Faculty

Prof. Simon Ng graduated from the medical school of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1995 with 7 distinctions and was awarded the honor degree and double Gold Medals. He passed the Joint Specialty Fellowship Examination in General Surgery in 2002 with highest marks and won the LiShields Medal. In 2013, Prof Ng received his Medical Doctoral Degree with Commendation from CUHK for his research thesis on the long-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer.

Prof. Ng is currently Associate Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Medicine, Chairman and Wei Lun Professor of Surgery of the Department of Surgery, and Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery, CUHK. He is the Immediate Past President of the Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology, a Council Member of the Hong Kong Society of Robotic Surgery, an Honorary Member of the Korean Society of Coloproctology and the Korean Association of Robotic Surgeons, the Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Endo-Lap Surgery Group, and the International Chair of the Global Reach Committee of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP).

Prof. Ng’s main clinical and research interests are minimally invasive/robotic surgery and advanced endoscopic therapy for colorectal diseases, multimodality treatment for colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening, and biomarkers for colorectal cancer. He is the first colorectal surgeon in the world to perform robotic colorectal surgery using the da Vinci SP Surgical System and the Cornerstone Robotic Surgical System. He has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including first-authored publications in top-notched journals such as Lancet, Gastroenterology, and Annals of Surgery. His research work in colorectal surgery has earned him a number of international and national awards. In recognition of his outstanding performance in the surgical profession and his contribution to the community, Prof Ng was selected as one of the awardees of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 2010.