Prof Simon Ng is currently Associate Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Medicine, Chairman and Wei Lun Professor of Surgery of the Department of Surgery, and Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the President of the Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology, a Council Member of the Hong Kong IBD Society and the Hong Kong Society of Robotic Surgery, an Honorary Member of the Korean Society of Coloproctology and the Korean Association of Robotic Surgeons, a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Endo-Lap Surgery Group, a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and the International Chair of the Global Reach Committee of the European Society of Coloproctology. Prof Ng’s main clinical and research interests are minimally invasive/robotic surgery and advanced endoscopic therapy for colorectal diseases, multimodality treatment for colorectal cancer, and biomarkers for colorectal cancer.