The International Digestive Disease Forum (IDDF) 2024 - Institute of Digestive Disease, CUHK

#IDDF2025

Speaker

Enrik AGUILA

St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City and Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center

Philippines

Enrik AGUILA

St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City and Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Advanced Endoscopist
Head of the Research Committee, Gastroenterology Departments
Faculty Member, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH)

Enrik Aguila is a consultant gastroenterologist and advanced endoscopist at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City and Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center. He also serves as the head of the research committee in the Gastroenterology departments of both institutions. In addition, he is a faculty member at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH).

He earned his MD-MBA degree from ASMPH in 2014, and received board certification in gastroenterology and digestive endoscopy after completing his fellowship training at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City in 2020. He subsequently underwent advanced endoscopy training in Adelaide, Australia, under an APAGE Clinician-Scientist Training scholarship. Most recently, he completed a two-month clinical observership in advanced endoscopy as a Berenson Scholar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by the Berenson International Scholarship and a JGHF Grant.

Dr. Aguila is an active member of several professional organizations. He serves on various committees of the Philippine Society of Gastroenterology and Philippine Society of Digestive Endoscopy. Internationally, he is a member of the Emerging Leaders Committee of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology and part of the 4th cohort of the World Endoscopy Organization’s Emerging Stars program. He also serves as Associate Editor of the Philippine Journal of Gastroenterology and Deputy Social Media Editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In addition, Dr. Aguila is a faculty member of both the Asian Novel Bio-Imaging and Intervention Group (ANBIIG) and the Academy of Endoscopy—organizations dedicated to advancing endoscopic education and improving patient care across the region through initiatives such as simulation-based mastery learning (SBML). He completed an SBML certification course at the Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, as part of his dedication to high-quality endoscopic training and education.

Johan BURISCH

Copenhagen University Hospital

Denmark

Johan BURISCH

Copenhagen University Hospital

Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology

Johan Burisch is a Professor and Consultant in Gastroenterology at Hvidovre Hospital and the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with a particular interest in disease epidemiology, disease course, and precision medicine. He leads several national and international projects, including multi-omics studies aimed at identifying new IBD subtypes to support individualized treatment strategies. Johan is also involved in developing and evaluating digital health interventions to improve care for patients with mild to moderate IBD. He is a member of the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD).

Shun-tian CAI

Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University

Vice Chairman

Tumor Enterology Committee, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association

Artificial Intelligence Group, Gastroenterology Physicians Branch, Fujian Provincial Physicians Association

Minimally Invasive Intervention Group, Gastroenterology Branch, Fujian Medical Association

, Youth Committee, Digestive Endoscopy Branch, Fujian Medical Association

China

Shun-tian CAI

Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University

Deputy Director

Vice Chairman

Youth Committee, Gastroenterology Branch, Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association

Tumor Enterology Committee, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association

Committee Member

Artificial Intelligence Group, Gastroenterology Physicians Branch, Fujian Provincial Physicians Association

Vice Leader

Minimally Invasive Intervention Group, Gastroenterology Branch, Fujian Medical Association

Vice Leader

, Youth Committee, Digestive Endoscopy Branch, Fujian Medical Association

Committee Member

MD, Associate Chief Physician, Associate Professor
Deputy Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University.
Vice Chairman, Youth Committee, Gastroenterology Branch, Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association.
Committee Member, Tumor Enterology Committee, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association.
Vice Leader, Artificial Intelligence Group, Gastroenterology Physicians Branch, Fujian Provincial Physicians Association.
Vice Leader, Minimally Invasive Intervention Group, Gastroenterology Branch, Fujian Medical Association.
Committee Member, Youth Committee, Digestive Endoscopy Branch, Fujian Medical Association.
Vice Chairman, Youth Committee, Gastroenterology Branch, Xiamen Medical Association.
Committee Member, Xiamen Gastroenterology Quality Control Center.
Secretary, Digestive Endoscopy Branch, Xiamen Medical Association.

Shannon CHAN

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Shannon CHAN

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Assistant Professor, Division of Upper Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Surgery

Shannon Chan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Upper Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Surgery of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007. She completed general surgical training and received fellowships of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2014. Dr. Chan’s interest is in gastric and esophageal cancers, mainly focusing in the laparoscopic and robotic approach. She did her overseas training in National Cancer Centre in Tokyo, Yonsei University in Seoul and also Amsterdam Medical Centre in Amsterdam. Her research interests include upper gastrointestinal surgical oncology and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy especially in interventional endoscopic ultrasound. She also has special interests in peritoneal surface malignancy and has started a multidisciplinary team for these rare, yet important group of patients. She is a member of the stomach and duodenal diseases subcommittee of the World Endoscopy Organisation (WEO) and is a reviewer for Digestive Endoscopy and Surgical Endoscopy. She has published over 20 peer-reviewed journals.  

Apart from her research interest, Dr. Chan has also devoted herself to humanitarian aid work. In 2014, she joined the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, also named Doctors without borders). MSF is an international humanitarian non-governmental organization working in war-torn and under-developed regions. Dr. Chan joined their surgical missions to South Sudan from Oct 2016 - Dec 2016 and to Yemen from Dec 2019 to Feb 2020. After her return, she has further affirmed her commitment to providing humanitarian aid to the less developed parts of the world.

Wah-kheong CHAN

University of Malaya

University of Malaya Medical Centre

University of Malaya Specialist Centre

Malaysia

Wah-kheong CHAN

University of Malaya

Professor, Department of Medicine

University of Malaya Medical Centre

Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Malaya Specialist Centre

Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist

Wah-kheong Chan is Professor of Medicine, Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the University of Malaya, the University of Malaya Medical Centre and the University of Malaya Specialist Centre. He served as an Executive Committee Member for the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (MSGH) between 2015 and 2021. He was the Scientific Co-Chair and a core member of the Organizing Committee for the Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) 2021. He completed two terms as Associate Editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology between 2018 and 2023, and is a current member of the Editorial Board for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Clinical and Molecular Hepatology. He has published numerous full papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented in both local and international conferences. His main area of research interest is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Ye CHEN

Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University

Integrative Microecology Medical Center

Standing Committee of Chinese Society of Gastroenterology(CSG)

Chinese Helicobacter Study Group of CSG

Gastroenterology Branch of Guangdong Medical Doctor Association

China

Ye CHEN

Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University

Vice president

Integrative Microecology Medical Center

Professor of Medicine and Chief

Standing Committee of Chinese Society of Gastroenterology(CSG)

Member

Chinese Helicobacter Study Group of CSG

Leader

Gastroenterology Branch of Guangdong Medical Doctor Association

Chairperson

- Vice president of Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University
- Professor of Medicine, Chief of Integrative Microecology Medical Center
- Member of Standing Committee of Chinese Society of Gastroenterology(CSG)
- Leader of Chinese Helicobacter Study Group of CSG
- Chairperson of Gastroenterology Branch of Guangdong Medical Doctor Association

Research interests
- H.pylori infection
- Inflammatory bowel diseases(IBD)
- C.difficile infection

Chengtang CHIU

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taiwan, China

Chengtang CHIU

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Dr. Chiu was the President of the Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan(DEST) during 2022/04～2025/04.
Vice-Chairman, Gastroenterology Branch, Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association.

