Francis Ka Leung Chan

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chan. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Francis Chan and the Chinese-style name is Chan Ka Leung.
Francis Ka Leung Chan
SBS, JP, FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPI, FACG, Fellow (HKCP), FHKAM (Medicine)[1]
陳家亮
8th Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2014[2]
Preceded byHimself (interim)
In office
Interim
1 January 2013[2] – 31 December 2013[2]
Preceded byTai Fai Fok[3]
Succeeded byHimself
Personal details
Born (1964-10-22) 22 October 1964 (age 60)[4][5]
Children2[6]
EducationChinese University of Hong Kong (MBChB, MD)[1]
Francis Ka Leung Chan
Other namesChan Ka Leung[7]
Scientific career
FieldsGastroenterology
InstitutionsChinese University of Hong Kong
ThesisHepatic bile formation in the rat model of orthotopic liver transplantation (1997)
Francis Ka Leung Chan
Traditional Chinese陳家亮
Simplified Chinese陈家亮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Jiāliàng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàhn Gā Leuhng
JyutpingCan4 Gaa1 Loeng6

Francis Ka Leung Chan SBS JP FRCP FRCPE FRCPI FACG (Chinese: 陳家亮; Jyutping: Can4 Gaa1 Loeng6) is a Hong Kong gastroenterologist. He is the former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics.[1] Previously, he was the Associate Dean (Clinical) of CUHK Faculty of Medicine and the director of the Institute of Digestive Disease at CUHK.[8]

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  2. ^ a b c "Brief CV" (PDF). Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "廿載耕耘育妙手 杏林匯聚中大人－醫學院二十週年院慶". 中大校友 (in Chinese). Vol. 26. Hong Kong: CUHK Alumni Affairs Office. June 2001. pp. 20–23. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ "鬼馬老友賀沈祖堯牛一" (in Chinese). Ming Pao. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Chan, Francis Ka Leung 陳家亮". Webb-site. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ Cheng, Margaret Harris (2007). "Francis Ka Leung Chan: advancing clinical research in Hong Kong". The Lancet. 369 (9573): 1595. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60732-6. PMID 17499588. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Professor CHAN Ka Leung". Chinese University of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  8. ^ "是拓荒 · 也是傳承". Chung Chi College Alumni Magazine (in Chinese). Vol. June 2021. Hong Kong. 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.