Bill Wang

Global Patient Advocate, Immediate Past Chair, ISN Patient Liaison Advisory Group, Member, World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee, Patient Expert, Hong Kong Hospital Authority Expert Advisory Group on Q&S, Vice Chair, Hong Kong Kidney Foundation; Hong Kong

A combined kidney and liver transplant recipient (2018) and a retired lawyer, Bill Wang drives systemic improvements in healthcare safety, quality, and patient-centered outcomes through lived experience and legal governance expertise.

As Immediate Past Chair of ISN’s Patient Liaison Advisory Group, Bill embeds patient voices in WHO-aligned policies to close care gaps and accelerate patient-centered clinical practices globally. In Hong Kong, he sits on various governance committees overseeing care quality and patient safety issues in the city’s public healthcare system.

Bill’s advocacy work focuses on:

• Patient safety culture and practice: speak-up and team-up

• PRO integration: Championing patient-reported outcomes (e.g., fatigue reduction, life participation) as clinical endpoints

• Co-design partnerships: Prototyping care solutions bypatients, clinicians, and other professionals.