Prof. Philip Chiu appointed as new Dean of Medicine
Prof. Philip Chiu will take on the role of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine starting February.
Prof. Philip Chiu will succeed Prof. Francis Chan as the Dean of Medicine with effect from 1 February 2024.
Graduating from CU Medicine in 1994, Prof. Chiu joined his alma mater in 2005 and is currently the Associate Dean (External Affairs) of the Faculty. He is Professor and Chief of Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery in the Department of Surgery, and also Director of the InnoHK-supported Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center. He directs the Endoscopy Centre of the University’s Institute of Digestive Disease and the CUHK Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine.
Prof. Chiu is an internationally renowned scholar on upper gastrointestinal surgery. He is the first to perform endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for treatment of early gastrointestinal cancers in Hong Kong in 2004, followed by the first per-oral endoscopic myotomy—a minimally invasive procedure that treats swallowing disorders caused by muscle problems through inserting an endoscope through the mouth and cutting the muscles—in Hong Kong in 2010. He conducted the world’s first robotic gastric ESD in 2011, and the world’s first robotic colorectal ESD in 2020.
Prof. Chiu has received numerous awards for his notable achievements, including the State Scientific Technology and Progress Award. He has taken two Gold Medals with Congratulations from Jury at the International Exhibitions of Inventions of Geneva and the Spirit of Hong Kong Award on innovation.
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