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WElCOmE

Message

Dr Xina Lo

羅秀蘭醫生（MBChB 2005）
President of CUHK Medical
Alumni Association

The help I received formally and informally from
the greater alumni circle has been tremendous.

I am deeply honoured to be writing this welcome Which leaves me now to pay homage to those many alumni

note as President of CUHKMAA. I still vaguely
who had left Hong Kong to pursue their careers abroad and
remember that when I was first asked to join the
dragon boat team and the CUHKMAA Council, I did not share the knowledge and expertise they had picked from
CUHK Medicine. The four doctors (in this issue) who are
imagine myself becoming the President one day. doing good in their respective fields have indeed made us all
proud. To those wanting to embark on a career overseas, I
The work and events organised by the Association are say…do so bravely, spread your wings and soar!
aimed at upholding the fraternity and fellowship of our
alumni. There are workshops for our interns - anything from To end on another happy note, I am very pleased to report,
mentorship programme, work ethics, work-life balance to after a few years not having new blood in the CUHKMAA
job hunting and we are moving this more and more towards Council, we have eager interns voicing their wish to help
early student years. Recent years have seen us involving and serve our bigger family. I am also pleased to say two
increased social events in terms of homecoming, sports new younger members have formally joined the Council to
events, volunteer visits and revival of this newsletter with the continue the passion and the work.
help of the Medical Faculty and hard work of the Medical
Alumni Buddy Programme. With this regard, Dr Siu Wing-tai,
the convener of the Buddy group deserves special mention.

From a trainee to now a subspecialty trainer, the help
I received formally and informally from the greater alumni
circle has been tremendous. It is undeniable that in many
specialties, despite all the systems in place to make training
systematic and standardised, there is still the element of
apprenticeship as a trainee. Your career path depends quite
significantly on who you had worked with and the exposure
you get. One can easily understand that these influences
might well have started when one was still a student.
We hope that the Association will provide a platform to
strengthen the bond between alumni, staff, current and even
future students.

Dr Xina Lo (right) and her colleagues

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