Dr Fong is a Specialist in Community Medicine. He received his medical training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital of The University of Sydney, where he was also awarded the Master of Public Health degree in 1989. In over forty years of his professional career, Dr Fong has served in public, private and university healthcare facilities both in Hong Kong, China, and Sydney, Australia. He has commissioned and managed two local hospitals, including Ruttonjee Hospital and Union Hospital. He has also served as the Director of University Health Service of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and as the Deputy Medical Superintendent of Prince Henry Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales, Australia. Academically, he has contributed to publications, particularly in public health and primary care. Ben has taught Medical, Nursing and Chinese Medicine students, and supervised postgraduate candidates in Public Health, Family Medicine and Healthcare Management for years.

Dr Fong is currently the Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, the Programme Leader of the MSc in Health Services Management, and the Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has honorary appointments in Family Medicine at both CUHK and The University of Hong Kong, as well as in the School of Chinese Medicine, the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, and Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK