Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Who are we?

Team Leader, Dr. Vito H C Lee, O St J, MBBS, DCH, DTM & H

Vito has practiced as a general practitioner, after being qualified from the University of Hong Kong in 1964. He retired in 1997 and joined Quality Healthcare Medical Services, the largest medical group, as a part-time doctor.

He joined Rotary in 1971 and is a member of Rotary Club of New Territories. After serving as directors, secretary, vice-presidents, he was elected to be the president in 1977. He has been Advisor to the Rotaract Club of New Territories since its inception in 2003. At district level, he served as the District Rotaract Chair in 2006, District Membership Extension Chair in 2008 and DG Special Representative when Rotary Club of Lan Kwai Fong was chartered in 2008.

To Vito, community service is part of life. In the past years, he served as Chairman, St. John’s College Alumni Association; Chairman, Low Cost Doctors Association; Chairman, Friends of Scouting; Member, Medical Development Advisory Committee; Head Administrative Region, Kowloon & New Territories Command, St John Ambulance Brigade.

Team Member, Cheryl Law, MPH

Cheryl is a health services administrator in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. She received her degrees and training in public health, particularly in health policy and management. She obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University in the U.S. and interned at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Her passion lies in making the health care system more efficient, cost-effective, and equitable.

Cheryl has experience in facilitating and coordinating services for mental health and critical diseases. She deals with health professionals from various fields, patient groups, as well as other related organizations. She has participated in the development of the Hospital Authority’s Mental Health Service Plan for adults, and also the Coronary Heart Disease Service Plan.

Cheryl would like to learn more about services for mental health and critical diseases in the U.S., strategies for chronic disease management, facilities for rehabilitation and the elderly, measures to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of health services, information technology in health care, health care financing and in particular how hospitals and the insurance industry are reacting to the health care reform.


Team Member, Michelle Cheung, BCM, BBA, MBA

Michelle is a Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner, practicing internal medicine and acupuncture in a non-government organization.

Michelle was a marketing and management specialist before. She earned her Bachelor degree in International Business from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan and her MBA in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She attained her Chinese Medicine degree from the University of Hong Kong and finished her clinical practicum in major cities in China.

Michelle grew up in a devoted Catholic family and is an active member of the church choir, lector group, a certified volunteer teacher on Natural Family Planning of the Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council. Michelle enjoyed pilgrimages to places connecting to Catholic worldwide during her leisure time.

Michelle serves 4 posts in the government– the Public Affairs Forum of Home Affairs Bureau; Immigration Tribunal and Post-release Supervision Board of Security Bureau; Appeal Panel (Housing), Housing Authority of Transport and Housing Bureau.

Michelle’s latest project is integrating alternative medicines, developing strategies as a Chinese Medicine doctor to tackle chronic diseases, aging and contagious diseases. She wishes to get more insights on Natural Family Planning, public health development and alternative medicine developments.  If possible, she would love to explore veteran development in Maine too.

Team Member, Jennifer Mok, MBBS

Jennifer is a doctor of ophthalmology in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2008 and has received her training at Tuen Mun Hospital. She is currently a second year trainee, and is responsible for different clinical duties, including consultations, laser treatment and surgical operations.

She has immense determination in gaining professionally. She has attached to different eye units in Hong Kong. She has also engaged actively in community services, such as organizing regular visits to Home for the Aged Blind and fund raising for ORBIS International. She believes this unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity would enrich her professionalism, not only knowledge-based, but also humanity-based, and from the perspective of a completely different culture.

She is enthusiastic in advancing ophthalmology with researches and academic exchanges. She is involved in various health research projects. She wishes to explore the well-established medical system and the globally-advanced clinical practice of the State, and specifically the common practice of ophthalmology.


