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Prof. Wai-Keung Leung

Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong

Professor Leung is currently the Chair Professor in Gastrointestinal Medicine and the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Gastroenterology of the University of Hong Kong. He has been elected as Member of the Academia Europaea in 2025. Prof Leung is the current Editor-in-Chief of the HELICOBACTER journal (since 2024), the Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (2023-2027) and the Board of Director of the Asia Pacific Digestive Week Federation (2025-2027). His previous administrative duties include the Associate Dean of Research of the LKS Faculty of Medicine (2018 – 2024), the Chief Director of the Clinical Trials Center of the University of Hong Kong (2020-2025) and the past President of the Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology (2022-2024).

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 led the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology Task Force on surveillance of gastric premalignant lesions and was the member of the WHO-IARC Working Group on Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat programs for gastric cancer prevention. He has published more than 380 original articles as corresponding author in leading medical journals including the Lancet series, Gastroenterology, Gut, and Nature Communications.