Dr. Clarence Leung graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1994. He completed his internship in general surgery at the Professorial Unit headed by the Emeritus Professor D.C. Carter at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He qualified as a specialist in Neurosurgery in 2003 after completing his Neurosurgical residency at the University Hospital of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was awarded the first place prestigious Douglas Miller Gold Medal in the professional qualifying examination of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Following his residency, he completed a one-year Complex Spine Fellowship under the world renowned Professor Alan H. Crockard at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of London. He is the recipient of both the Esther Wu scholarship from the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and the Sir Robert Black scholarship from the Government of Hong Kong SAR in 2003-2004 during his fellowship training in spine surgery in London, United Kingdom.

He moved to private practice in 2006 and continued serving as the Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Department of Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. At present, he is the Clinical Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Center at the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, and serves as the Honorary Consultant in Department of Neurosurgery of Kwong Wah Hospital.

Dr. Leung has pioneered several spinal techniques in Hong Kong. He performed the first cervical spine artificial disc replacement in Hong Kong in 2004. He also performed the first Prodisc-C Nova artificial disc replacement in the Asia-Pacific region.

Dr. Leung specializes in spinal surgery, including minimally invasive spinal surgery, artificial disc replacement, endoscopic spinal surgery, disc treatment and complex spinal reconstruction.

Apart from being a spine surgeon, he is also an active participant in education and research. He participates in regular teaching seminars and spine workshops around Asia. He has been elected as one of the faculty members of AOSPINE which is the largest global spine educational organization. He has numerous publications in both national and international journals. His research papers on artificial disc replacement have been published in world renowned journals such as Neurosurgery and the Spine Journal. He has presented his research in several international meetings including the North American Spine Society.

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