PRESS RELEASE The 39th Sino-Luso International Medical Forum will be presenting a special forum on medical tourism. Featuring lectures from laser surgery to aesthetic medicine, this series, titled “Sustaining Medical Tourism”, features a strong contingency of medical experts from South Korea, the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taipei. Anti-aging, …

PRESS RELEASE Inaugural Dr. Henry Fok Memorial Lecture Series launches September 20, 2017 The first Dr. Henry Fok Memorial Lecture Series launches on September 20, 2017 at The Military Club of Macau. A champion of Chinese civilization, Dr. Henry Fok was an unwavering and passionate patriot. Throughout his historical life …

By Christopher Cottrell/Image: Christopher Cottrell On the sidelines of the AMEE 2017 conference in Helsinki, esteemed doctors and medical educators Ronald Harden and Pat Lilley spoke with the Peace Post about their insights into training future doctors and healthcare experts. A pioneer of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), Dr. …

By Christopher Cottrell/Images: Christopher Cottrell A swirl of nearly 4,000 medical educators at AMEE, or Association for Medical Education in Europe, have descended on Helsinki, Finland the past few days to raise the bar of how medicine is learned. One such panel with medical education touches from Macau, China stood out …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell From treating cancer with new oral medicine to harnessing nano-technology for safer doctor garb, the 38th Sino Luso International Medical Forum held this past weekend was a medical milestone moment for Macau science. Themed “Recent Advances in Biotechnology and Applications,” the two days of seminars …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell As Hong Kong’s preeminent Indian family, the Harilela’s have played important social, cultural, and civic roles since they moved there in the 1930s. This famous family founded by the late Dr. Hari Harilela today continues to advance Hong Kong with competent family members leading …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Dr. Billy Chan PART I: The jungles of Cambodia carry crucial clues for unlocking the mysteries of ancient Asia—particularly the relationships between early Khmer and Chinese civilizations. The links between China and the great civilizations of the lower Mekong River such as the Khmer in Cambodia …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell “We’re training more Chinese community groups,” comments Dr. Billy Chan, Director for the Center of Medical Excellence at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). Outside, a tropical thunderstorm is lashing across the Pearl Delta. Inside the …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell A doctor and a gentleman, Professor Nivritti Gajana Patil is one of Asia’s finest surgeons and medical education experts. From esteemed English medical wards to the witch-doctor jungles of Papua New Guinea, he has sharpened his surgical knives and intellectual wit with one main …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell Special Guest: Dr. Allan Zeman Happy Hong Kong 2020 Salute Series Looking back and to the future of the world’s first SAR—with Chinese characteristics “I’ve been in Hong Kong for 48-years,” says Dr. Allen Zeman. A Hong Kong resident who needs no introduction, Dr. …