Plenary Speaker

My Personal Journey in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
Michael Ka Wah Li §õ®a÷~
Hong Kong

- Consultant Surgeon in Department of Surgery and Advisor of Minimal Access Surgery Training Centre, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
- HKEC Training Centre for Healthcare Management & Clinical Technology
- Honorary Consultant in General Surgery and Director of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery Development, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital


Medical School St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School

 
Qualifications MRCS LRCP 1977
MBBS (London) 1977
FRCS (Edinburgh) 1982
FRCS (England) 1982
FCSHK 1993
FHKAM (Surgery) 1993
 
Present Positions Professor of Surgery,
University College London,
United Kingdom

Honorary Consultant in General Surgery,
Director of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery Development,
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital,
Hong Kong

Consultant Surgeon in Department of Surgery,
Advisor of Minimal Access Surgery Training Centre,
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital,
Hong Kong

Adjunct Associate Professor in Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital,
Faculty of Medicine,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital,
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,
The University of Hong Kong

Offices Held

  • President, Asia Endosurgery Task Force
  • Secretary General / Treasurer,
    International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons (IFSES)
  • Member of Board of Governors,
    Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)
  • President, Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology
  • Council Member, Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy
  • Council Member, Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery
  • Editorial Board, Annuals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
  • Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery (AJES)

Appointments

  • Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2009-10)
  • Honorary Consultant in Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
  • Honorary Consultant in Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
  • Honorary Consultant in Laparoscopic Surgery,
    Guangzhou Medical College First Affiliated Hospital
  • Honorary Consultant, Shenzhen Hospital of Beijing University
  • Honorary Consultant Surgeon, St. Paul¡¦s Hospital, Hong Kong
  • Honorary Consultant, Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association
  • Honorary Consultant, Hospital Centre S. Januario, Health Bureau, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government
  • Honorary Professor in Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of Philippines
  • Visiting Associate Professor of Laparoscopic Surgery,
    Sun Yat Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou
  • International Advisory Committee, the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
  • Examiner in General Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Examiner in General Surgery, College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
  • Examiner in Surgery, MBBS Clinical Competency Tests

Member of Societies

  • Honorary Fellow of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)
  • Honorary Fellow of the Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
  • Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
  • Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
  • Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
  • Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine
  • Member of the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation
  • Member of Asian Surgical Association
  • Member of Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland
  • Member of British Medical Association
  • Member of Diploma in Gastroenterology Nursing Academic Advisory Committee,
    the University of Hong Kong School of Professional & Continuing Education
  • Member of European Society for Surgical Research
  • Member of Endoscopy Services Medical Advisory Committee, HKSH
  • Member of General Medical Association
  • Member of Hong Kong Association of Day Surgery
  • Member of Hong Kong Cancer Society
  • Member of Hong Kong Medical Association
  • Member of International HepatoPancreatobilary Association
  • Member of Medical Protection Society
  • Member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery