Kent-Man Chu is Professor of Surgery, Honorary Consultant, Director of the Surgical Endoscopy Service, and Director of the Centre for Education and Training, in the Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong at Queen Mary Hospital.

His main clinical and research interests are on peptic ulcer diseases, gastric tumours, endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery for the upper gastrointestinal tract, and surgical education.

He is the President (2021 – now), Honorary Advisor (2017 – now), and Secretary General (2005 – 2011) of the Asian Surgical Association. He is the President (2018 – 2022), and Council Member (2006 – now) of the Hong Kong Society of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons. He is the Founding President (2015 – 2021), and Council Member (2015 – now) of the Hong Kong Endoscopic Ultrasonography Society. He is the President (2019 – now) of the International Society for Digestive Surgery – Asian Pacific. He is a member (2021 – now) of the Board of Directors, and Treasurer (2021 – now), of the Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF).

He is the President (2022 – ), Censor-in-Chief (2019 – 2022), Chairman of the Education & Examination Committee (2019 – 2022), Chairman of the Examination Committee (2019 – 2022), Director of the Department of Education (2013 – 2019), the Chairman of Scientific Committee (2013 – 2019), and the Chairman of the General Surgery Board (2016 – 2019) of The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. He is a council member of the Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery.