Professor Christopher K. S. Leung

Faculty of Medicine | Director

Professor Christopher Leung is a clinician-scientist with research focus in glaucoma detection and diagnostic imaging of the optic nerve. He read a MSc in Molecular Medicine at Imperial College London and obtained his medical training (MB ChB) and doctoral education (MD) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Awarded with the Croucher Foundation Fellowship, he completed a clinical and research fellowship at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The research team led by Dr. Leung has been playing a leading role in introducing key concepts and new technologies for early diagnosis of glaucoma and detection of its progression. His research group also investigates new treatment strategies for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration in glaucoma and optic neuropathies.