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About 5-10% of breast cancer and 10-15% of ovarian cancer are hereditarily related. The Breast Cancer Registry encountered many breakthroughs in the past 15 years. Genetic testing has been offered to >4700 high-risk patients over the past decade under a research program. Laboratory technology imp...

Professor David Rowitch MD PhD ScD FMedSci FRS is a developmental neuroscientist and Head of Paediatrics at the University of Cambridge. His laboratory in the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute investigates genetic factors that determine diversity of glia, which comprise 90% of cells in the ...

By the end of the session, the audience will be able to:1. Describe why the care of older adults with severe traumatic injuries necessitates a difference approach.2. Appraise different examples of models of geriatric trauma care, including from Canada.3. Evaluate the impact of geriatric trauma care ...

The MPF Annual Report revealed that the return was just 3% since inception. Given the predicted 1.6% annual inflation rate, it would be absolutely insufficient for retirement. In this session, Mr David LUI will discuss how HA colleagues should prepare for their retirement, at different stages o...

In England in 2018 genetic laboratory services were reconfigured into seven Genomic Laboratory Hubs in order to deliver a state of the art genomic laboratory service that will harness  advances in genomic technologies and the ability to use next generation sequencing and other new and emerging powe...

Delayed cord clamping (DCC) enhanced placental transfusion which could increase immediate haemoglobin concentration in newborns and improved the iron stores of infants up to six months after birth. World Health Organization(2014) recommends DCC, with no earlier than 1 minute after birth, during the ...

Healthcare is increasingly complex, with multiple stakeholders, sophisticated treatments and technologically-complicated ways of delivering care. With increasing populations and unprecedented rises in chronic disease, examining effective ways to build networked health systems is essential to help ta...

Thyroid Eye Disease is the commonest orbital disorder in Hong Kong.However, there remain huge service gaps in Hospital Authority with growing burden and affected patient population. In this masterclass on TED, experts in ophthalmology, endocrinology and oncology have shared the current status of man...

Genomic medicine is an evolving discipline in Hong Kong. It is quite challenging but promising not only the diagnosis but also to the management for patient, especially for  patients and families with rare disease. In this talk, speaker will talking about the basic and new development of genomic me...