President, the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong; Clinical Professor, the University of Hong Kong; and Co-Director, the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, the University of Hong Kong.
Professor Gilberto Leung is a neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor, and holder of the endowed Tsang Wing-Hing Professorship in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He graduated from the University of London with MBBS in 1992. During postgraduate training, he was awarded the Hallett Gold Medal and the J. Douglas Miller Medal in Neurosurgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and that of Edinburgh, respectively. He holds a MS, a PhD and a MD from HKU; an Intercalated BSc in Physical Anthropology and an LLB from the University of London; and an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh.
He is currently President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; Associate Dean of his HKU medical faculty; Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at HKU; Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at HKU; Member of the Research Council of the Health Bureau; and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Queen Mary Hospital. His research interests cover endoscopic neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neuroprotection, medical education, and medical law and ethics.