Anthony and Anne Cheung Professor in Innovative and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Clinical Professor

Co-Chief of Divisions of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation

Department of Surgery

School of Clinical Medicine

LKS Faculty of Medicine

The University of Hong Kong

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Professor Tan To Cheung is Clinical Professor at The University of Hong Kong and Co-Chief of the Divisions of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation at Queen Mary Hospital and HKU. He holds leadership roles as President of the Hong Kong Society of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Vice President (External Affairs) of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, and Council Member of the Liver Foundation. Recognized for his academic excellence, he was is listed as top 1% HKU researchers ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the worldwide by citations in 2021.

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As an experienced academic surgeon, Professor Cheung’s research interest focuses in disease and cancers in the liver, biliary tract and pancreas. He has led several major consensus meetings, including the Hong Kong Pancreatic Cystic Lesion Management Consensus Meeting 2022, Hong Kong consensus recommendation on the management of HCC 2018 and 2021, and the Asia-Pacific Consensus Meeting for Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy for Primary Liver Cancer (Hong Kong Statement) in 2016.

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Internationally renowned experts in the field of laparoscopic liver resection for primary liver cancer, Professor Cheung is the pioneer of laparoscopic liver hepatectomies in Hong Kong with outstanding outcomes. He completed his Doctor of Medicine in 2018, presenting his thesis “Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy for Liver Cancer: Clinical Applications.”

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Professor Cheung is a founding member of the International Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Society and was elected as an Advisory Board Member in 2019. He was also Chairman of the Radiology Committee of the International Liver Transplant Society from 2019 to 2022. His contributions to surgical innovation have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the GB Ong Travelling Fellowship Award in 2013 and James IV Travelling Fellowship Award in 2017.

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As an accomplished researcher, Professor Cheung has secured over HKD 80 million in grants as the principle investigator and co-investigators of various grants from UGC HK and China. He has authored more than 310 peer-reviewed publications. He also frequently delivers plenary lectures globally and mentors numerous postgraduate and international trainees and has mentored a large number of trainees, including post graduate degree and oversea academia.