Dr. Tang Chung Ngai

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Council Member & Chairman, Robotic Subcommittee of International Laparoscopic Liver Surgery (ILLS)
Founding President, Hong Kong Society of Robotic Surgery (HKSRS)
Past President, Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA)
President-elect, Asia-Pacific Association of Robotic Surgeons (APARS) 
Hong Kong, China


Dr CN Tang graduated from medical school of the University of Hong Kong in 1989. He had his overseas attachment to the Ninewells Hospital and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for the training of Laparoscopic & Hepatobiliary Surgery in 1997. Later in the same year, he was admitted as a fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Dr CN Tang is the first qualified Robotic General Surgeon in Hong Kong and he has performed more than 150 cases of Robotic HPB surgery since 2009 and many of them are the first in Hong Kong. Through his active participation in various clinical projects over the years, he has delivered more than 40 invited lectures and published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals and also contributed to book chapter, mainly on laparoscopic and endoscopic approach in the management of hepatobiliary diseases. He serves as Editorial Board of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Chinese Journal of Current Clinical Medicine, and also expert reviewer in more than 15 international journals since 2005.

As the Director of Minimal Access Surgery Training Centre (MASTC), he is committed to deliver a high standard of Minimal Access Surgery training and has accumulated lots of experience in medical administration through the organization of various training workshops for doctors and nurses. Currently he is one of the team leaders in driving corporate initiatives of Crew Resources Management and Credentialing Project to safeguard clinical competence of the healthcare professional.