Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Name	Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Established	1887
Type	Public
City	Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong SAR
Campus	Urban

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine is a medical faculty located in Hong Kong, affiliated with a major public university. It provides undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and biomedical sciences, and operates extensive clinical teaching through affiliated hospitals and research institutes.

History

The faculty's antecedents trace to institutions such as Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, University of Hong Kong, St. Paul's Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital, and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, with milestones linked to figures like Sun Yat-sen, Ho Kai, Sir Robert Black, C. N. Wang and events including the Second World War, Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, and the 1949 Chinese Revolution. Later developments involved donors and organizations such as Li Ka-shing, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sir Edward Youde, Dean William Hubbard, Professor David Todd, Sir Run Run Shaw, Sir Michael Kadoorie and partnerships with institutions including Johns Hopkins University, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Toronto, Karolinska Institutet, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and University of Melbourne.

Major organizational changes referenced administrative acts like the Hong Kong Ordinance reforms and incorporated collaborations with bodies such as World Health Organization, British Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Physicians and funding from foundations such as the Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and National Institutes of Health.

Academic Programs

Undergraduate and postgraduate curricula include degrees and training linked to professional bodies like General Medical Council, Medical Council of Hong Kong, Royal College of General Practitioners, and accrediting frameworks related to Bologna Process discussions and international exchanges with Global Health Council partners. Programs enumerate medical degrees comparable to offerings at Oxford Medical School, Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and include joint degrees and modules inspired by pedagogy from McGill University, University of British Columbia, Monash University, National University of Singapore, Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, Peking Union Medical College, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, and Karolinska Institutet.

Specialized tracks reference disciplines and professional pathways associated with organizations such as Royal College of Pathologists, American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Oncology Society, International Council of Nurses, Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies and cross-disciplinary collaborations with research schools at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Duke University School of Medicine.

Research and Institutes

The faculty hosts research centers and institutes that partner with entities like Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Broad Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Riken, Max Planck Society, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Cancer Research UK, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and regional networks including Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.

Research themes connect to projects and collaborations with groups such as Human Genome Project, 1000 Genomes Project, International HapMap Project, Human Cell Atlas, CRISPR Therapeutics, Horizon 2020, European Research Council, NIH Clinical Center, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges, and initiatives involving partners like GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Takeda, Samsung Biologics, Alibaba Health, Tencent Medical.

Notable labs and centers draw influence from names including Li Ka-shing Institute of Health Sciences, State Key Laboratory, School of Public Health, Centre for Immunology and Infection, Centre for Genomic Innovation, Clinical Trials Unit, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Translational Medicine Institute and collaborative nodes with Hong Kong Science Park, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health.

Clinical Training and Affiliated Hospitals

Clinical training is conducted through affiliated hospitals such as Queen Mary Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital, Caritas Medical Centre, Tuen Mun Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Tung Wah Hospital, and specialty links with Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Matilda Hospital, St. Teresa's Hospital, Ruttonjee Hospital, United Christian Hospital and collaborations with centers like Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and Hong Kong Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

Ties to professional examinations and clinical governance involve bodies such as Medical Council of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hong Kong College of Surgeons, Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and international exam comparators like USMLE, MRCP (UK), FRCS.

Administration and Governance

Administrative leadership includes deans, vice-chancellors and governing councils interfacing with entities such as University Grants Committee (Hong Kong), Hospital Authority (Hong Kong), Education Bureau (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Li Ka Shing Foundation, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, Shaw Foundation, Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and oversight interactions analogous to committees like Institutional Review Board, Ethics Committee, Scientific Advisory Board and funding review panels similar to NIH Study Sections.

Governance structures reflect academic senate and faculty boards comparable to models at University of Oxford, Yale University, University of Cambridge, University of California, San Francisco and legal frameworks influenced by statutes similar to Postgraduate Colleges Ordinance.

Campus and Facilities

Facilities span clinical teaching buildings, research laboratories, libraries and simulation centers associated with partners such as Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Chun Yeung, Li Ka-shing Tower, Centennial Campus, Faculty of Medicine Building, Clinical Skills Centre, Whole Person Care Centre, Centennial Campus Library, and technology platforms connected with Hong Kong Science Park, Cyberport, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone.

Infrastructure and equipment procurement involved manufacturers and service partners like Siemens Healthineers, GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, Illumina, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Agilent Technologies, BD Biosciences, Beckman Coulter and collaborations with data centers akin to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform.

Notable Alumni and Faculty

Prominent alumni and faculty include physicians, scientists and public figures such as Sun Yat-sen (alumni of antecedent school), Lee Shau-kee, Li Ka-shing (donor), Henry Fok, Ho Tung, Tse Chung-tat, Patrick Chun-i Tang, Chan Chak-ming, David Todd, Seiichi Kondo, Joseph Sung, Kenneth Lo, Gabriel Leung, Sung Jao-yiu, Thomas Chan Tin-chu, Margaret Chan, Lui Tuck Yew, Chung King-fai, Denis Lo, Yuen Kwok-yung, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, John Nicholls, Michael Chan, Albert Lai, Paul Chan Mo-po, Joseph L. Wu, Anthony Fok, Chan Wai-yee, Simon Lee, Kwok-yung Yuen, Patrick M. C. Chiu, Rita Fan, Andrew Lam, Wai-keung Leung, C. S. Chiou, Edward Ho, Kenneth Mok, Thomas Tsang, Vivian Liu, Ma Jun, Zhang Boli, Chen Zhu, Li Lanjuan, Wang Yifang, Xie Xiaoliang, Guo Peiqing, Zhong Nanshan, Li Lanjuan, Chen Jirong, Ho Pak-leung, Benny Zee, Siu King-fung, Kwok Yung Yuen, Eric Yeung.

Category:Medical schools in Hong Kong