O&T, CUHK

Academic Profile

Prof LEUNG Ping-chung, SBS, OBE, JP

Prof CHAN Kai-ming, OBE, JP

Prof LEUNG Kwok-sui

Prof CHENG Chun-yiu, Jack

Prof KUMTA Shekhar Madhukar

Prof QIN Ling

Prof LI Gang

Prof WANG Huating

Prof CHEUNG Wing-hoi, Louis

Prof LUI Po-yee, Pauline

Prof LEE Yuk-wai, Wayne

Prof XU Jiankun, Jerry

Prof ZHANG Ning

Prof LIN Sien

Prof CHUI Chun-sing, Elvis

Prof TONG Wenxue

Prof CHEN Xiaona

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office : (852) 2252-8868

Email : pingcleung@cuhk.edu.hk

ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT

Undergraduate teaching:
Undergraduate teaching on demand

Postgraduate supervision:
Postgraduate supervision on demand

ORCID: 0000-0002-0195-4688

Professor LEUNG Ping-chung, SBS, OBE, JP 梁秉中

MBBS(HK), MS(HK), FRACS, FRCS (Edin), FHKCOS, FHKAM (Ortho), DSc, Hon DSocSc

Director, Centre for Clinical Trials on Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medicine, CUHK
中醫中藥研究所臨床研究中心主任

Distinguished Research Fellow (Hon), Institute of Chinese Medicine, CUHK
中醫中藥研究所特聘杰出研究人员

Director, State Key Laboratory of Research on Bioactivities and Clinical Applications of Medicinal Plants (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
藥用植物應用研究國家重點實驗室 (香港中文大學) 主任

Professor Emeritus, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
香港中文大學醫學院矯形外科及創傷學系終身講座教授

President, International Research Society on Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SIROT) (2002-2013)
國際骨科研究學會會席 (2002-2013)

Chairman, Executive Committee, Operation Concern
“關懷行動”慈善基金執行委員會主席及香港醫管局榮譽顧問醫生

National People’s Congress of China, HKSAR Deputy (The 9th, 10th & 11th)
第九、十、十一屆中華人民共和國全國人民代表大會香港代表

BIOGRAPHY

Professor LEUNG Ping Chung, OBE, JP, Hon DSSc, DSC, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FRCS(Edin), FHKCOS, FHKAM(Orth); is Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine; Director of Centre for Clinical Trials on Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medicine; Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,1996-2013; Director, State Key Laboratory of Research on Bioactivities and Clinical Applications of Medicinal Plants (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Hong Kong Ambassador, Metronomics Global Health Initiative (Since 2016). He is also the Past President of the International Research Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SIROT), 2009-2012.

Professor Leung’s research areas including Orthopaedics, Osteoporosis, Microsurgery, Public Health, Traditional Chinese Medicine and General Education. He is also the author of over 800 scientific manuscripts in journals and 27 books. Professor Leung has been appointed as editor of 11 International Journals since 1982. He is trying hard to develop a research methodology basing on modern clinical science requirements, to modernize on Traditional Chinese medicine. Currently he is working on projects related to cancer, aging and neurodegeneration, which initiated his enthusiasm searching for wisdom from other well established traditional medicine regions in the Middle East and South Asia.

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Orthopaedics
Osteoporosis
Surgery
Microsurgery
Health

SPECIALISED RESEARCH AREAS

Orthopaedics
Osteoporosis
Traditional Chinese Medicine

SELECTED PUBLICATION

1.	Wing Sum Siu, Chun Hay Ko, Hoi Ting Shiu, Kai Kai Li, Wai Ting Shum, Ping Chung Leung, Jin Fang Zhang. Green Tea Extract Synergistically Enhances the Effectiveness of an Antiresorptive Drug on Management of Osteoporosis. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE 21: 328, 2021
2.	Leung Ping-chung. An Overlooked Mechanism Protecting the Knee from Degenerative Arthritis. Ann Orthop Rheumatol 7(1): 1087.
3.	Y.X.J. Wáng, N. Che-Nordin, M. Deng, J.F. Griffith, J.C.S. Leung, A.W.L. Kwok, P.C. Leung, T.C.Y. Kwok. Elderly males with or without existing osteoporotic vertebral fracture have much lower future vertebral fracture risk than elderly females: the MrOS (Hong Kong) year-4 follow-up spine radiograph study. Osteoporosis Int. 2019 Sep 2 doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05136-
4.	Ping-Chung LEUNG. Physiology of Connective Tissues and Fascia Update Knowledge for Orthopaedic Surgeons & Rehabilitation Carers. Integrative Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IJOT) Volume 2(2): 1–2. 2019. Published: April 19, 2019.
5.	Leung PC, Kumta SM, Kong SL, Au WC and Cheng KF. Clinical Study on Patients with Bone Metastases – A Twelve Year Follow-up. SAJ Cancer Sci 2018 Volume 5, Issue 2.
6.	Ping-Chung Leung. Osteoporosis Up-Date for Orthopedic Surgeons. Annals of Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Remedy Publications LLC 2018 Volume 1 Issue 3 Article 1012, Published: 28 Sep, 2018.
7.	Leung PC. Do’s and Don’ts for Ischaemic Toes in Diabetic Patients. Annals of Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2017 Volume 1, Issue 2, Article 1007.
8.	Leung PC. Rehabilitation Training in Artificially Heated Environment. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, 2017 Oct; 13(5): 546–549.
9.	Wáng, Y.X., Deng, M., Griffith, J.F., Kwok, A.W., Leung, J.C., Ahuja, A.T., Kwok, T. & Leung, P.C. Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Progression and De Novo Spondylolisthesis in Elderly Chinese Men and Women: A Year-4 Follow-up Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), Jul 2016; 41(13):1096-103.
10.	Leung, P.C. Osteoporosis and the orthopaedic surgeon. Chinese Medical Journal, 2013; 126(20):3803-3805.
11.	SYS Wong, J Woo, AWL Hong, JCS Leung, PC Leung. Clinically relevant depressive symptoms and peripheral arterial disease in elderly men and women. Results from a large cohort study in Southern China. In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2007, Vol 63, pp 471-476.
12.	LK Hung, HTg Wu, PC Leung, L Qin. Low BMD is a Risk Factor for Low-energy Colles’ Fractures in Women before and after Menopause. In: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Number 435, pp. 219-225, 2005.