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2024/3/4-6 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship Programme 2024

Thanks to the generous donation of the Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors (POH BOD), the POH BOD Visiting Professorship Programme 2024 was successfully held. The theme of the programme this year was ‘Frontiers in Movement Disorders – Genomic Diagnosis to Precision Management’. Esteemed overseas and local experts in movement disorders were invited to serve as visiting professors to share their professional knowledge and expertise over the diagnosis and management of movement disorders.

A total of 16 lectures were delivered in hybrid mode with face-to-face meetings and online webinars. The event received overwhelming response from the participants, with over 2 800 attendances. Throughout the lectures, visiting professors shared the cutting-edge technology and knowledge on the etiology, genetic diagnosis and interdisciplinary treatment and rehabilitation of movement disorders. They actively engaged with the participants, fostering discussions on a wide range of real-life and challenging cases.

Visiting Professors:

• Dr Nathalie DORISON
  Neuropaediatrician
  Head of Childhood Abnormal Movements Unit, Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery
  The Adolphe de Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris
• Professor Yongjie LI
  Director of the Neuromedicine Centre and Senior Consultant
  The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen
• Dr Chia Hsieh CHANG
  Professor and Director
  Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics
  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

2023/2/14-16 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship 2023

Thanks to the generous donation of the Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors (POH BOD), the POH BOD Visiting Professorship Programme 2023 was successfully held. This year’s programme was co-organised by the Department of Surgery of the New Territories West Cluster, the Hong Kong Society for Vascular Surgery and the Department of Surgery of the University of Hong Kong, with the theme of ‘Endovascular Surgery’. It was the first time to host the programme in a hybrid format, with online webinar and face-to-face meeting to break the geographical barriers. More than 50 experts in Vascular Surgery from all over the world were invited to share their professional knowledge and interact with the participants.

A total of 15 lectures were delivered in the three-day programme. The event received overwhelming response from the participants, with almost 4,500 attendances.

2022/2/18-19 and 3/10 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship 2022

With the support of the generous donation from Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors (POH BOD), the POH BOD Visiting Professorship program 2022 was successfully held. The theme of the program this year was Robot-assisted Brain and Spine Surgery: Current State-of–the-Art Practice. Five world-renowned experts in brain and spine surgery were invited to be the visiting professors.

In view of the local situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the first year to host the program online. A total of eight lectures were delivered with almost 700 attendances. The visiting professors shared the most advanced knowledge and expertise in Robot-assisted Brain and Spine Surgery, discussed clinical cases and interacted with participants.

Speakers:

• Prof. Michael Y. Wang, MD, FACS
  Professor with Tenure, Departments of Neurosurgery and Rehab Medicine,
  Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Florida, the U.S.
• Prof. Stephane Derrey, MD, PhD
  Head of Neurosurgery Department,
  Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgeon, Rouen University Hospital, France
• Prof. Ronald A. Lehman, MD
  Professor with Tenure, Orthopedic Surgery,
  Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, the U.S.
• Mr. Kristian Aquilina, MD, FRCS(SN)
  Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon,
  Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, the U.K.
• Mr. Zubair Tahir, MD, MBBS FCPS European Board (Neuro. Surg.), FRCS (Eng.), FRCS (Neuro. Surg.)
  Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon,
  Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, the U.K.

2020/1/9-11 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship 2020

With the support of the generous donation from Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors (POH BOD), the POH BOD Visiting Professorship program 2020 was successfully held. Professor Michael P. Grant, an internationally renowned expert in plastic and reconstructive surgery, was invited to be the visiting professor. Under the theme of “Reconstructive Orbital and Facial Surgery”, Professor Grant shared his knowledge and experience in various aspects, including surgical management of thyroid-related orbitopathy, midface and eyelid reconstruction.

Speakers:

• Professor Michael P. Grant, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
  Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
  University of Maryland School of Medicine
  Baltimore, United States

2019/1/17-19 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship 2019

With the support and generous donation from Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors (POH BOD), the POH BOD Visiting Professorship Program 2019 was successfully held. The theme of the program this year was Surgical Treatment in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome: From Box Surgeries to Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation. Dr Hsueh-Yu LI, specialist in soft tissue surgery from Taiwan and Dr Stanley LIU, specialist in bone work and hypoglossal nerve stimulation from the United States were invited to be the visiting professors.

A total of twelve lectures were delivered at Pok Oi Hospital, Tuen Mun Hospital and Kowloon Cricket Club with over 1,000 attendance.

