-class State Scientific and him to take on many challenges. “Liver
Professor Fan and team operating. the first successful liver Technological Progress Award in 2005 . transplant experience is very important.
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transplantation in Hong Kong. In 1996,
You have to deal with a situation very
Professor Fan Sheung-Tat, he and his team (including Professor Lo Professor Lo approached his headship common in healthcare service delivery,
2008-2011 Chung-Mau) performed the world’s first with a simple aim: to make the Department and that is the limitation of resources.
successful adult-to-adult right liver living
Professor Fan Sheung-Tat, MBBS (HK), donor liver transplantation, which later even better. “My biggest achievement was Never enough doctors, nurses, money,
MS (HK), MD (HK), PhD (HK), earned them the national First-class State definitely people. I encouraged younger hospitals. So you have to find ways to
DSc (HK), FRCS RCPS (Glasg), FRCSEd, Scientific and Technological Progress people to move to the university side. I deal with that.”
FCSHK, FHKAM (Surgery), graduated Award in 2005 . recruited 20 university staff in my term, a
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from HKU in 1976, but he did not join lot are really good and many are now full
the Department for some years. Through His sense of duty led him to take up the professors.” He also developed a surgical
a careful, stepped approach to his career, Headship, given he was a senior surgeon department at the HKUSZ Hospital,
he has moved ahead only when he felt the on staff (the other senior surgeon, which he saw as a “goldmine” for teaching
time was right. “I was in the government Professor William Wei, declined the and research due to the large volume of
surgical unit and I did not think of joining position). “I had to take it up, there is patients.
the University until I had confidence in almost no choice, but I am happy to do
developing my career in academia,” he it,” he said. His achievements included In 2016, he was appointed Chief Executive
said. But that caution was underpinned developing the animal laboratory and of The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen
with discipline and a determination to skills laboratory further and attracting Hospital which, under his leadership, was
excel. donations and recruits from around the named the youngest High-level Hospital
world. Professor Fan is now based at the of Guangdong Province in 2018, received
While still with the government, he began Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, the Shenzhen Municipal City Mayor’s
doing research and published papers on where he continues to share his enormous Quality Gold Award in 2020, and was Professor Lo receiving the prestigious International
diseases involving the liver, gallbladder clinical and research experience and designated a National High-Quality Liver Transplantation Society Distinguished
and bile duct. He also went overseas foster young talent. Development Hospital in 2021. His Service Award in 2025.

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