Ki Sum Samson is an interdisciplinary medical humanities educator with a background in medical education, social gerontology, and thanatology. He first joined Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit (MEHU) of HKUMed in 2014.

  Of his 11 years of experience in steering teaching development in a medical humanities curriculum, Samson’s projects have grown internationally acclaimed:

2022 - “Young Scholar Merit Award” at NUS’s Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC)

2023 - Shortlisted for "Nurturing Values and Ethics" Category at QS Reimagine Education Awards 2023

2024 - Shortlisted for "Nurturing Wellbeing and Purpose " Category at QS Reimagine Education Awards 2024

2024 - Fellow, Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) in the U.K.

2025 - "Most Innovative Teacher of the Year" Award (ranked #1 in Asia in 2025), Times Higher Education

2025 - Gold Award (ranked #1 globally) in "Nurturing Wellbeing and Purpose" Category, QS Reimagine Education Awards 2025

2026 - Associate Fellow, The Academy of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)