Team member, Ganzorig Baatar, MD

Dr. Ganzorig was born in 1972 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He is the elder brother of two brothers and one sister. From 1980 to 1990, he finished his secondary school. In 1997, he graduated from the National Medical University in Ulaanbaatar with bachelor degree. From 1997 to 2000, he participated in the general surgery residency program in Medical University Hospital, Ulaanbaatar. He has worked in National Cancer Center of Mongolia as a surgeon since 2000. From October 2004 to April 2005, he completed the thoracic surgery program in Switzerland. In 2010, he completed a 2-month thoracoscopy training program in Taiwan. Also, he attended different short training programs and seminars in Rizhao, Shanghai, Hangzhou in China; Seoul in Korea; and Salzburg in Austria.

He got married in 2001. His wife‘s name is Dagmidmaa Tsengel. She is 31. She is a german language translator and works in private sector. He has a 8-years-old son, his name is Anand. He is attending secondary school.

Team Member, Louise Sin, MN, BSN, RNM, RN

Louise is a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife in the Hospital Authority. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She completed her Master of Nursing degree in 2005 and attained her Certificate Course in Intensive Care Nursing in 2008. She dissertated her research at the 9th Asia Oceania Congress of Sexology (ACOS) in Thailand in 2006, and the study was published in Journal of Clinical Nursing 2009.

Louise has worked in various specialties including Gynecology, Obstetric and Clinical Oncology Units. She is working in Intensive Care Unit of an acute tertiary hospital and has earned her specialty nursing (Intensive Care) in 2009. Her major responsibilities are to provide quality care to patients suffering from critical conditions.

Louise enjoys playing Ping Pong since childhood. She was the CUHK Women’s Table Tennis Team Captain during her undergraduate and was awarded the “Most Valuable Player”. She also joined the Hospital Authority Table Tennis Team afterwards.

Louise wishes to explore the health delivery model, health care system and the US nursing practice.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

About a month before our departure to Portland, Maine

On 16 April 2011, a team of health professionals will be travelling from Rotary International District 3450 to Rotary International District 7780 to embark on an one-month journey in Portland, Maine, USA. This team consists of members from Hong Kong and Mongolia, led by Dr. Vito Lee, a dedicated Rotarian from Hong Kong who is a semi-retired GP. We are all very excited about participating in the Group Study Exchange, and we anticipate meeting lots & lots of people who will enrich our vocational and cultural experience and most importantly, become our good friends.


The GSE Team from Rotary International District 3450 this year comprises of the following members:


  • Dr Ganzorig Bataar (Mongolia)
  • Ms Michelle Cheung (Hong Kong)
  • Ms Cheryl Law (Hong Kong)
  • Dr Jennifer Mok (Hong Kong)
  • Ms Louise Sin (Hong Kong)


For more information about our members, please keep following our blog!




Before hearing additional updates from us, let's briefly review what we have done in the past few months or so to prepare for the trip:


On 14-16 Jan 2011, we attended the Rotary Foundation Regional Scholar Orientation Seminar (RSOS) organized for outbound ambassadorial scholars awarded by Rotary International. There were scholars coming from different Rotary International Districts. The seminar trained us on on how to develop and make speeches and presentations, and also provided us with opportunities to get to know each other better. For instance, we met the GSE Team from Taiwan, that would be going to Arizona, USA in 2011!
One of our team members, Michelle Cheung, was voted as one of the two best presenters! 
For more information about the seminar, please visit the blog of RSOS Hong Kong.


Team USA touched down in Hong Kong on 25 Feb 2011. We met for the first time at the Welcoming Dinner at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, where our exchange began. On the following day, we went to Ngong Ping 360 & visited the Big Buddha! The activity was also joined by the in-bound team's host families & friends.


To facilitate your understanding of the GSE between the two Rotary International Districts, you may visit the blog of TEAM USA.


In addition to our regular meetings during which we discussed our preparation for the trip, we have also attended a couple of Rotary meetings and did our mock presentation. We are trying to prepare & improve ourselves as much as possible!


Last but not least, thanks to everybody who have helped us in our preparation. In particular, we'd like to thank our GSE Team Leader Dr. Vito Lee, DGN Kenneth Wong, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair Kenneth Chow, who have worked closely with us all along the way and provided much guidance to us.


That's our updates for now. We'll try to update the blog as soon as possible! As you can imagine, we are really busy preparing for the GSE, as well as keeping up with our health care work!!