Chronicles the life of a professor who dedicated her career to improving medical education and healthcare in Hong Kong.

In Rosie Young: A Lifetime of Selfless Service, Moira Chan-Yeung presents a brief history of professor Young’s remarkable career in medical education and administration at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and her wide-ranging public service to the community over many decades. As the first female dean of HKU’s Faculty of Medicine, her career was deeply intertwined with the socio-economic development of Hong Kong. After she retired from HKU, she continued to serve HKU and the community until the present. This book illustrates her many contributions to the development of medical education in Hong Kong and the university administration at HKU. Young’s extensive public service in the field of medicine also helped improve primary care, hospital care, and public health in Hong Kong. In short, this book provides a valuable record of a female giant in medical history and documents her selfless and enduring service to the HKU community and Hong Kong society.
 

Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung is professor emeritus of medicine at the University of British Columbia and an honorary clinical professor of medicine at the University of Hong Kong.
 

Foreword by Professor Chak-sing Lau vi
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Author’s Note xiv
Part 1
Chapter 1. Childhood 3
Chapter 2. Student Days 26
Chapter 3. An Academic in Medicine 51
Part 2
Chapter 4. Blazing a Trail: University Administrator 75
Chapter 5. A True Holistic Approach: Public Service in Medicine 93
Chapter 6. Mentor to Leader: Public Service in Education 118
Conclusion 138
Appendix 1: Curriculum Vitae of Rosie Young 143
Appendix 2: Publications of Professor Young Tse Tse, Rosie 148
Bibliography 158
Index 165