Dr. Joseph Kwan

Dr. Kwan is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Brain Sciences and Consultant in Stroke Medicine at the Imperial Stroke Centre, Charing Cross Hospital. I am also an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Geriatric Medicine at The University of Hong Kong, and a clinical teacher at the University of Bath.

After completing his education at Malvern College in 1989, he qualified in medicine from Bristol University in 1994. He obtained his MRCP in 1997 before embarking on postgraduate stroke research at Southampton University. He was then awarded the Stroke Association Clinical Research Fellowship and Glaxo Wellcome Clinical Research Fellowship at Edinburgh University to complete his doctoral studies in stroke research.

Joseph has more than two decades of experience in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and specializes in stroke Medicine. He held his first Consultant post in Bournemouth in 2006, and became the Regional Stroke Network Medical Director in 2008, and Head of Stroke Department in 2009. He then took up the position of Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong, where he founded the “HKU Gerontology Research Lab” and supervised postgraduate research students. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal Society of Public Health and European Stroke Organization. 

After joining the Imperial Stroke Centre at Charing Cross Hospital in 2018, he became the Head of Stroke Research (Investigator-Initiated) for the Imperial Stroke Research Consortium in 2020, with current research focusing on acute stroke and stroke recovery, aiming to develop innovative therapeutic strategies. He is involved in research collaborations within and outside Imperial College London, including other stroke research centres in the United Kingdom, United States, and Hong Kong.

Joseph’s other passion is educating and training the next generation of doctors to become competent and caring specialists. He is a strong believer of the holistic self-care approach, including nutrition and exercise, promoting well-being and fitness of the body, mind and spirit.