Dr. Chiu has been an active gastroenterologist, medical educator and medical administrator, involving in many clinical studies’ principal investigator and he centered his research focus on the field of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) and gut microbiota. He has authored or coauthored nearly 270 original articles, book chapters and reviews on a wide range of medical and digestive disease topics.

Florence McAlister Professor of Medicine

Dr. Anna Mae Diehl received her Bachelors of Science and MD degrees at Georgetown University in 1974 and 1978, respectively. She then moved to Johns Hopkins for her internship and residency in internal medicine from 1978-1981, followed by gastroenterology fellowship training from 1981-1984. She was a member of the US Army and had her first faculty appointment at the United State Health Services University from 1984-1987. After completing her military service, she joined the faculty at Georgetown University/Washington Veterans Administration Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine/gastroenterologist in 1987. In 1990, she was recruited back to Johns Hopkins and rose through the ranks to become a tenured Professor of Medicine in 1997. She was recruited to Duke to chair the GI Division there in 2004, a position she held for the next decade.

Currently, Dr. Diehl is the Florence McAlister Professor of Medicine at Duke University. She is a physician scientist and clinical hepatologist. Her lab-based research activities focus on basic mechanisms of liver repair and complement her translational/clinical research programs in alcoholic- and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Dr Diehl’s basic research program has enjoyed uninterrupted NIH RO1 support since 1990. She has been the Principal Investigator for the NASH CRN UO1 clinical research program at Duke since its inception almost 20 years ago, as well as the Duke PI for the Liver Cirrhosis UO1 Network that began in 2021.

Dr. Diehl is viewed internationally as an authority on liver regeneration and fatty liver disease. Her research contributions to the fields of regenerative medicine, alcohol-related liver disease and NAFLD have been acknowledged by election to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of Academic Professors, as well as awards such as an NIH/NIAAA Merit Award, the NIAAA Mendelson Award, the Duke Distinguished Faculty Award, and the AASLD Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award. She has also been the primary research mentor for over 70 individuals and received mentoring awards from Johns Hopkins, Duke and the AGA.

Emad EL-OMAR

University of New South Wales

GUT, BMJ Journals

Australia

Emad EL-OMAR

University of New South Wales

Director, St George & Sutherland Clinical School

GUT, BMJ Journals

Editor in Chief

Emad El-Omar graduated in Medicine from Glasgow University, Scotland, and trained as a gastroenterologist. He worked as a Visiting Scholar/Scientist at Vanderbilt University, TN, and National Cancer Institute, MD, USA, and was Professor of Gastroenterology at Aberdeen University, Scotland, for 16 years before taking up the Chair of Medicine at St George & Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is the Editor in Chief of the journal Gut. His research interests include the gut microbiome, inflammation driven GI cancer and IBD. He is the Director of the Microbiome Research Centre at St George Hospital, Sydney.

Jian-gao FAN

Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

China Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Association

Journal of Practical Hepatology

World J Gastroenterol

Clin Mol Hepatol., J Clin Trans Hepatol

China

Jian-gao FAN

Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Professor and Director of Department of Gastroenterology

China Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Association

President of Chronic Disease Management Branch

Journal of Practical Hepatology

Editor-in-Chief

World J Gastroenterol

Executive Associate Editor-in-Chief

Clin Mol Hepatol., J Clin Trans Hepatol

Associate Editor

Dr. Jian-Gao Fan received his Ph.D. in 1997 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. He was a Gastroenterologist at Shanghai 1st People’s Hospital from 1997 to 2007, and visiting scholar of Australian National University from 2007 to 2008. And then he is Professor of Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and academic leader of Shanghai Key Lab of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
Currently, he is president of Chronic disease management branch of China Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Association, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Practical Hepatology (in Chinese), and executive Associate Editor-in-Chief of World J Gastroenterol, Associate Editor of Clin Mol Hepatol., J Clin Trans Hepatol.
His main research interests are in the fields of metabolic dysfunction and chronic liver diseases with 11 China National Grants as Principle Investigator. He has published 180 articles in SCI journals as the first and/or correspondent author, i.e, Nat Rev GH., Gastroenterology, Hepatology, J Hepatol, and 9 book chapters in English, with H-index over 76.

Jing-Yuan FANG

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease

China

Jing-Yuan FANG

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Chief of Digestive Disease Center

Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease

Director

Prof. Jing-Yuan Fang got the doctor degree from Shanghai Second Medical University on 1996. He worked NIH/NCI, University of Michigan and University of Connecticut, USA as a post-doctoral fellow or a visiting scholar from 1998 to 2001 and 2004. Now, he is the Chief of Digestive Disease Center, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ School of Med; he also is the Director of Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease. His current research interests focus on the gut microbe, the epigenetic modifications, cell signaling pathways during the pathogenesis and prevention of GI cancers. He has published more than 195 papers (Cell, Cell Metab, Cell Host Microbe, Nat Microbiol, Lancet Oncol, Lancet GH, Cancer Discov, Nat Rev Clin Oncol, Gastroenterology, Gut, etc) in English as the corresponding author.

Markus GERHARD

Technical University of Munich

Germany

Markus GERHARD

Technical University of Munich

Deputy Director

Professor Gerhard studied medicine in Heidelberg and Hamburg and earned his MD in 1996. From 1997 to 2004 he completed his medical training leading to German medical board certification in internal medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at Klinikum rechts der Isar. From 2006 he headed a research group in the Department of Internal Medicine at TUM, where he also acquired his postdoctoral teaching qualification (habilitation) in internal medicine in 2009. In 2010 he was appointed associate professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, a unit within TUM. He also serves as academic director of the TUM Venture Lab Healthcare, TUM`s biotech incubator.

The research work of Professor Gerhard explores how pathogens interact with the host in gastrointestinal infections. Professor Gerhard’s research group investigates the mechanisms that suppress the immune response of the host to allow the establishment of chronic infection as well as inflammatory factors involved in the development of cancer, in order to leverage this know-how for the development of novel preventive and therapeutic strategies.

Prof. Gerhard has published > 120 papers, many in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Microbiology, Gastroenterology, GUT etc.

