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Dr. Alexander YL LAU

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Head of Neuroimmunology Unit and Integrative Neuroscience Unit, Division of Neurology
Medical Director, Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine
Co-Director, Analytic and Clinical Cooperative Laboratory in Integrative Medicine (ACCLAIM)

Honorary Associate Consultant, Specialist in Neurology, Prince of Wales Hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital

Specialist in Neurology
Honorary Associate Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Academic and Professional Qualifications
SB (Chicago), MB ChB (CUHK), MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)
Contact Information

Tel.: (852) 2873 3093

Biography

Alex is a neurologist and honorary clinical associate professor at the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. He is also the Medical Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine of CUHK. After receiving undergraduate education in biochemistry at the University of Chicago in 1998, Alex returned to Hong Kong and obtained his medical degree from CUHK in 2003, followed by physician training in internal medicine and neurology at the Prince of Wales Hospital, the teaching hospital of CUHK. He was awarded the gold medal of Best Thesis Award by the Hong Kong College of Physicians in 2010. In 2011, he went to the University of California San Francisco for post-doctoral fellowship as a recipient of Croucher Foundation Fellowship and CUHK Henry Leung Fellowship. Alex joined CUHK Faculty of Medicine in 2015 and his research focuses on stroke, multiple sclerosis, and integrative medicine. In 2021, he has joined the CUHK Medical Centre as a Consultant Neurologist.

Dr. Alexander YL LAU

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Head of Neuroimmunology Unit and Integrative Neuroscience Unit, Division of Neurology
Medical Director, Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine
Co-Director, Analytic and Clinical Cooperative Laboratory in Integrative Medicine (ACCLAIM)

Honorary Associate Consultant, Specialist in Neurology, Prince of Wales Hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital

Specialist in Neurology
Honorary Associate Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Research Interests
  • Neuroimmunological diseases, multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
  • Stroke, small vessel disease and stroke recovery
  • Data analytics and evidence synthesis in integrative medicine
Honorary Appointments in Other Professional Activities
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Information Technologies, Faculty of Engineering and IT, The University of Sydney, Australia
Awards
  • The Most Promising Young Researcher Award, HKSAR Food and Health Bureau (2019)
  • Best free-paper presentation, Hong Kong Neurological Society Annual Scientific Meeting (2007, 2009, 2011)
  • Young Physician's Scholarship, World Stroke Organization (2010)
  • Gold Medal of Best Thesis Award, Hong Kong College of Physicians (2010)
  • Croucher Foundation Fellowship (2011)
  • Young Investigator Research Grant, Hong Kong College of Physicians (2013)
  • Best free-paper prize, 14th Asian and Oceanic Congress of Neurology (2014)
Selected Publications