Prof. Tak Yeung Leung

  • Qualification:
    • MBChB (CUHK), MD (CUHK), FHKAM (O&G), FHKCOG, FRCOG
  • Specialty:
    • Prenatal genetic screening
    • Diagnosis and therapy of fetal abnormalities
    • Twin pregnancy
    • Preterm delivery
    • Fetal growth restriction
    • External cephalic version
  • Current Position at CU:
    • Chairman and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Team Head of Fetal Medicine Team
    • Assistant Dean (Mainland Affairs), Faculty of Medicine
  • Areas of research:
    • Fetal therapy including fetoscopic laser therapy for Twin-twin transfusion syndrome, radiofrequency ablation of umbilical vessels for selective feticide or fetal reduction, fetoscopic endotracheal balloon occlusion (FETO) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, in utero transfusion and shunting
    • Genetic screening, diagnosis and counselling with state-of-art technologies including ultrasonography, chromosomal microarray, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using maternal circulating cell-free fetal DNA, and next generation sequencing
    • External cephalic version for breech presentation

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