Chun-jun GUO

Weill Cornell Medicine

USA

Chun-jun GUO

Weill Cornell Medicine

Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology in Medicine, Jill Roberts Institute (JRI)

Chun-jun Guo is an Associate Professor at the Jill Roberts Institute (JRI) for Research in IBD and Halvorsen Family Research Scholar at Weill Cornell Medicine. My group uses bioinformatics, molecular genetics, metabolomics, and chemical biology approaches to examine how the microbiota genes and metabolic pathways affect host metabolism and immunity in the context of health and diseases. I am a recipient of the 2019 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award and 2024 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award, the Scialog Fellow, the 2022 Kenneth Rainin Innovator Award, the 2020 Medical Research Award W. M. Keck Foundation, the 2020 AGA-Allergan Foundation Pilot Research Award in IBD, and one of the three finalists of the 2020 Science & Noster Microbiome Prize.

Khek-yu HO

National University of Singapore (NUS)

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Professor of Medicine

Senior Consultant

National University Hospital (NUH)

Director

Centre for Innovation in Healthcare, National University Health System (NUHS)

Professor Ho is Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS); Senior Consultant, National University Hospital (NUH); and Director, Centre for Innovation in Healthcare, National University Health System (NUHS). Besides being an accomplished endoscopist, he is an established international key opinion leader, being conferred the honorary International Life Membership of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, and made Fellow of Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, to recognize his significant contributions to the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy. Experienced in spearheading collaboration between researchers in Asia, he was the Founding Chairman of the Asian EUS Group. He also is the Founding Co-Chairs Gut & Obesity in Asia (“Go Asia”) Workgroup, and the US NIH-NCS initiated Asian Barrett’s Consortium.

A proven clinician innovator and experienced entrepreneur, he co-invented the Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER), which has since been spun-off into the start-up, Endomaster Pte Ltd. He also founded two other start-up companies, Endofotonics Pie Ltd, a molecular AI based realtime diagnostic system, and Endopil Pte Ltd, an ingestible weight loss balloon capsule. He received the Singapore President’s Technology Award in 2012. He has held 6 US-granted patents in medtech products.

He was President of Gastroenterological Society of Singapore in 2005. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the medical profession as a leading expert, the Ministry of Heath Singapore awarded him the prestigious Distinguished Senior Clinician award 2017. He was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) 2017 for his distinguished service to public administration.

Akio KATANUMA

Sapporo Medical University

Japan

Akio KATANUMA

Sapporo Medical University

Associate Professor, Department of Digestive Cancer of Telemedicine and Department of Gastroenterology

Akio Katanuma is currently an Associate Professor the Department of Digestive Cancer of Telemedicine and Department of Gastroenterology at the Sapporo medical university, Sapporo, Japan. He is also Visiting Professor of Tokyo Medical University and Clinical Professor of Sapporo Medical University. He graduated from Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine in 1991 and trained in Muroran Municipal Hospital. He earned his doctoral degree (PhD) at Sapporo Medical University in 2020. Subsequently, Dr. Katanuma underwent training on EUS and ERCP related procedures at Teine-Keijinkai hospital. He was a director of the center for Gastroenterology from 1998 to 2025.
He is an ERCP and EUS expert. His research interests include EUS- and ERCP-related procedures. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed papers published in English. He is currently a Director of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES), Japan Biliary Association (JBA), and a councilor of the Japanese society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), and Japan Pancreas society (JPS).

Eun-soo KIM

Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University

Publication Committee for KASID

Journal Intestinal Research

South Korea

Eun-soo KIM

Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University

Professor

Publication Committee for KASID

Director

Journal Intestinal Research

Deputy Editor

Eun-soo Kim graduated from Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu, South Korea, and trained as a gastroenterologist in the Department of Internal Medicine at Kyungpook National University Hospital. He completed his fellowship in the Division of Gastroenterology at Yonsei University Severance Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, and spent a year as a clinical researcher at the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center of Mount Sinai in New York, under the supervision of Professor Jean Fred Colombel and Professor Ingar Peter.

Currently, he is a Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu. His research interests center on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with a focus on monitoring and treatment strategies.

Dr. Kim serves as the Director of the Publication Committee for KASID and is a Deputy Editor of the journal Intestinal Research. He has authored over 50 articles as the primary author in esteemed journals such as Gastroenterology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and Journal of Crohn's and Colitis.

Jimmy LAI

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Jimmy LAI

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics

Jimmy Lai graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2015 with honours. He received training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Prince of Wales Hospital and obtained the fellowship of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2022. He is now a Clinical Assistant Professor of Faculty of Medicine, CUHK.

Dr. Lai is active in cirrhosis and viral hepatitis research with special interest in portal hypertension. He has published extensively in high-impact journals. With his research findings, he had numerous awards including Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees in 2021 from Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Young Investigator Research Grant and Best Thesis Award (gold medal) in 2022 and Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigators in 2019 and 2024 from Hong Kong College of Physician, and Investigator Award in Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver in 2024. Dr. Lai was named Distinguished Young Fellows by Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. He is now a member of the Baveno Cooperation and the Co-director of Center for Liver Health, CUHK.

Louis LAU

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Louis LAU

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Lau graduated from Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2012. He joined the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics upon graduation and obtained his specialist registration in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2019. Since 2021, he has served as an Assistant Professor at CUHK. He completed his research fellowship and visiting professorship at Stanford University in 2024.

Dr. Lau has research interests in gastrointestinal bleeding, advanced endoscopy, big data analytics and artificial intelligence with first- or co-authored publications in high-impact journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Gut and CGH. He currently serves as a Junior Editor of Endoscopy and editorial board members of Gastroenterology and APT.

Recognized as an advanced endoscopist specialized in third space endoscopy, Dr. Lau was selected as an Emerging Star by the World Endoscopy Organization and serves as a faculty member of the Asian Novel Bio-Imaging and Intervention Group (ANBIIG). His international accolades include the National Scholar Award from the United European Gastroenterology Week and the Research Programme Award from The Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology. Locally, he has been honored with the Gold Medal Best Thesis Award and the Distinguished Research Paper Award from Hong Kong College of Physicians. He was also nominated as a Distinguished Young Fellow and received the Bronze Medal of Best Original Research from Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Wai-keung LEUNG

The University of Hong Kong

Academia Europaea 2025

HELICOBACTER Journal

Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology

Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology

Hong Kong, China

Wai-keung LEUNG

The University of Hong Kong

Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Gastroenterology
Chief Director of the Clinical Trials Centre

Academia Europaea 2025

Member

HELICOBACTER Journal

Editor-in-Chief

Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology

Immediate Past President

Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology

Treasurer

Professor Leung is a gastroenterologist and is currently the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Gastroenterology and Chief Director of the Clinical Trials Centre of the University of Hong Kong. He was elected to be a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2025. Prof Leung is the current Editor-in-Chief of the HELICOBACTER journal, the immediate past President of the Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology (2022-2024) and the Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (2023-2025). He was also the Associate Dean of Research of the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University between 2018 and 2024.

