Professor CHIU Wai Yan Philip    
趙偉仁

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

Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery
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Biography

Professor Philip Chiu is currently Professor, Honorary Consultant and Head of Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital; Director of Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center; Director of CUHK Chow Yuk Ho Technology Center for Innovative Medicine and Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also serves as Director of Endoscopy of Prince of Wales Hospital and the New Territories East Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong.

Prof. Chiu is the first in Hong Kong to perform endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for treatment of early GI cancers in 2004 and Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) in 2010. In 2011 he pioneered the world’s first robotic gastric ESD, followed by world’s first robotic colorectal ESD in 2020. His research interests include 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 more than 370 peer reviewed manuscripts and 6 book chapters, and is currently a co-editor of Endoscopy. He has received numerous prestigious awards including State Scientific Technology and Progress Award from People’s Republic of China in 2007, 2nd class award in Technological Advancement, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in 2011. His research on POEM was awarded best of DDW 2011 and first prize of ASGE World Cup of Endoscopy 2012. He was selected as Asia Pacific Digestive Week JGHF Emerging Leader Lectureship in 2016 and Global Outstanding Chinese Youth 2016. He received two Gold Medals with Congratulation from Jury at the International Exhibitions of Inventions of Geneva (2019, 2023), and Spirit of Hong Kong Award on Innovation in 2020. In 2023 he was bestowed Honorary Membership of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery and the Karl-Storz-Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope Award.

Research Interests

• Esophageal cancer and minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy
• Novel endoscopic technologies for diagnosis of early GI cancers
• ESD and novel endoscopic procedures
• Natural Orifices Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
• Robotics in endoluminal surgery

Additional Information

CUHK Service:

• Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Medicine
• Director, Office of Global Engagement, Faculty of Medicine
• Professor and Head of Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery
• Director, Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center
• Director, Chow Yuk Ho Technology Center for Innovative Medicine

External Service:

• Honorary Consultant, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital
• Cluster Service Team Head in Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, New Territories East Cluster, Hospital Authority
• Cluster Director of Endoscopy, New Territory East Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
• Director of Endoscopy, Prince of Wales Hospital, New Territory East Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
• 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
• President, Hong Kong Society of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (HKSUGIS)
• President, Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery (HKSMAS)
• President of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) (2021-2023)
• Chairman of Surgical Endoscopy, World Endoscopy Organization (WEO)
• Co-Editor of Endoscopy
• External Assessor, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Awards and Honours:

• 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

Selected Publications

1. *Chiu PWY, Ho KY, Phee SJ. Colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection using a novel robotic system (with video). GastrointestEndosc. 2021 May;93(5):1172-1177.
2. *Chan SM, Ma TW, Chong MK, Chan DL, Ng EKW, Chiu PWY. A Proof of Concept Study: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Is an Aerosol-Generating Procedure and Continuous Oral Suction During the Procedure Reduces the Amount of Aerosol Generated. Gastroenterology. 2020 Nov;159(5):1949-195e4.
3. Xu X, Xia X, Zhang K, Rai A, Li Z, Zhao P, Wei K, Zou L, Yang B, Wong WK, *Chiu PW, Bian L. Bioadhesive hydrogels demonstrating pH-independent and ultrafast gelation promote gastric ulcer healing in pigs. Sci Transl Med. 2020 Aug 26;12(558):eaba8014.
4. Xia X, Chan KF, Wong GTY, Wang P, Liu L, Yeung BPM, Ng EKW, Lau JYW, *Chiu PWY. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Healing of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug-Related Peptic Ulcer Through Paracrine Actions in Pigs. Sci Transl Med. 2019 Oct 30;11(516):eaat7455.
5. *Chiu PWY, Ng SC, Inoue H, Reddy DN, Ling Hu E, Cho JY, Ho LK, Hewett DG, Chiu HM, Rerknimitr R, Wang HP, Ho SH, Seo DW, Goh KL, Tajiri H, Kitano S, Chan FKL. Practice of endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: position statements of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE-COVID statements). Gut. 2020 Jun;69(6):991-996. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321185.
6. *Chiu PWY, Uedo N, Singh R, Gotoda T, Ng EKW, Yao K, Ang TL, Ho SH, Kikuchi D, Yao F, Pittayanon R, Goda K, Lau JYW, Tajiri H, Inoue H. An Asian consensus on standards of diagnostic upper endoscopy for neoplasia. Gut. 2019 Feb;68(2):186-197. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317111.
7. *Chiu PWY, Yip HC, Teoh AYB, Wong VWY, Chan SM, Wong SKH, Ng EKW. Per oral endoscopic tumor (POET) resection for treatment of upper gastrointestinal subepithelial tumors. Surg Endosc. 2019 Apr;33(4):1326-1333.
8. *Chiu PWY, Yip HC, Xia XF, Chan SM, Ng EKW, Lau JYW. How I do it: Flexible 3-D endoscope for endoscopic submucosal dissection. Dig Endosc. 2019 May;31(3):323-328.
9. Takeshita N, Ho KY, Phee SJ, *Chiu PW. Feasibility of performing esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection using master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot. Endoscopy 2017; Feb; 49(S01):E27-28.
10. *Chiu PW, Joeng HK, Choi CL, Tsoi KK, Kwong KH, Lam SH, Sung JJ. High dose omeprazole infusion compared with scheduled second look endoscopy for prevention of peptic ulcer rebleeding: a randomized controlled trial. Endoscopy. 2016 Aug;48(8):717-22.