Inaugural Lecture of Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professorship in Robotic Surgery
Professor Philip Chiu Wai-yan, Dean of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine), has been named Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Robotic Surgery for his pioneering spirit and dedication in promoting novel endoscopic technologies and robotics for the management of early upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers through translational research, in Hong Kong and beyond. In the role’s inaugural lecture, Professor Chiu, a world-renowned surgeon in upper GI surgery and novel endoscopic and robotic surgery, shared his life journey, from the training and inspiration he received from Chinese art to his mastery of surgery, robotics and translational research.