Dr Phyllis Chan is currently the Chief of Service and Hong Kong West Cluster Clinical Stream Coordinator (Mental Health) of Queen Mary Hospital, and Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. Dr Chan is also a Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University in Australia. She serves as the Vice-President (Censor/Education) of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists.

Dr Chan teaches and trains psychiatric trainee doctors, medical students and other allied health professionals extensively. Her expertise is in child and adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders. She has also participated in many public education and advocacy work for destigmatisation.