Doctor specialty names in Chinese and English: the 66 specialties on the Medical Council Specialist Register, with English names and specialty codes
According to the Specialist Registration page of the Medical Council of Hong Kong website (revised September 2026), the Specialist Register lists 66 specialties, each with a Chinese name, an English name and a specialty code beginning with S; for example, 心臟科 is Cardiology (S13).
What are the Chinese and English names of each specialty?
The table below lists the Chinese names, English names and specialty codes of the 66 specialties (Medical Council Specialist Registration page, September 2026). The specialist registration numbers on each specialty's list on the Medical Council website begin with that specialty's code; for example, the numbers on the Cardiology list begin with S13.
Compiled by this site: what people commonly call ‘皮膚科’ (dermatology) is ‘皮膚及性病科’ (Dermatology & Venereology) on the register; ‘腸胃科’ (gastroenterology) is ‘腸胃肝臟科’ (Gastroenterology & Hepatology); and ‘腎科’ (nephrology) is ‘腎病科’ (Nephrology).
| Specialty (Chinese) | English name | Specialty code |
|---|---|---|
| 麻醉科 | Anaesthesiology | S01 |
| 危重病學 | Intensive Care | S02 |
| 社會醫學 | Community Medicine | S03 |
| 急症科 | Emergency Medicine | S04 |
| 家庭醫學 | Family Medicine | S05 |
| 婦產科 | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | S06 |
| 眼科 | Ophthalmology | S07 |
| 骨科 | Orthopaedics & Traumatology | S08 |
| 耳鼻喉科 | Otorhinolaryngology | S09 |
| 兒科 | Paediatrics | S10 |
| 病理學 | Pathology | S11 |
| 內科 | Internal Medicine | S12 |
| 心臟科 | Cardiology | S13 |
| 深切治療科 | Critical Care Medicine | S14 |
| 皮膚及性病科 | Dermatology & Venereology | S15 |
| 內分泌及糖尿科 | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | S16 |
| 腸胃肝臟科 | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | S17 |
| 老人科 | Geriatric Medicine | S18 |
| 血液及血液腫瘤科 | Haematology & Haematological Oncology | S19 |
| 腎病科 | Nephrology | S20 |
| 腦神經科 | Neurology | S21 |
| 呼吸系統科 | Respiratory Medicine | S22 |
| 風濕病科 | Rheumatology | S23 |
| 精神科 | Psychiatry | S24 |
| 放射科 | Radiology | S25 |
| 臨床腫瘤科 | Clinical Oncology | S26 |
| 核子醫學科 | Nuclear Medicine | S27 |
| 外科 | General Surgery | S28 |
| 泌尿外科 | Urology | S29 |
| 神經外科 | Neurosurgery | S30 |
| 心胸肺外科 | Cardio-thoracic Surgery | S31 |
| 整形外科 | Plastic Surgery | S32 |
| 小兒外科 | Paediatric Surgery | S33 |
| 免疫及過敏病科 | Immunology & Allergy | S34 |
| 感染及傳染病科 | Infectious Disease | S35 |
| 內科腫瘤科 | Medical Oncology | S36 |
| 行政醫學 | Administrative Medicine | S37 |
| 公共衞生醫學 | Public Health Medicine | S38 |
| 職業及環境醫學 | Occupational and Environmental Medicine | S39 |
| 解剖病理學 | Anatomical Pathology | S40 |
| 化學病理學 | Chemical Pathology | S41 |
| 法醫病理學 | Forensic Pathology | S42 |
| 血液學 | Haematology | S43 |
| 免疫學 | Immunology | S44 |
| 臨床微生物及感染學 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | S45 |
| 紓緩醫學科 | Palliative Medicine | S47 |
| 臨床藥理學 | Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics | S48 (the Medical Council notes that no doctors are registered in this specialty) |
| 復康科 | Rehabilitation | S49 |
| 婦科腫瘤科 | Gynaecological Oncology | S50 |
| 泌尿婦科 | Urogynaecology | S51 |
| 生殖醫學科 | Reproductive Medicine | S53 |
| 母胎醫學科 | Maternal & Fetal Medicine | S54 |
| 疼痛醫學 | Pain Medicine | S55 |
| 兒童免疫、過敏及傳染病科 | Paediatric Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases | S56 |
| 兒童體智及行為發展學科 | Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics | S57 |
| 兒童腦神經科 | Paediatric Neurology | S58 |
| 臨床毒理科 | Clinical Toxicology | S59 |
| 兒童呼吸科 | Paediatric Respiratory Medicine | S60 |
| 遺傳學及基因組學專科（兒科） | Genetics and Genomics (Paediatrics) | S61 |
| 兒童內分泌科 | Paediatric Endocrinology | S62 |
| 遺傳及基因組病理學 | Genetic and Genomic Pathology | S63 |
| 血管外科 | Vascular Surgery | S64 |
| 兒童血液及腫瘤科 | Paediatric Haematology & Oncology | S65 |
| 遺傳及基因組學(內科) | Genetics and Genomics (Medicine) | S66 |
| 介入放射科 | Interventional Radiology | S67 |
| 兒童心臟科 | Paediatric Cardiology | S68 |
How do I know whether a doctor is a specialist?
A doctor may describe himself or herself as a specialist only if listed on the Specialist Register, and may use only the title of his or her registered specialty (Medical Council Code of Professional Conduct, section 7, October 2022). On the ‘Specialist Registration’ page of the Medical Council website, clicking a specialty name opens the list of doctors registered in that specialty (the Medical Council notes that no doctors are registered in Clinical Pharmacology); for how to search by doctor's name, see How to check a doctor's registration and specialty, and for what the abbreviations of doctors' qualifications mean, see What is FHKAM.
Frequently asked questions
What is the specialty code for?
The specialty code is the number of each specialty on the Medical Council register; the specialist registration numbers on each specialty's list on the Medical Council website begin with that code, for example the numbers on the Cardiology list begin with S13, so the start of a number tells you which specialty a registration belongs to.
Which name should I use to check a doctor's specialty?
Use the specialty name or specialty code on the Medical Council register, as in the table.