Prof Ng is currently Associate Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Medicine, and Professor/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 Association of Robotic Surgeons, a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Endo-Lap Surgery Group, and the International Chair of the Global Reach Committee of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP).

Prof Ng’s main clinical and research interests are minimally invasive/robotic surgery and advanced endoscopic therapy for colorectal diseases. He is the first colorectal surgeon in the world to perform robotic colorectal surgery using the da Vinci SP Surgical System. He has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including first-authored publications in top-notched journals such as Lancet, Gastroenterology, and Annals of Surgery. His research work in colorectal surgery has earned him a number of international and national awards, including the International Guest Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons (2010), the British Journal of Surgery Prize of the ESCP (2011), the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh China Medal (2014 and 2016), the Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award – First-class Award in Natural Sciences (2014), the State Natural Science Award – Second-class Award (2016), and the Outstanding Fellowship of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK (2019).