Speakers:

• Dr Hsueh-Yu LI, MD, FACS
  Professor of Otolaryngology, Sleep Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  Professor of Medicine, Chang Gung University
  President, Taiwan Society of Sleep Medicine
  
• Dr Stanley LIU, MD, DDS
  Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

2018/3/26-28 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship 2018

With the support of the generous donation from Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors, the POH BOD Visiting Professorship program 2018 was successfully held. Professor Harold I. Litt, an international renowned expert on Radiology, was invited to be the visiting professor. Professor Litt is the Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He delivered a series of seminars on the theme - State of the art MRI and CT Cardiovascular Imaging: from Science to Clinical Applications.

Speakers:

• Professor Harold I. Litt, M.D., Ph.D
  Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, USA;
  Chief, Cardiothoracic Imaging Division, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, USA;
  Director, Continuing Medical Education, Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, USA

2017/2/20-23 - Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors Visiting Professorship 2017

With the support of the generous donation from Pok Oi Hospital Board of Directors, the POH BOD Visiting Professorship Seminar 2017 was successfully held. Professor John E. Morley, an internationally known expert in Geriatric Medicine from the US, was invited to be the inaugural visiting professor. He delivered a series of lectures on care for frail elderly patients and end of life care at old age home settings.

Speakers:

• Prof. John E. Morley, M.B., B.Ch.
  Dammert Professor of Gerontology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, USA;
  Editor of the Journal of American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA)

2011/05/12 - Pain Workshop Symposium

Cluster Pain Management Committee, Hong Kong Pain Society and various departments including Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Neurosurgery, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, jointly organized the Interventional Pain Workshop in Auditorium, Pok Oi Hospital on 12 May 2011. The workshop aimed to enhance the knowledge and related practice of medical, nursing and allied health staff on interventional pain management. There were more than 150 staff from various Clusters who participated in the workshop. In the morning forum session, overseas specialist from Australia and Taiwan were invited to share their clinical experiences and research findings; followed by a live demonstration on the handling of pain during surgical operations.

Speakers:

• Dr Murray Grant TAVERNER
  Pain Medicine Specialist, Australia
• Professor Chao-Jan WANG
  Chief of Department of Surgery & Neurosurgery
  Wei Gong Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

2011/01/22 - Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Workshop

Endoscopic Ultrasound Workshop was successfully held on 22 Jan 2011. Experienced clinical staff from 5 hospitals of Hospital Authority had been invited for delivering lectures and live demonstrations. More than 100 participants joined the workshop. Through video conferencing and professional live demonstrations by speakers, participants could learn about the operation techniques, as if they were inside an operating theatre. Participants also learnt about the latest technology on the area.

Speakers:

• Dr. K N KUNG
• Dr. S K LEUNG
• Dr. Lawrence LAI
• Dr. Larry LAI
• Dr. Lawrence NG
• Ms. Cecilia YEUNG

2010/09/03 - Breast Symposium

The Breast Symposium was successfully held on 9 March 2012. Topics covered included tips and tricks for Breast Surgery and the latest updates on Breast Reconstruction and Oncoplastic Surgery.

Speaker:

• Prof. J M DIXON
  Professor of Surgery & Consultant Surgeon;
  Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research Unit, Edinburgh;
  Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, United Kingdom

2010/03/27 - Workshop on Slings for Male Urinary Incontinence

The above academic activity was successfully organized on 27 March 2012. On the day of workshop, overseas specialists from Austria and USA were invited as speakers, delivering lectures on advances in Male Urinary Incontinence and adjustable device for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in men. There were also live demonstrations in Operating Theatre via video-conferencing, which attracted more than 159 participants who benefited much from the workshop.

Overseas Speakers:

• Dr. Wilhelm Bauer
  Brothers of Charity Hospital, Vienna, Austria
• Dr. Kurt Anthony McCammon
  Urology of Virginia/Sentara Medical Group, USA

2010/03/19 - Minimal Access Surgery Symposium

On 19 March 2012, the Minimal Access Surgery Symposium was organized by the Surgery Department at the Lecture Theatre, 1/F of Pok Oi Hospital. Contents included Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Surgery as well as live surgery demonstrations via video-conferencing to the venue by renowned doctors. The response of the Symposium was overwhelmed with more than 148 attendances.

Speakers:

• Dr. TSUI King-Yiu, Thomas
• Dr. NG Wai-Tat