The 3rd Sino-Asia Pacific Medical Forum will take place in Manila from November 20th – 22nd. It will be continue its momentum two days later in Macau, China at the 40th Sino Luso International Medical Forum on November 24th – 26th, 2017.

This stimulating 7-day scientific program will host over 600 medical experts from 20 countries. These include the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, Cape Verde, Turkey, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, the Philippines, People’s Republic of China, Taipei, Hong Kong and Macau SARs, and among others.

President of the Sino-Asia Pacific Medical Forum, Prof. Manson Fok, comments, “We warmly welcome all our delegates back to the 3rd Sino Asia Pacific Medical Forum. The purpose is to emphasize the importance of collaborations and to build long-term relationships with all our health stakeholders. This has grown and strengthened over the past three years. We have participants not only from our Asia Pacific region but also from around the world. We have invited renowned international medical experts as keynote speakers to share their experiences and expertise.”

Prof. Fok, who also serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), continues, “We are proud to have invited Professor Harden, the inventor of OSCE which has been adopted as gold standard all over the world in medical education and recognized as one of the leading international figures in medical education. Professor Harden also received an OBE for his contribution to Medical Education.” Prof. Fok adds, “We have many VIP guests attending these medical discussions. They include Gusi Peace Prize Chairman Ambassador Barry Gusi, Under Secretary of Health of the Philippines, Dr. Herminigildo Valle, Hon, the immediate past Secretary of Health, Dr. Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, and the Philippines Medical Association President Dr. Irineo Bernado III.”

Dr. Billy Chan, Vice President of Sino-Asia Pacific Medical Forum comments, “From the People’s Republic of China there will be a strong team of medical professors from Peking University of Chinese Medicine coming all the way from Beijing to attend this important event. Led by Prof. Wang Yaoxian, Dean of the First Clinical Medical College of Peking University of Chinese Medicine, Prof. Wang will be presenting at the symposium his paper on the exploration of mechanisms for Chinese medicine treatments for renal diseases.”

Launched in Manila and Macau in November 2015 with the signing of a joint communiqué by former Portuguese President Ramalho Eanes, it was organized by the Sino-Asia Pacific Medical Forum Committee, and the Macau Healthcare Management and Promotion Association (MHMPA).