Medical Faculty News v25i1

The School of Public Health announced the selection result of the inaugural NAM-HKU Fellowship in Global Health Leadership on February 20, 2019, a scheme generously supported by Dr Patrick Poon Sun-cheong (潘 燊 昌) , HKU Council member and Convocation Chairman. The aim of the scheme is to train world class global health leaders who will bridge science and policy to put forth informed solutions to some of the most critical health challenges facing the world today and in the future. Among nearly 100 applications received from 31 economies across six continents, Dr Chinmoy Sarkar , Assistant Professor from HKU Faculty of Architecture, is named the inaugural NAM-HKU Fellow in Global Health Leadership. The Inaugural NAM-HKU Fellow in Global Health Leadership Born and raised in India and educated in his home country and the United Kingdom, Dr Sarkar is the concept lead, developer and PI of the UK Biobank Urban Morphometric Platform, a project involving spatial modelling and development of the world’s largest health- specific built environmental data platform, which focuses on the links between built environments and health. During his fellowship training, Dr Sarkar will make visits to Washington, D.C. for three months each year over two consecutive years to learn about the work of NAM (the US National Academy of Medicine); participate in academic attachment at HKU School of Public Health; and receive a scholarship to undertake the Master of Public Health programme at HKU. 16th Hong Kong International Orthopaedic Forum APSS-HKU Basic Spine Course The 16th Hong Kong International Orthopaedic Forum was successfully held on April 13-14, 2019. The main theme was “Repair Replace and Recovery”. The Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology was honoured to have Professor Jin Woo Lee from South Korea, a world renowned foot and ankle surgeon; Professor Bryan Springer from the United States and Professor Takafumi Hiranaka from Japan, masters of joint replacement surgery; and Professor Gregory Dumanian from the United States, a world expert in targeted muscle reinnervation for myoelectric limb prostheses, joining the forum and sharing their knowledge. The forum was replete with informative symposia, riveting discussion and debate sessions, all of which were well received by more than 500 participants. On the May 25, 2019, an APSS-HKU Basic Spine Course was held by the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, HKUMed in conjunction with Asia Pacific Spine Society and the Spine Chapter of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. The focus of the course was to teach young surgeons basic skills in spinal surgery. Dr Reuben Soh from Singapore and Dr Shinji Takahashi from Japan were invited to the course. The course rundown included nine lectures covering material such as lumbar discectomy and laminectomy, lumbar fusion methods, lumbar and thoracic pedicle screw insertion, cervical anterior discectomy and fusion, lateral mass screw insertion, laminoplasty and C1/2 fixation techniques. It also included four interactive case discussions and two sawbone workshops to reinforce the knowledge learned from the lectures. 65 Medical Faculty News