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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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WHITE COAT INAUGURATION CEREMONY

he start of the 2016/2017 academic year also heralded
Tthe start of a new chapter for over 200 eager, new
medical undergraduates.
During his opening remarks at the annual White Coat
Inauguration Ceremony, held on 10 September 2016,
Professor Joseph Sung, the Vice-Chancellor of
CUHK, urged students to honour the coats as well as
the medical profession. “You are entering a very special
profession. You are dealing with a very solemn job and
you will have to handle life and death every day.”

The Guest of Honour, Professor Donald Li, the then
President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, also
offered some pearls of wisdom for the undergraduates.
“As medical professionals, we need to be prepared and
resilient when we are called upon to perform relief duties when disasters strike.” He said besides studying, they also
have “to reach out to the community and know what’s happening around the world.”

Professor Francis Chan, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, reminded the freshmen that being a doctor is never easy: “It
is not just a job but a lifetime commitment to respecting life, to giving heartfelt service to patients and having a desire
to acquire new skills and knowledge.”

Under the watchful eyes of families and friends, the freshmen were helped into the much-vaunted White Coats
by Professor Li and 30 other academics from the Faculty. Professor Fok Tai-fai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK and
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Paediatrics, led the students in the oath-taking where they pledged to maintain the highest
standards of professional conduct, to care for patients as best as they can and contribute to society.

SURGICAL GRAND ROUND

rofessor Jimmy So Bok Yan (MBChB 1991) was in Hong Kong at the end of last year
Pto present his Surgical Grand Round, entitled “Recent Advances in Management
of Gastric Cancer.” The illuminating talk was held at the Prince of Wales Hospital on
22 September 2016. More than 100 medical students, surgical residents, surgeons and
Chinese University of Hong Kong alumni attended the event, in which Professor So spoke
about intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
Professor So is currently a
Professor of Surgery at the National
University of Singapore and a Senior Consultant
with the National University Hospital’s Department
of Surgery. He is also the Division Head of Surgical
Oncology at the National University Cancer Institute
of Singapore (NCIS). A practising surgeon, as well
as a researcher, Professor So has been a strong
collaborator with CUHK’s Department of Surgery
over the past years.