Expertise

• Paediatric general surgery
• Neonatal surgery
• Paediatric thoracic surgery
• Paediatric urology

Biography

Professor Kenneth Wong received medical degree from University of Edinburgh and his Ph.D degree in immunology at Imperial College. He is currently Li Shu-Pui Endowed Professor in Surgery and Chief of Paediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery, HKU.

He is an internationally renowned paediatric surgeon with clinical interests in neonatal surgery, advanced laparoscopic/ robotic surgery, and thoracic surgery.

He has been co-project leader in “Laparoscopic Workshops for Paedaitric Surgeons in China” since 2007 and has helped train over 2500 Chinese paediatric surgeons. He has also hosted numerous minimally invasive surgery workshops in Hong Kong and is a Faculty member of IRCAD, Taiwan. He and his team were awarded the Hospital Authority Outstanding team award for Neonatal Surgical Service in 2023 and the Heart in Action Award 2026 of Hong Kong West Cluster.

He has published over 275 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has an h-index of 54 with over 14000 citations. He serves as Founding Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Pediatric Surgery Open, and is Associate Editor for Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Frontiers in Pediatrics and BMC Pediatrics. He has been invited and given over 100 invited lectures worldwide.

Professor Wong is past-President of Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons (PAPS), and is current President of Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (AAPS) and Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Surgery (HKSPS).

Research interests

• Organoid technology in congenital disease modelling
• Congenital cystic lung disease
• Biliary atresia
• Choledochal cyst

Publications and achievements

HKU Scholars Hub/ ORCID