4 Teaching hospitals managed by HKU Health System 間教學醫院由香港 大學醫療系統管理 the world,’ he said. The realisation of that potential has been unfolding under the leadership of Professor Gabriel Leung (MD 2003, Dean 2013-present), who has applied energy and vision to the unprecedented opportunities of the past few years. He has overseen the establishment of the HKU Health System to manage the network of teaching hospitals that now includes not only Queen Mary Hospital, but HKUShenzhen Hospital, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital and, in 2017, the new Gleneagles Hospital. The curriculum has been updated so every medical student has an ‘Enrichment Year’ to expand their horizons beyond medicine and beyond Hong Kong. New scholarships have been introduced for students from less privileged backgrounds. And major new programmes have been launched in research, building development and recruitment. ‘This is a relay race, we pass the baton from one dean to the next,’ Professor Leung said. ‘Each of us has built on one another’s legacy, achievements and foundations to become one of the top 20 medical schools in the world today.’ Professor Raymond Liang Hin-suen (MBBS 1979, MD 1990, Acting Dean 2007, Dean 2008) Professor Lee Sum-ping (MBBS 1970, MD 1980, Dean 2008-13) ‘Each of us has built on one another’s legacy, achievements and foundations to become one of the top 20 medical schools in the world today.’ Professor Gabriel Leung 7 HKUMed News Winter 2021
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