Timeline of Our History
The history of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology could be dated back to the inception of the Hong Kong College of Medicine, the predecessor institution of the University of Hong Kong. Teaching activities in “Midwifery and Diseases of Women” were commenced at the Alice Memorial Hospital by Dr. William Hartigan and Dr. Alice D. Hickling, and were subsequently moved to the Government Civil Hospital (now the Sai Ying Pun Clinic). Other teachers contributed to teaching in the early days of the Department included Dr. John C. Thomson, Dr. F.O. Stedman, Dr. A. Rennie, Dr. R.M. Gibson, Dr. P. Krieg, Dr. G.P. Jordan, Dr. W.V.M. Koch and Dr. Christopher Forsyth.
October 1922
Opening of Tsan Yuk Hospital at the junction of Western Street and Third Street
March 1925
Professor Richard E. Tottenham, the first Chair of Midwifery, was appointed
November 1935
Professor William C.W. Nixon assumed headship
April 1937
Opening of Queen Mary Hospital. Teaching and clinical activities in Gynaecology were moved to Queen Mary Hospital where Obstetrics remained in Tsan Yuk Hospital
1938
Professor Gordon King was appointed Head of Department
1939
Second World War started, and the teaching activities were moved to Chong Qin
June 1955
Opening of the new Tsan Yuk Hospital at Hospital Road
1957
Professor Daphne W.C. CHUN assumed headship
1972
Retirement of Professor CHUN. Professor H.K. MA succeeded Professor CHUN as Head of Department
1981
Commencement of the Prenatal Diagnosis and Counselling Service and the Mrs. WU CHUNG Prenatal Diagnostic Laboratory at Tsan Yuk Hospital
July 1995
Retirement of Professor H.K. MA. Professor P.C. HO succeeded Professor MA as Head of Department
2000
Relocation of gynaecological out-patient services to S Block of Queen Mary Hospital
April 2001
In-patient obstetric service and teaching was relocated to Queen Mary Hospital
December 2004
First successful delivery by thalassaemia couple conceived through assisted reproductive technology with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
January 2009
Professor Hextan Y.S. NGAN succeeded Professor P.C. HO as Head of Department
July 2012
Commencement of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen
April 2015
Professor Ernest H.Y. NG assumed the position as Chief of Service
2021
Professor Karen K.L. CHAN succeeded Professor Hextan Yuen-Sheung Ngan as Head of Department and COS as Chief of Service of Queen Mary Hospital
