Professor Albert LEE
Honorary Professor, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong ("HKU")
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU
Adjunct Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Board Governor, and member of Education Committee, World Association for Medical Law (WAML)
Prof Albert Lee received Medical Degree (MB BS-UCL-Middlesex Hospital) and Law Degree (LLB) from University of London in 1984 and 2015 respectively with higher academic and/or professional qualifications in Family Medicine, Public Health, Legal Medicine, Law, Arbitration, Mediation, and Education. He is admitted as lawyer by NSW Supreme Court, Australia in March 2021, and Barrister and Solicitor by New Zealand High Court in July 2022. He has published over 260 papers in peer-reviewed journals and editor of two books in primary healthcare, one book on “Healthy Setting Approach” and one book on “Healthcare Law and Ethics. His work is recognised by appointment as WHO advisor, election as Honorary Fellow of UK Faculty of Public Health and international member of US National Academy of Medicine. He received Jonathan Davies Award (2nd Place) for his presentation of World Congress in Medical Law in 2022 on “Equitable Access to Mental Health for Children and Adolescents in Post-COVID Era”. He received President Award during the 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting of American College of Legal Medicine for contribution to office of the President. He is member of Executive Board of Journal Medicine and Law (official journal of WAML), and editor of 2018 March Issue on “Better Education and Training to prevent Medical Mishap”.
- Lee, Albert*, and Tracy Cheung. “The need for good practice guidelines for expert witnesses.” Hong Kong Medical Journal 29, no. 6 (2023): 487–488. https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj235153.
- Kim, Hwan*, and Albert Lee*. “How patient autonomy drives the legal liabilities of medical practitioners and the practical ways to mitigate and resolve them.” Postgraduate Medical Journal 99, no. 1168 (2023): 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/postmj/qgad003.
- Lee, Albert. “Key elements of gross negligence manslaughter in the clinical setting.” Hong Kong Medical Journal 29, no. 2 (2023): 99–101. https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj235143.
- Kwok, WS, and Albert Lee*. “Review of living organ donation policy in Hong Kong: What the minimum age for living donors should be?” Medicine and Law 41, no. 2 (2022): 257-274.
- Lee, Albert. “Health and Justice: Value of Rehabilitation and Scope of Liability of Rehabilitation Workers.” US China Law Review 17, no. 5 (2020): 189-202.
- Lee, Albert. “Public health action against COVID-19 to protect our rights to health.” Medicine and Law 39, no. 2 (2020): 205-221.
- Lee, Albert, and Badenoch, J. “Informed Consent and the decision of the UK supreme Court in ‘Montgomery’.” Medicine and Law 38, no. 1 (2019): 27-44.
- Kam, Joseph KM, Eric Chan, Albert Lee, Vivian WI Wei, Kin On Kwok, Dominic Lui and Robert KN Yuen. “Student nurses’ ethical views on responses to the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak” Nursing Ethics 27, no. 4 (2020): 924-934. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019895804.
- Lee, Albert. “Alternate Dispute Resolution for Medical Disputes.” Hong Kong Law Journal 48, no. 1 (2018): 23-36.
- Lee, Albert. “‘Bolam’ to ‘Montgomery’ is result of evolutionary change of medical practice towards ‘Patient-Centred Care’.” Postgraduate Medical Journal 93, no. 1095 (2017): 46–50. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134236.
*Corresponding author