Professor Leung has a wide research interest in gastroenterology and endoscopy including Helicobacter pylori and gastric carcinogenesis, inflammatory bowel disease, artificial intelligence, and screening colonoscopy. He has published more than 350 original articles as first or corresponding author in leading medical and gastroenterology journals including the Lancet series, Gastroenterology, Gut, and Nature Communications, etc.

Peng LI

Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University

National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases

Standing Committee of the Digestive Disease Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Winter Sports Center of the State Sports General Administration

Endoscopic Ultrasound Branch of the Beijing Medical Doctor Association

China

Peng LI

Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University

Vice President

National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases

Deputy Director
Deputy Director of the Digestive Department

Standing Committee of the Digestive Disease Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Member

Winter Sports Center of the State Sports General Administration

Chief Medical Officer

Endoscopic Ultrasound Branch of the Beijing Medical Doctor Association

President

Chief physician, professor, doctoral supervisor， currently vice president of Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, deputy director of National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, deputy director of the digestive department. Member of the Standing Committee of the Digestive Disease Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, chief medical officer of the Winter Sports Center of the State Sports General Administration, and president of the Endoscopic Ultrasound Branch of the Beijing Medical Doctor Association.
He has long been engaged in clinical and basic research work related to the systemic diagnosis and treatment of early digestive system cancer. He is proficient in all advanced endoscopic procedures, ESD, ERCP, EUS and related interventional treatments. He has presided over 2 national key research and development plan, 3 national natural science projects. The total project funding is more than 40 million yuan. As a corresponding author, he published 132 SCI papers in authoritative journals such as Ann Intern Med, JEV, Oncogene, GIE, Am J Gastroenterol, with a highest IF 51.58, total IF 550.71. He has edited and (or) participated in the editing of 9 guidelines and monographs, and obtained 7 national invention patents. He has won awards such as the "Third Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award", "Second Prize of Huaxia Medical Science and Technology Award", and "Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement of Higher Education (Postgraduate)".
He developed the first systematic and standard domestic endoscopy evaluation system in China, created the first domestic digestive endoscopy evaluation and training and promotion platform; established the largest research cohort in Handan and Wu'an, Hebei, the country's largest esophageal squamous cell carcinoma high-incidence area; carried out training for grassroots physicians across the country and digestive physicians from countries along the "Belt and Road".

Rong LIN

Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

China

Rong LIN

Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Director of Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Center

• Member, Chinese Society of Gastroenterology
• Standing Committee Member, Chinese Endoscopist Association
• Standing Committee Member, Society of Oncological Endoscopy, CACA
• Member of the Standing Committee, Deputy Secretary-General, Society of Digestive Endoscopy, Health Exchange and Cooperation Across the Taiwan Straits
• Chair-Elect, Society of Gastroenterology, HuBei Medical Doctor Association
• Changjiang Young Scholar, Ministry of Education; Outstanding Youth of Hubei Province; Chief of Hubei Provincial Innovation Research Group
• Principal Investigator of Key Research and Development Program of the 14th Five-Year Plan

Xiong MA

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease

China

Xiong MA

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Director, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease

Vice-Director

Xiong Ma, MD, PhD earned his under-graduated degree from Zhenjiang Medical College in 1991 and received his doctorate degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in 2001. Since then, Dr Ma has worked at Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease as attending physician, associate professor and researcher. From 2005 to 2006, he was trained as postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr Ma’s research interests are mainly focused on autoimmune liver diseases and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. He has received 7 grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the National Distinguished Young Scholarship in 2013. Dr Ma has more than 80 peer-reviewed papers in English published in international journals including Gastroenterology, Journal of Hepatology, Gut, Hepatology, Nature Communications and Journal of Autoimmunity.

Fernando MAGRO

São João University Hospital, Porto

Portuguese IBD Study Group (GEDII)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP)

European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO)

International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD)

Portugal

Fernando MAGRO

São João University Hospital, Porto

Consultant in Gastroenterology and Director of the Clinical Pharmacology Unit

Portuguese IBD Study Group (GEDII)

Founder, Board member, and Research Head

Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP)

Full Professor

European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO)

President

International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD)

Member

Fernando Magro is a Consultant in Gastroenterology and Director of the Clinical Pharmacology Unit, at the São João University Hospital in Porto, Portugal. He’s a founder, board member, and research head of the Portuguese IBD Study Group (GEDII). He’s a Full Professor with Tenure at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). Internationally, he was appointed President of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO). He also serves as a member of the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD).

Since 1995, his interest lies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and intestinal epithelial inflammation. With his colleagues at GEDII and FMUP, he has developed several studies correlating drug levels to new serum and fecal biomarkers.

Professor Magro has published over 400 manuscripts and has more than 23,000 citations.

Joyce MAK

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Joyce MAK

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Consultant at Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics

Dr. Joyce Wing Yan Mak is currently the Consultant at Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at Prince of Wales Hospital. She is also the Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2008 and trained as a gastroenterologist. She was elected to be the Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Physicians in 2015. She is passionate about inflammatory bowel disease and gut microbiota. She worked as an honorary clinical research fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit in St. Marks Academic Institute, London and honorary research fellow in IBD Unit in University of Chicago. She further obtained her PhD in Medical Sciences in inflammatory bowel disease in CUHK in 2022. She has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals on inflammatory bowel disease and gut microbiota, including Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology and 3 book chapters on inflammatory bowel disease. She is currently the President of the Hong Kong IBD Society and serves as an Associate Editor for Frontline Gastroenterology, and editorial board member of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (APT). She is also a board member of the Asian Organisation of Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC).

Steve MAO

Cell Press, Cambridge

USA

Steve MAO

Cell Press, Cambridge

Editor-in-chief

After receiving a PhD in cell biology from UT Southwestern, Steve Mao did his postdoctoral work at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Harvard University. Steve was a senior editor at Cell and Science before joining Cancer Cell in 2020.

