Professor Philip Chiu is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Robotic Surgery, Director of Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center, Director of Endoscopy Center and Institute of Digestive Disease of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of CUHK in 1994 with two scholarships, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (General Surgery), Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2001, and received his Doctor of Medicine from CUHK in 2009. With research interests in esophageal cancer management, minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy, novel endoscopic technologies for diagnosis of early GI cancers, endoscopic surgery as well as robotics for endoluminal surgery, he has published near 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 6 book chapters. As a trailblazer in his field consistently pushing the boundaries of medical innovation, Professor Chiu has earned many accolades including the State Scientific Technology and Progress Award from the People’s Republic of China (2007), Gold Medals with Congratulations of Jury at the International Exhibitions of Inventions of Geneva (2019, 2023) and the Karl-Storz-Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope Award at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics by Imperial College London (2023).

Research Interests

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Upper GI Cancers
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy and Submucosal Endoscopic Tumour Resection

Academic and Professional Qualifications

MBChB(CUHK), MD(CUHK), FRCSEd (Gen), FCSHK, FHKAM (Surgery)

Honorary Appointments in Other Professional Activities

Member, Steering Committee, Health and Medical Innovation Development, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government
Ex-officio Member, Research Council and Research Fellowship Assessment Panel, Health and Medical Research Fund, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government
Board Member, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Cluster Director of Endoscopy, New Territories East Cluster, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Director of Endoscopy, Prince of Wales Hospital
Member, Research Projects Assessment Panel, Innovation and Technology Fund, Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR Government
Member, Institute for Translational Research Incu-Bio Assessment Panel, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Founder and Executive Board Member, The Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA)
President of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) (2021-2023)
Chairman of Surgical Endoscopy, World Endoscopy Organization
Executive Councillor, Asia Diabetes Foundation
Co-editor, Endoscopy
External Assessor, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Awards

Karl-Storz-Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope Award, The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, Imperial College London, 2023
Honorary Member, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques (EAES), 2023
Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, Gold Medal and 2 Silver Medals, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2023
International Honorary Member, Japan Society of Endoscopic Surgery (JSES), 2021
Outstanding Team Award (PWH Endoscopy), Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, 2021
Bronze Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2021
Spirit of Hong Kong Award on Innovation, 2020
Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2019
JGH Emerging Leader Lectureship Award, Asia Pacific Digestive Week, 2016
Global Chinese Outstanding Youth Award, 2016
Outstanding contribution award, Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy, 2015
Champion of the World Cup of Endoscopy, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2012
Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology) – Second-class Award in Technological Advancement, Ministry of Education of PRC, 2011
Research abstract awarded Best of Digestive Disease Week, United States, 2011
State Scientific & Technological Progress Award, State Council of PRC, 2007