Dean, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Robotic Surgery
Professor Chiu is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Robotic Surgery, Professor of Division of Upper GI and Metabolic 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). He is also a member of the Steering Committee of Health and Medical Innovation Development of the Health Bureau of HKSAR Government, a member of Hospital Authority Board, and served as the President of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) from 2021-2023.
Professor Chiu 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, Professor Chiu has distinguished himself as a trailblazer in his field, consistently pushing the boundaries of medical innovation. He has published near 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 6 book chapters, and is currently a co-editor of Endoscopy.
Professor Chiu has received numerous prestigious awards including State Scientific Technology and Progress Award from the People’s Republic of China (2007), 2nd class award in Technological Advancement, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (2011), Best Paper of DDW (2011), first prize of ASGE World Cup of Endoscopy (2012), Asia Pacific Digestive Week JGHF Emerging Leader Lectureship (2016), two Gold Medals with Congratulations of Jury at the International Exhibitions of Inventions of Geneva (2019, 2023), the Spirit of Hong Kong Award on Innovation (2020), Honorary Membership of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (2023) and the Karl-Storz-Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope Award at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics by Imperial College London (2023).