Zhe-chuan MEI

Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

National Key R&D Program of China (Ministry of Science and Technology)

Chinese Medical Doctor Association - Digestive Branch

Chinese Medical Doctor Association - Endoscopist Branch

Digestive Diseases Committee, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care

Digestive Endoscopy Quality Control Center, National Health Commission

China

Zhe-chuan MEI

Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Professor, Chief Physician and PhD Supervisor

National Key R&D Program of China (Ministry of Science and Technology)

Principal Investigator

Chinese Medical Doctor Association - Digestive Branch

Standing Committee Member

Chinese Medical Doctor Association - Endoscopist Branch

Standing Committee Member

Digestive Diseases Committee, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care

Standing Committee Member

Digestive Endoscopy Quality Control Center, National Health Commission

Expert Panel Member

Academic & Professional Titles
Professor, Chief Physician and PhD Supervisor
Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Key Leadership Roles
Principal Investigator, National Key R&D Program of China (Ministry of Science and Technology)
Standing Committee Member, Chinese Medical Doctor Association - Digestive Branch
Standing Committee Member, Chinese Medical Doctor Association - Endoscopist Branch
Standing Committee Member, Digestive Diseases Committee, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care
Expert Panel Member, Digestive Endoscopy Quality Control Center, National Health Commission
Committee Member, Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy (CSDE)
Group leader, Cleaning and Disinfection Working Group, CSDE
Vice President, Chongqing Medical Doctor Association

Jian-lin REN

Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University

Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xiamen University

Institute of Microecology, Xiamen University School of Medicine

Department of Gastroenterology, Xiamen University School of Medicine, National Clinical Key Specialty

Fujian Branch, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases

Endoscopists Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association

China

Jian-lin REN

Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University

Deputy Director

Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xiamen University

Director

Institute of Microecology, Xiamen University School of Medicine

Director

Department of Gastroenterology, Xiamen University School of Medicine, National Clinical Key Specialty

Director

Fujian Branch, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases

Director

Endoscopists Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association

Standing Committee Member

Professor (Level II), Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor
Minjiang Scholar; National Health Commission Outstanding Contribution Award for Middle-aged and Young Experts; Expert Receiving State Council Special Allowance.
Deputy Director, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University.
Director, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xiamen University.
Director, Institute of Microecology, Xiamen University School of Medicine.
Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Xiamen University School of Medicine, National Clinical Key Specialty.
Director, Fujian Branch, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases.
Standing Committee Member, Endoscopists Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association.
Vice Chairman, Endoscopic Artificial Intelligence Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association.
Vice Leader, Rare Diseases Collaboration Group, Gastroenterology Branch, Chinese Medical Association.
Chairman, Gastroenterology Branch, Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association.
Vice Chairman, Digestive Diseases Branch, China International Exchange Association for Healthcare; Chairman, Microecology Group.
Executive Vice Chairman, Microecology Healthcare Committee, China Society for Promotion of Science and Technology Commercialization.
Committee Member, Clinical Practice Guidance Committee, Ministry of Education of China.
Expert Committee Member, Cross-Strait Synergy Center for Peaceful Development.
Executive Chairman, Cross-Strait Digestive Forum and World Chinese Digestive Innovation Forum.

Shintaro SAGAMI

International Bowel Ultrasound (IBUS) Group

IUS Working Group of the Asian Organization for Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC)

Japan

Shintaro SAGAMI

International Bowel Ultrasound (IBUS) Group

Scientific Committee (SciCom)

IUS Working Group of the Asian Organization for Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC)

Governing Board Member

Dr. Shintaro Sagami, MD, PhD, is a leading expert in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with a strong focus on intestinal ultrasound (IUS). He has been performing IUS since 2007 and has concentrated his clinical and academic activities in this area since 2013. Dr. Sagami currently serves on the Scientific Committee (SciCom) of the International Bowel Ultrasound (IBUS) Group and is a Governing Board Member of the IUS Working Group of the Asian Organization for Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC). Based at the Center for Advanced IBD Research and Treatment, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, he leads numerous multicenter IUS-based studies with active collaborations across Asia and North America. In addition to intestinal ultrasound, his research encompasses MR enterography (MRE) and IBD biomarkers, aiming to enhance non-invasive disease monitoring. He has a particular interest in advanced imaging techniques such as transperineal ultrasound, shear wave elastography, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and contributes extensively to international efforts toward standardization and innovation in IBD diagnostics.

Roy SOETIKNO

University of California San Francisco

Northwestern University

University of Indonesia

Japan

Roy SOETIKNO

University of California San Francisco

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Northwestern University

Adjunct Professor of Medical Education

University of Indonesia

Adjunct Professor of Medical Education

Roy Soetikno, MD, MS, MASGE, is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He is also an Adjunct professor of medical education at Northwestern University and an Adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Indonesia.

Roy started his career at Stanford School of Medicine where he served as Chief of Endoscopy and Chief of the Gastroenterology Section at the VA Palo Alto and professor of medicine at Stanford. He specializes in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy with specific expertise is in the detection and resection of early gastrointestinal cancers. Trained in outcomes research, he led a team that showed the prevalence and importance of flat colon polyps in the United States. His contribution brought a worldwide recognition of the critical relationship of easy-to-miss flat polyps and colon cancer. Dr. Soetikno is a passionate teacher of endoscopy and is internationally renowned for his efforts to disseminate knowledge about simulation learning and endoscopy.

Rhonda SOUZA

Texas A&M University College of Medicine

Baylor University Medical Center

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

USA

Rhonda SOUZA

Texas A&M University College of Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Baylor University Medical Center

Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Research

Dr. Rhonda Souza, M.D. is Co-Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Co-Director of the Center for Esophageal Research at the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, and Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M School of Medicine. Prior to joining Baylor University Medical Center in January 2017, Dr. Souza was Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Dallas VA Medical Center.

Dr. Souza’s laboratory has focused primarily on disorders of the esophagus, especially GERD and its complications including Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma, as well as eosinophilic esophagitis and esophageal motility disorders. For over 20 years, she has worked closely with her scientific partner, Dr. Stuart Spechler, to establish a translational research center that incorporates cell culture models, animal models, and in vivo patient studies to answer research questions regarding esophageal diseases. Their studies in rats and humans suggest that reflux esophagitis develops as a cytokine-mediated inflammatory injury, rather than a caustic chemical injury, challenging decades of dogma on the role of acid in reflux esophagitis. Her team has uncovered that squamous epithelial progenitor cells from esophageal submucosal gland ducts contribute to esophageal re-epithelialization following radiofrequency ablation of non-dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus, providing a potential source for the origin of Barrett’s esophagus in humans. Most recently, her lab has elucidated mechanisms whereby substances produced by the esophagogastric fat pad of obese patients impair esophageal barrier integrity, independent of GERD, and propose a new concept for the pathogenesis of dilated intercellular spaces uncovering a role for cytoskeletal contraction of squamous cells that expands their intercellular spaces, challenging decades of dogma on the caustic damage caused by refluxed acid and pepsin on intercellular junctional complexes.

