For more than 22 years, that celebrate the establishment of the Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T), the University has been committed to the development of high-quality education and excellent research, and has now become the largest multi-disciplinary university in Macao. The University offers a great diversity of educational programs, and interdisciplinary fields, such as Materials Science and Engineering, Medical Health, Artificial Intelligence, Green Finance, Water Conservancy, and Ecological Environment, to provide an education that meets the needs of the future innovation-led economy in the Greater Bay Area and to build a high-quality demonstration base for technology transfer in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai. Upholding the M.U.S.T. motto of “Dedication to practical studies, Enhancement of knowledge, Ability and Quality”, the University continues to make every endeavor to enhance the teaching and learning, benchmarked against rigorous international standards. The University has appointed Chair Professor Paul Kwong Hang Tam as the Vice President from April 1, 2022.
For more than 22 years, that celebrate the establishment of the Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T), the University has been committed to the development of high-quality education and excellent research, and has now become the largest multi-disciplinary university in Macao. The University offers a great diversity of educational programs, and interdisciplinary fields, such as Materials Science and Engineering, Medical Health, Artificial Intelligence, Green Finance, Water Conservancy, and Ecological Environment, to provide an education that meets the needs of the future innovation-led economy in the Greater Bay Area and to build a high-quality demonstration base for technology transfer in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai. Upholding the M.U.S.T. motto of “Dedication to practical studies, Enhancement of knowledge, Ability and Quality”, the University continues to make every endeavor to enhance the teaching and learning, benchmarked against rigorous international standards. The University has appointed Chair Professor Paul Kwong Hang Tam as the Vice President from April 1, 2022.
Chair Professor Paul Kwong Hang Tam is a renowned surgeon-scientist and university leader. He graduated from The University of Hong Kong in 1976, was Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in 1986-90, was Reader and Director of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Oxford in 1990-96, and has been Chair of Paediatric Surgery at The University of Hong Kong since 1996. He was the Vice-President for Research (2003-2015), Provost, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (2015-March 2019), and concomitantly Acting President and Vice-Chancellor (February – July 2018).
Professor Tam has made special contributions to advances in paediatric minimal invasive surgery, genetics, and regenerative medicine of birth defects. His group discovered several new genes and elucidated the complex functional genomics of Hirschsprung’s disease, and made significant breakthroughs in understanding the disease mechanisms for biliary atresia, laying the foundation for personalized and regenerative medicine for these intractable paediatric gastrointestinal disorders. He has published 475 original articles with 29605 citations and h-index = 57, and has been awarded grants totaling more than US$20m. He serves on many international professional associations and was President of the Pacific Association of Paediatric Surgeons (2008-2009). He also serves on editorial boards of several international journals including the Journal of Pediatric Surgery as the Editor for Pacific Region, and member of International Advisory Board for the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.
He has given lectures in international congresses of British, European, American, and Asian associations of paediatric surgeons, Nature Forum and Days of Molecular Medicine. He was commissioned to be Lancet’s Series Lead for the Surgical Series on Paediatric Surgery in 2017. He has received numerous awards including the BAPS Prize, Lifetime Achievement Award (AAPS), and Honorary Fellowship of the American Surgical Association. He received the 2017 Denis Browne Gold Medal, the highest award of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, and the prestigious Rehbein Medal for 2020 of the European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association (EUPSA), being the first surgeon in Asia to receive this honor. In 2021, he was appointed Academician of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, Hong Kong’s official organization equivalent to its national and international counterparts.
Chair Professor Paul Kwong Hang Tam also led several projects to develop paediatric surgery in less affluent communities, and nurtured a generation of over 2500 paediatric surgeons in China through a training program with far-reaching impact in education and health-care delivery.
