Page 14 - CUHK MEDICAL ALUMNI Newsletter Issue 1 Vol 3 2016

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Surgeon
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Bear

t is official! Surgeon Bear is here. Just like his
Icousin, Medic Bear (seated on the left), he is
cute and cuddly and is approximately 28 cm
tall. He is light brown in colour and is donning
his newly conferred green surgeon gown.
Like the time-honoured White Coat, his green
coat denotes his highly skilled profession - a
surgeon to be reckoned with…!!
Watch out for more details on this handsome
bear - for sure he will sweep you off your feet.

HONG KONG-GERMANY

CANCER GENOMICS AND PRECISION

MEDICINE SUMMIT

ore than 100 German and local medical specialists
Mconverged on the Jockey Club School of Public
Health in Shatin on 2 December 2015 for the first summit
on Hong Kong-Germany Cancer Genomics and Precision
Medicine.
During the one-day conference, organised by the Faculty
of Medicine, experts shared their insights and experience
into varied forms of cancer treatment and research.
At his welcome address, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Joseph Sung expressed the wish that the gathering
could become a platform for the exchange of “ideas,
similarities and differences.”

The Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, Mr Karsten
Tietz; the Vice-Dean of Munich University’s Medical
Faculty, Professor Thomas Kirchner and the Dean of
CUHK's Faculty of Medicine, Professor Francis Chan,
were among the guests of honour.
Topics ranged from developments in precision medicine
and medical therapy for advanced non-small cell lung
cancer to new targets in geriatric oncology.