Her truly translational approach to research in GERD and Barrett’s esophagus has allowed her to contribute to numerous publications on the clinical science of Barrett’s esophagus including co-authoring the 2011 AGA guidelines for management of Barrett’s esophagus and the 2022 guidelines for the American College of Gastroenterology on the management of Barrett’s esophagus, in which her focus is on the role of biomarkers in predicting cancer progression. She is currently a multi-PI on a NIH-funded U01 trial entitled “A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Surveillance versus Endoscopic Therapy for Barrett’s Esophagus with Low-Grade Dysplasia: The SURVENT Trial” and a R01 entitled “Stratification of Cancer Risk in Patients with Non-Dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus using TissueCypher: The SCRiBE study”.

Dr. Souza has published more than 150 scientific reports, editorials, review articles, and book chapters on esophageal disorders. In 2010, she was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Souza is the 2025 recipient of the John S. Fordtran Gastrointestinal and Liver Section Distinguished Research Award by the American Physiology Society, and the Morton I. Grossman Awardee for outstanding research related to the discipline of gastroenterology by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). She has more than 20 years of leadership experience, and recently completed a 6-year term as Council Chair for the AGA.

Joseph SUNG

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore

Joseph SUNG

Nanyang Technological University

Distinguished University Professor
Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences)
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Professor Sung is currently a Distinguished University Professor, Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences), and Dean of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

He obtained his medical degree (MBBS) from The University of Hong Kong and was awarded a PhD in Biomedical Sciences by the University of Calgary and an MD by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. From 2010 to 2017, he served as the Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Professor Sung's research interests include intestinal bleeding, Helicobacter pylori, peptic ulcers, hepatitis B, colorectal cancer, and other cancers of the digestive system. In recent years, his work has expanded to studies on the gut microbiome, digestive diseases, and the application of artificial intelligence in clinical medicine. He has authored over 1,000 scientific articles published in leading medical and scientific journals. His most recent book, “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: From Ethical, Social, and Legal Perspectives”, was published in 2024.

Professor Sung has been recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher" by Clarivate Analytics for the consecutive years from 2018 to 2024.

Chengwei TANG

China Society of Gastroenterology

APAGE

WGO

West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

China

Chengwei TANG

China Society of Gastroenterology

President

APAGE

Council Member

WGO

Committee Member

West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

Academic Chief, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University

- President, China Society of Gastroenterology.
- Council Member, APAGE.
- Committee Member, WGO.
- Academic Chief of Department Gastroenterology & Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China.

Raymond TANG

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Raymond TANG

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Director, S.H. Ho Center for Digestive Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Deputy Director, Endoscopy Center

Dr. Raymond Tang is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Deputy Director of Endoscopy Center at the Prince of Wales Hospital, and Director of S.H. Ho Center for Digestive Health. Dr. Tang received his M.D. degree from University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine in 2004 and was selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center in 2007 and completed his gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center in 2010. Dr. Tang subsequently pursued training in advanced endoscopy with focus on EUS, ERCP and balloon-assisted enteroscopy at University of California, San Diego Medical Center in 2010 - 2011. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Tang’s clinical and research interests include advanced diagnostic and interventional EUS and ERCP, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, as well as novel technology in advanced endoscopy training and colorectal cancer screening. He has authored papers and book chapters on topics of EUS, ERCP, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, novel technology in colorectal cancer screening, and advanced endoscopy training.

Dr. Tang has been actively involved in education and research in endoscopy. He is currently a faculty member of the Asian EUS Group, a member of the education committee and the green endoscopy committee of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy, and the honorary treasurer & council member of the Hong Kong Society of Endosonography.

Anthony TEOH

Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital

WEO Research Subcommittee

Hong Kong Hernia Society

Asian EUS Group

Hong Kong EUS Society

Hong Kong College of Surgeons, Hong Kong Hernia society, Hong Kong society of Robotic surgery and Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Hong Kong, China

Anthony TEOH

Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital

Honorary Consultant Surgeon

WEO Research Subcommittee

Chairman

Hong Kong Hernia Society

President

Asian EUS Group

Vice President

Hong Kong EUS Society

Secretary

Hong Kong College of Surgeons, Hong Kong Hernia society, Hong Kong society of Robotic surgery and Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Council Member

Anthony Teoh is currently an Honorary Consultant Surgeon in the Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital. He was previously the Deputy Director of Endoscopy and Professor in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Chairman of the WEO research subcommittee, President of the Hong Kong Hernia Society and Vice president of the Asian EUS group. He also serves as Secretary to the Hong Kong EUS society. He is also a council member of the Hong Kong College of Surgeons, Hong Kong Hernia society, Hong Kong society of Robotic surgery and Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001. After completing his surgical training, he has received overseas training in many international centres including the Kitasato University East Hospital and the Cancer Institute Hospital (Ariake) in Japan, the University of Washington, Cornell University and Stanford University in USA. His research interests are multifold and these include advanced interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP), minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery, hernia surgery and robotics surgery. He is a winner of multiple awards including 2019 Asian Pacific Digestive Week Emerging Leaders Lectureship, Carlos Pellegrini Traveling Fellow, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy endoscopic research awards, the GB Ong and Li Shield’s Medal (best candidate in the fellowship examinations both locally and internationally). He has served as a Visiting Professor to the Stanford Medical Center, Fujian University Medical Hospital, Consultant for Hepatopancreatobiliary Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute of Central South University. In addition, he is currently an Associate Editor for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Digestive Endoscopy, Endoscopy International Open and Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. His other editorial board experiences include several internationally renowned journals: Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, VideoGIE, Endoscopic ultrasound, Saudi journal of gastroenterology, World journal of Gastrointestinal endoscopy and World Journal of Gastroenterology. He has obtained over $10 million HKD in research grants, published over 180 journal papers and written 22 book chapters. He is currently a Consultant for Boston Scientific, Cook, Taewoong, Microtech, M.I. Tech and CMR Medical Corporations.

Guiqi WANG

Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Science

Expert Committee of the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Project (Rural Areas) of the National Major Program for Public Health

Committee on Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis of the Chinese Preventive Medical Association

National Working Committee on Health Management of Chronic Diseases - Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis Training

Committee on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of the Chinese Medical Association Beijing Branch

Professional Committee of Tumor Endoscopy, Chinese Anti-Cancer Society

China

Guiqi WANG

Cancer Hospital, National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Science

Professor, Endoscopy Department

Expert Committee of the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Project (Rural Areas) of the National Major Program for Public Health

Member

Committee on Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis of the Chinese Preventive Medical Association

Chairman

National Working Committee on Health Management of Chronic Diseases - Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis Training

Chairman

Committee on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of the Chinese Medical Association Beijing Branch

Candidate Chairman

Professional Committee of Tumor Endoscopy, Chinese Anti-Cancer Society

Inaugural Chairman

Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening Collaborative Group of the Committee of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of the Chinese Medical Association

Hsiu-po WANG

Taiwan Interventional Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Society (TIPES)

Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan (DEST)

Gastroenterology Society of Taiwan (GEST)

