Associate Consultant, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Dr Rashid Lui is currently the Head (Clinical Service), Associate Consultant and Clinical Assistant Professor (Honorary) of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hospital Authority (HA). He is a quadruple board accredited physician (Gastroenterology [GI] & Hepatology, Medical Oncology, Genetics and Genomics [Medicine], Advanced Internal Medicine) with clinical interests in digestive cancers, advanced endoscopy and gut microbiota modulation. In close collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Department of Quality and Standards, HA Head Office, he has spearheaded the introduction of Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) in Hong Kong and is currently the Coordinator of the HA FMT Service.

He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK in 2010 with Distinctions in Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Microbiology. He was the recipient of the Young Investigator’s Award (2nd Prize) at Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2018, the inaugural Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation Scholar at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Distinguished Young Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine 2019, and the 8th Youth DreamMakers Award 2023 in recognition of his efforts in developing new care models in GI oncology and introducing novel treatment modalities such as FMT to Hong Kong.

Dr Lui has published in peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Oncology, Gastroenterology and Gut, with a h-index of 19 (from Google Scholar). He currently serves as the Founding Co-Chair of the Emerging Leaders Committee, Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), Member of the Young Members Committee, World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO), Member of the Taskforce on Quality of Colonoscopy, World Endoscopy Organization (WEO), Social Media Editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Member of the Asia Pacific Working Group on Colorectal Cancer Screening, Vice President of the Hong Kong Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (HKASLD), and Chair of the Public Affairs Committee of the Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology (HKSGE).