Registered Foreign Lawyer
Practising Solicitor of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Albert Lee is a solicitor practising in New South Wales, Australia and is also a practising medical practitioner (specialist in Family Medicine) , an educational innovator, and a research leader in Family Medicine, health promotion, and disease prevention in Asia. He was elected as an international member of National Academy of Medicine (NAM previously known as Institute of Medicine), USA in 2012. Election to the NAM is considered one of the highest honours in the fields of health and medicine. Albert is the first member elected from Hong Kong. He has served as member of NAM Forum on 'Investing in Children globally' (iYCG) during the period 2013 to 2016 to develop an integrated approach for child development and co-chair the Hong Kong workshop of iYCG in 2015.
He served as Clinical Professor of JC School of Public Health and Primary Care and the Founding Director of the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, CUHK. He is awarded the title of Emeritus Professor from 1 August 2022 and continues to serve as clinical professional consultant for clinical teaching. He also serves as Honorary/Adjunct Professor, external examiner/assessor at many leading academic institutions in HK and overseas. These include Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Healthcare Systems Development, University of New South Wales, Australia; Adjunct Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Overseas Examiner for the Malaysian Family Medicine Specialist Examination. In addition, he has started teaching Graduate Diploma/MA in Law on Tort for University of Law UK (HK campus) and Master in Healthcare Management of University of Worcester, UK (HK cohort).
Professor Lee also focuses on legal research, education, and professional training. He serves as Vice President (Asia) of the World Association for Medical Law and is the Editor-in-Chief of its official journal, Medicine and Law. He is a member of the Education Committee of the Australian College of Legal Medicine and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at The University of Hong Kong. His research areas include professional negligence, medical errors, accidental injuries, dispute mediation, and arbitration. He has published 20 papers in legal journals and has been invited to present over 30 papers at international conferences on medical law. Additionally, he organizes and delivers regular professional development and public education lectures and workshops. He will teach medical law and ethics courses in master's programmes at two universities and is the editor of a book on medical law and ethics, with four chapters authored by three King's Counsels.