Taiwan Pancreas Society

Taiwan Neuroendocrine Tumor Association (T-NET)

Taiwan, China

Hsiu-po WANG

Taiwan Interventional Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Society (TIPES)

President

Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Professor

Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan (DEST)

Director and the former President

Gastroenterology Society of Taiwan (GEST)

Former Supervisor

Taiwan Pancreas Society

Executive Director

Taiwan Neuroendocrine Tumor Association (T-NET)

Executive Director

Prof. Hsiu-Po Wang, born in 1961, graduated from the College of Medicine, National Taiwan University in 1988. He completed residency and GI fellow training in 1993. Professor Wang is the current President of Taiwan Interventional Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Society (TIPES) and Professor of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University. He is the current Director and the former President of the Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan (DEST), the former Supervisor of Gastroenterology Society of Taiwan (GEST), the Executive Director of Taiwan Pancreas Society, and he Executive Director of the Taiwan Neuroendocrine Tumor Association (T-NET). Internationally, the current member of steering committee of Asian EUS Group (AEG) since 2013. After training of gastroenterology in 1993, he serviced in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Emergency Department of National Taiwan University Hospital at the same time for 14 years and then became the Chief of Division of Endoscopy of National Taiwan University Hospital until 2020 and then the Chief of Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology for 2 years. Besides his majors of ERCP and EUS/interventional EUS, he also involves emergent endoscopic procedures, IEE, endoscopic tumor ablation – APC/RFA/laser of esophagus/biliary/pancreas, enteroscopy/capsule endoscopy, GI stenting. He has been active in many international meetings and has been invited for chair, speech and live demonstration. He has had more than 500 publications including international textbooks.

Liangjing WANG

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Chinese Society of Gastroenterology

Zhejiang Medical Association of Gastroenterology

China

Liangjing WANG

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Chief Physician of Gastroenterology Department
Vice President

Chinese Society of Gastroenterology

Committee

Zhejiang Medical Association of Gastroenterology

Chairman

Liangjing Wang, MD., PhD., Chief Physician of Gastroenterology Department, Vice President of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. He is the committee of Chinese Society of Gastroenterology and the Chairman of Zhejiang Medical Association of Gastroenterology. He focuses on the early diagnosis and endoscopic treatment of gastric and colorectal cancer, translational study of gut microbiota and cancer immunotherapy. He has published more than 50 research articles in Cell, Nat Aging, Nat Commun, J Clin Invest as the corresponding author.

Dennis WONG

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Dennis WONG

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics

Dennis Wong obtained his BSc and M.Phil. degrees from the University of Hong Kong before completing a Ph.D. in the University of Leeds, UK in 2011. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. Since 2024, He is Associate Professor in Department of Medicine & Therapeutics and a member of the State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease at the CUHK. His research interests are primarily in the field of gastrointestinal cancers, trying to understand their molecular basis and develop therapeutic strategies to inhibit tumorigenesis, ultimately contributing to improved patient care. He has published >120 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, including Cell, Cancer Cell, Nat Rev Clin Oncol, Cell Host Microbe, Nat Microbiol, Sci Transl Med, Gastroenterology, Gut, Hepatology, Nat Commun, etc.

Marc WONG

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Marc WONG

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Associate Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics

Marc Wong graduated from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong in 2009, receiving two scholarships and the Woo Kai Fun Prize. He completed his training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2016 before joining the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wale Hospital as a Resident Specialist in 2018. Dr Wong is currently Associate Consultant of Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at Prince of Wales Hospital and in charge of the Motility services in Prince of Wales Hospital, with special focus on oesophageal motility disorders and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD). His work includes collaboration with the Flinders University, Australia on pharyngeal manometry and is the first in Asia to have performed the FLIP topography using the EndoFLIP 2.0 system. Marc also has strong interest in advanced endoscopy including EUS and ERCP. He has been nominated for various international Train-the-Trainer Courses on EUS.

Chun-ying WU

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

National Ying Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)

National Science and Technology Council

Taiwan Microbiome Consortium

Taiwan, China

Chun-ying WU

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Chair Professor, Department of Gastroenterology

National Ying Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)

Director, Institute Biomedical Informatics
Director, Health Innovation Center and Microbiota Research Center

National Science and Technology Council

Director, National Human Microbiota Core Facility

Taiwan Microbiome Consortium

President

Chun-ying Wu received his M.D. degree from the National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1991, M.P.H. degree from Harvard School of Public Health in 1993, and Ph.D. degree from NTU in 2007.

He currently is the Director, Institute Biomedical Informatics at National Ying Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU). He is also appointed as Director at the Health Innovation Center and Microbiota Research Center in the NYCU.

Professor Wu has positions as Director, National Human Microbiota Core Facility, National Science and Technology Council and the Professor at the Division of Translational Research in Taipei Veterans General Hospital. He has established Taiwan Microbiome Consortium and currently serves as the first President in the consortium.

He received an Outstanding Research Award in 2015 and 2021 at Taiwan National Science & Technology Council. In 2018, he received Medical Model Award presented by Taiwan Medical Association. He also received National Innovation Awards from Taiwan Institute for Biotechnology & Medicine Industry in 2016 and Emerging Leadership Lectureship Award in 2015 given by Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology.

Professor Wu’s research interests focus on digestive cancer and microbiota. Prof. Wu has published hundreds of articles in top-ranking journals, such as JAMA, JAMA Int Med, JAMA Ped, J Clinical Oncology, Gastroenterology, Gut, J of Hepatology, Hepatology, etc. with H-index=64 and more than 14,000 citations.

Dong WU

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Dong WU

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Vice President

Professor of Medicine
Vice President of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Published over 200 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and dozens of chapters of textbooks
42 patents in the field of GI Endoscopy and Pancreatology
Major research interest includes gut microbiome, pancreatology, and GI endoscopy
An enthusiastic medical educator

Edmund WU

Medicine & Geriatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Edmund WU

Medicine & Geriatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital

Associate Consultant, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics

Dr. Edmund Wu is an Associate Consultant in the Department of Medicine & Geriatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital and an Honorary Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine & Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease, and serves on the council of the Hong Kong IBD Society. Dr. Wu pursued specialized training in intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in Italy and Germany, becoming the first gastroenterologist in Hong Kong certified by the International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS). Dr. Wu has been actively involved with IBUS, serving as a teaching faculty member for the first three IBUS hands-on IUS workshops in Asia, held in India, Japan, and Hong Kong. Additionally, Dr. Wu established Hong Kong’s first IBUS training center at Princess Margaret Hospital. Since its inception, he has been providing bedside IUS teaching to gastroenterologists from various hospitals across Hong Kong.

