Professor Gilberto Leung is a neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor, and holder of the endowed  Tsang Wing-Hing Professorship in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He graduated from the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London, with M.B.B.S. in 1992. During postgraduate training, he was awarded the Hallett Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the J. Douglas Miller Medal in Neurosurgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Having worked at the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong for ten years and completed his Neuroendocrine Fellowship at the University of Virginia, U.S., he joined HKU in 2005 where he later obtained his MS, PhD, and MD degrees.

Beyond the field of medicine, he holds an Intercalated BSc in Physical Anthropology and an LLB from the University of London; and an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh and its School of Law’s McLagan Prize for Best Graduate.

He is Immediate-Past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, and Co-Chairperson of its Professionalism and Ethics Committee. At HKU, he serves as Associate Dean (Clinical Sciences Education) of his medical faculty, Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, and Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He is a Board Member of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities, and Chairperson of the Grant Review Board and an Executive of the Research Council, Health Bureau of the Government of the HKSAR. He practises as an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

He was previously an Elected Member of the HKU Senate, Director of Trauma Service at Queen Mary Hospital, Chairman of the Hospital Authority Central Committee on Trauma Service, Vice-President of the Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society, Deputy Chief of Service in Neurosurgery at Queen Mary Hospital, Division Chief of Neurosurgery at the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital, and Region XVI Chief (Asia-Australasia) of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Program of the American College of Surgeons.

His clinical and research interests include endoscopic skull base surgery, molecular biology of brain tumour, neuroprotective therapy, medical education, and medical law and ethics. He has supervised 35 postgraduate students, delivered 152 invited lectures, and authored/co-authored 219 peer-reviewed journal articles, 13 book chapters, three monographs, 138 conference papers, and 74 other publications.