By Christopher Cottrell/Images: Christopher Cottrell Iconic Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes lit up Macau like a Christmas tree over the weekend. It was a concert that summed up his life’s work. James Dixon Swan was born in Scotland then moved to Adelaide, South Australia when he was 5-years old. With inspiration …
Read More »Dr. Ron Harden Receives Dr. Henry Fok Memorial Lecture Medal at Sino-Luso International Medical Forum 40 in Macao
The 40th session of the Sino Luso International Medical Forum has awarded Dr. Ronald Harden, OBE, with the Dr. Henry Fok Memorial Lecture Medal. Dr. Harden is a pioneer of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and professor emeritus of Medical Education at University of Dundee and General Secretary for …
Read More »Dr. Wang Yaoxian’s winning Traditional Chinese Medicine
By Peace Post Staff. Images: Christopher Cottrell The Dean of the first College of Clinical Medicine and Peking University of Chinese Medicine, Dr. Wang Yaoxian, gave a resounding presentation at the Sino Asia Pacific Medical Forum in Manila, Philippines this week. Dr. Wang’s acclaimed Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital in Beijing …
Read More »Friends of Good Health! 3rd Sino-Asia Pacific Medical Forum launches in Manila
By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell The 3rd Sino-Asia Pacific Medical Forum has launched in Manila. Focusing on innovation in healthcare, speakers ranged from Prof. Ronald Harden, OBE, a pioneer of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and professor emeritus of Medical Education at University of Dundee and General Secretary …
Read More »Macau-Beijing Medicine Consulting Meetings
By Peace Post Staff/ Images: Christopher Cottrell A series of high-level medical exchanges with Macau and Beijing healthcare professionals took place in Beijing from October 10 to 12. The Macau team was led by Prof. Manson Fok, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University of Science …
Read More »John Lesaca’s Manila Social Radio Experiment
By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Dr. Billy Chan A saxophone wails. The dueling bass guitarists duel as the drummer flicks his sticks. The keyboardist’s fingers dance like dragons. And the lead violinist pulls his bow like loosing an arrow. It’s Monday night in a cozy nightclub called Strumm’s in Manila. In …
Read More »Making Macau Medical Tourism at Sino-Luso 39
By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell The 39th Sino-Luso International Medical Forum titled “Sustaining Medical Tourism” hosted a strong contingency of medical experts from South Korea, the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taipei this past weekend. Anti-aging body contouring, and other elements of excellent sustainable medicine were brought to …
Read More »Prof. Michael Lavelle-Jones Trains Macau Doctors
By Peace Post Staff/ Images: Dr. Billy Chan and Christopher Cottrell Professor Michael Lavelle-Jones, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, trained over 45 junior frontline Macau healthcare providers yesterday. Conducted at the Center for Professional Medical Excellence at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University …
Read More »Professor Michael Lavelle-Jones Bestowed with Dr. Henry Fok Medal
By Christopher Cottrell/Images: Christopher Cottrell Macau medical education and Chinese heritage paid homage to the late Dr. Henry Fok last night with the inaugural launch of a special lecture series—the Dr. Henry Fok Memorial Lecture. Professor Manson Fok, son of Dr. Henry Fok said, “They say you die two deaths. …
Read More »Training Disaster Medicine Response
First responders, healthcare providers, policy makers and the public met last night to re-boot in Macau—and move forward in the wake of Typhoon Hato. Melinda Chan Mei Yi, a member of the Macau Legislative Assembly, spoke movingly about residents of Macau. In particular she thanked those citizens who volunteered and …
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