We are Sacred Heartists Series - Prof. Rosie Young

We are Sacred Heartists

Many students graduated from Sacred Heart throughout our 160+ years of history. The WAY, TRUTH & LIFE that we learned from Sacred Heart Canossian College deeply affected our lives, our works and our contributions to the Community. Sacred Heart Canossian College Alumnae Association Education and Charitable Fund Limited is organizing a series of talks so that our fellow Sacred Heartists can share with us their work, their aspirations and what SHCC means in their lives. This time, Professor the Hon. Rosie Young, our Sacred Heartist, will share with us her story on 27 June 2024.

Professor the Hon. Rosie T. T. YOUNG 楊紫芝教授, 

G.B.M., G.B.S., C.B.E, J.P. (Class of 1946) 

FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Glasg), FRACP, FHKAM (Medicine), FHKCP

Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Honorary Consultant at the Queen Mary Hospital
Consultant in Medicine at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital
Former Dean of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong
Past Chairman of the Education Commission
Past Chairman of Medical Council of Hong Kong
Past Chairman of Hospital Committee of Princess Margaret Hospital
Past Chairman of Working Party Report on Primary Health Care

Date: 27 June 2024

Time: 11:00 am

Venue: SHCC, Chi Fu Close

Mode: Face-to-face session or by Zoom

Register here

More about Professor Young:

Professor Rosie Young graduated from Sacred Heart Canossian College in 1946. She graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from The University of Hong Kong in 1953 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1959. She was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow and Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. She is a specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology.

She was Professor of Medicine in The University of Hong Kong from 1974 until her retirement in 1999. She is now Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor in the Department of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong.

She was the Dean of Medicine from 1983 to 1984, Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1984 to 1993, and Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1996 to 1997 at The University of Hong Kong.

Her public service in Hong Kong includes Chairmanship of the Education Commission, Medical Council, Hospital Committee of Princess Margaret Hospital, Working Party Report on Primary Health Care, membership of the Hospital Authority and Working Party on Postgraduate Medical Education and Training.

She now works as a consultant in Medicine at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Honorary Consultant at the Queen Mary Hospital and in an honorary capacity for a number of charitable organisations and educational institutions in Hong Kong.

Professor Young was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1971. She received the honours of O.B.E. in 1987, C.B.E. in 1996, G.B.S. in 2002 and G.B.M. in 2018.