Calvin Sze Hang Ng
Dr Ng is the endowed Environmental Foundation Professor of Thoracic Surgery at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. He graduated from Imperial College 1999 with Honours and Distinction in Surgery. He received FRCSEd(CTh) in 2007, and MD (Research) degree from University of London.
Dr Ng is a pioneer in uniportal VATS and hybrid operating room for image-guided surgery, in combination with electromagnetic navigation and robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, performing Asia first transbronchial microwave ablation of lung cancer in 2019. He now has one of world’s largest experience of this ablation technique. His team subsequently performed world first robotic bronchoscopy microwave ablation. Recently, they pioneered world first HUGO robotic thoracic surgery, and are currently conducting study on single port robotic surgery systems.
He has contributed to more than 30 book chapters (including in Pearson’s Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery, Shield’s Thoracic Surgery, 8th Eds), and more than 340 publications including Lancet, Lancet Oncology, JCO, JTO, etc. (Scopus Citations >7400; H-index 44). Dr Ng is the corresponding Editor of the book Atlas of Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (Springer Science) and Associate Editor of the book Lung Cancer (1st & 2nd Editions).