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HISTORY OF CUHK FACULTY OF MEDICINE
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INTRODUCTION OF

LATE PROFESSOR GERALD CHOA

hanks to the late Professor Gerald Choa - founding dean of The Chinese University of Hong
T Kong’s Faculty of Medicine - many medical students have had the opportunity to pursue
their studies locally and abroad.

This year, 28 outstanding students were awarded scholarships under the Gerald Choa
Memorial Fund. Four awards - ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 - were given out based
on admission results, financial needs and project-based proposals.
The Fund was established in 2013 by the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University
of Hong Kong in recognition of Professor Choa’s immense contributions to the Faculty of
Medicine during its fledgling years and the reverberating effects he had as an educator,
administrator and historian on the medical community. Many people had helped establish the
Faculty of Medicine but it was the late Professor Choa who spearheaded the move and is now fondly
remembered as the key founder and founding dean of the Faculty.
He was CUHK’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor from
1979 to 1981.
Professor Choa’s foresight, wisdom and
tenacious planning laid a solid foundation for
the rapid growth of the Faculty of Medicine,
from a small cohort with 60 medical students
to a world-renowned institution consisting
of five schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy,
public health and Chinese medicine). To
date, the Faculty has more than 15,000
undergraduates and postgraduates.
Professor Choa received his MBBS and MD
degrees from the University of Hong Kong,
and was a Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians of London (FRCP London), a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edinburgh) and a Fellow
of the Faculty of Community Medicine (FFCM). After an illustrious career with the government, he joined CUHK in 1976.

1st MBChB graduates of 1986 Medical Advisory Committee in 1976

GERALD CHOA MEMORIAL LECTURE

CUM DINNER

One other significant activity to honour Professor Choa is Further details will be announced on our Faculty website:
the Gerald Choa Memorial Lecture cum Dinner, where local
influential personalities, from both the private and public www.med.cuhk.edu.hk
sectors, are invited to speak. This year’s event - the fourth on
record - will be held on 12 December 2017.