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Professor KM Chan
MMBS (Hong Kong), FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (Glasgow), M.CH. Orthopaedic (Liverpool), FRCS Orthopaedic (Edinburgh), FACS, FHKAM (Orthopaedics), FHKCOS, FCSHK
Professor Kai-Ming Chan is the Chair Professor and Chief of Service at the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also currently serves as the Director of the CUHK-WHO Collaborating Centre for Sports Medicine and Health Promotion, Director of the Joint Universities Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre and the Co-Director of the The Hong Kong Jockey Club Sports Medicine and Health Sciences Center. Professor Chan received his medical degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1975.
Professor Chan is internationally recognized for his expertise in orthopaedic sports medicine. He has authored over 180 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals & over 52 book chapters in internationally published books, edited 25 books and produced almost 560 abstracts. His major research interests are in sports injuries and rehabilitation, arthroscopic surgery, and basic science research in tendon injuries.
He is currently the President of the Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society (CSOS) and the Asia-Pacific Society for Sports Medicine (APOSSM). Prof Chan is also a member of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of Bone and Joint Decade (BJD).
He was the Past President of the International Federation of Sports medicine, Asian Federation of Sports Medicine, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association and Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Past Treasurer of International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). He is also currently the Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Hong Kong Sports Institute.
He was honoured with an Officer of (the Order of) the British Empire (OBE) for his contribution in sports medicine in 1995 and the Justice of the Peace (JP) in 2003.
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