Hon-chi YIP

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Hon-chi YIP

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery

Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Deputy Director of the Shaw Combined Endoscopy Center
Honorary Associate Consultant

Hon-chi Yip is currently Clinical Assistant Professor at the Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also serving as Deputy Director of the Shaw combined endoscopy center and Honorary Associate Consultant at the Prince of Wales Hospital.

Dr. Yip graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008 with honors. He received the RC Li Gold Medal in Surgery. He joined the Department of Surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital after graduation and obtained the fellowship in General Surgery in 2015.

Focusing on Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer management, Dr. Yip underwent overseas training in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan in 2017. His current research focuses on endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of early gastrointestinal cancer, as well as minimally invasive and robotic techniques in surgical treatment of gastric and esophageal neoplasia.

Dr. Yip is engaged in regional education and training. He serves in the steering committee of the Asian Novel Bio-imaging and Intervention Group (ANBIIG), an Asian wide organization focusing on endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of GI luminal diseases. He is a member of the Education Committee in the Asia-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE). He is currently board member of the Asia-Pacific Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery Group (APELS), Guidelines Committee member of International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), member of the Academy of Endoscopy (AoE), council member of Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy.

Terry YIP

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Terry YIP

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics

Terry Yip is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Terry’s research interest is risk prediction in patients with chronic liver diseases by big healthcare database approaches. He has over 190 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He received the Young Investigator Award at APASL meetings in 2018, 2022, and 2023, The Best Poster Presentation Award: Viral Hepatitis - Clinical at EASL Congress 2024, and the Early Career Investigator Award in Clinical/Translational Science at AASLD meeting 2020. He is now a Statistical Consultant of the Journal of Hepatology, Statistical Editor of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology; and an Editorial Board member of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hepatology Communications, and Hepatoma Research.

Honggang YU

Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

China

Honggang YU

Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Chief of Gastroenterology Department; Professor, M.D. Tutor

Standing Committee Member of Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Chairman of Big Data Group of Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Chairman of Hubei Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Chairman of Hubei Digestive Endoscopy Intervention Quality Control Center

Evaluation Expert of National Digestive Endoscopy Improvement System

Jennifer ZHANG

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Jennifer ZHANG

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease

Jennifer Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, CUHK. She is an awardee of the Excellent Young Scientists Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Dr. Zhang serves as Youth Vice Chairman of the Gastroenterology Branch of the Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association and Council Member of Hong Kong Society for Immunology.

Her research interests focuses on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseases, particularly the mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment of MASH and its related HCC. She has published 83 papers (44 papers with IF > 10) in international peer-reviewed journals, including Cell, Cancer Cell, Cell Metabolism, Nature Metabolism, Journal of Hepatology, Gut, Gastroenterology. She has obtained over 20 awards including National Natural Sciences Award (Second-class) 2020; MOE Award (First-class) 2022; Hebei Province Science and Technology Progress Award (First-class) 2024, An Expertscape Expert in Fatty Liver 2022; and National Scholar Award 2015. She has secured 10 competitive grants as the principal investigator, including funding from GRF, HMRF, ITF and NSFC.

Her research interests primarily focuses on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseases, particularly the mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment of MASH and its related HCC. She has published 73 papers (38 papers with impact factor > 10) in international peer-reviewed journals, including Cell, Cancer Cell, Cell metabolism, Journal of Hepatology, Gut, Gastroenterology, and 5 book chapters. She has obtained over 20 awards including National Natural Sciences Award 2020; First-class MOE Award 2022; An Expertscape Expert in Fatty Liver 2022; and National Scholar Award 2015. She has secured 10 competitive grants as the principal investigator, including funding from GRF, HMRF, ITF and NSFC.

Minghua ZHENG

The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

China

Minghua ZHENG

The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Professor of Medicine, Department of Hepatology

Ming-Hua Zheng is Professor of Medicine. He works in MAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. His research interests include clinical, basic and translational research on MASH. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-review papers, reviews and several consensuses/guidelines, including Nature, Cell, Science Translational Medicine, Nature Review Gastroenterology Hepatology, Nature Review Nephrology, Nature Review Endocrinology, Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Hepatology, Gut, Hepatology, Lancet Gastroenterology & hepatology, et al. He had founded the PERSONS platform and has dedicated to the development of its infrastructure since 2016-12-07. The platform is an ongoing prospective cohort consisting of more than 2000 cases of biopsy-proven MAFLD (2024-09-01) and supported by a multidisciplinary team. He is the member of Global MASH Council, Gut and Obesity Asia Workgroup, APASL MAIDEN, CHESS-MAFLD.

Ping-hong ZHOU

Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai

Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy (CSDE)

ASGE & JGES (FASGE, FIGES)

China

Ping-hong ZHOU

Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai

Professor of Surgery
Director & Chief of Endoscopy

Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy (CSDE)

Vice President

ASGE & JGES (FASGE, FIGES)

Fellow

One of the early pioneers in China to carry out ESD, ESE & EFTRtreatment for early GI cancer and SMTs.

One of the international authorities on POEM.
Credited with performing the highest volume ofPOEM and EFTR/STER/NOTES cases in the world.

Chair of 1st to 17th Shanghai International Symposium ofEndoscopology(SISE) from 2007 to 2025.

Judge of World Cup ofEndoscopy,2016 DDW.
Chair ofASGE-CSDE symposium, 2017,2018 & 2021 DDW.

2019 National Science & Technology Progress Award.

Yin ZHU

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Jiangxi Provincial Quality Control Center for Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy

China

Yin ZHU

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Vice President
Chief Physician in Gastroenterology
Second-Class Professor
PhD Supervisor

Jiangxi Provincial Quality Control Center for Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy

Director

Prof. Yin Zhu is Vice President of The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Chief Physician in Gastroenterology, Second-Class Professor, and PhD Supervisor. She serves as Director of Jiangxi Provincial Quality Control Center for Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, and completed postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health (USA).
With advanced endoscopic training from Emory University Hospital (USA) and Kanto NTT Hospital (Japan), Prof. Zhu has received numerous honors including National Outstanding Young Physician, Jiangxi Provincial Hundred-Thousand-Talent Scholar, and Jiangxi "Double Thousand Plan" Technological Innovation High-End Talent. Her academic leadership roles include serving as Standing Committee Member of the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology (CSGE) and Chair of its Pancreatic Diseases Study Group, Vice Chair of the Pancreatic Diseases Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and Chair of the Gastroenterology Society of Jiangxi Medical Association.
She has secured six grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, published over 70 SCI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author, and received prestigious awards including First Prize of Jiangxi Science & Technology Progress Award and Second Prize of Ministry of Education Science & Technology Award. Her research focuses on severe acute pancreatitis management and Helicobacter pylori infection, with endoscopic expertise in early gastrointestinal cancer detection and endoscopic ultrasound applications.