DR. YUEN PONG MO

Biography

Dr. Yuen is currently the Director of Minimally Invasive Gynaecology at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital in Hong Kong. He is also the Honorary Consultant of the hospital and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was the Consultant and Head of Gynaecological Endoscopy in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Prince of Wales Hospital since 1996. Dr. Yuen pioneered the work on gnaecological endoscopic surgery in Hong Kong and is an internationally renowned expert in this area. Locally, he had organized numerous training programs, workshops, seminars and conferences on gynaecological endoscopy since early 1990s. Dr. Yuen had been actively involved in many conferences and workshops, especially in China and South East Asia. He was appointed as honorary professors and consultants in 9 hospitals in China and served as editors and reviewers in various international and national journals.

He received the Endoscopics Award from China in 2005 and Endos Award in Medical Science and Technology in 2009. Dr. Yuen founded the Asia Pacific Gynaecological Endoscopy Training Group (APGET) in 2016 and serves as Chairman to provide free training and education in endoscopic surgery in Asia Pacific region. He was the founding member and past president of the Hong Kong Gynaecological Endoscopy Society and the Asia Pacific Association for Gynecologic Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Therapy (APAGE), broad member of the International Society for Gynecological Endoscopy (ISGE) and international advisor of the American Association for Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL). He had published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 4 books in gynaecological endoscopy.