Prof. Anthony T.C. Chan

Prof. Anthony T.C. Chan

Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President (Alumni / Community Engagement & Institutional Advancement)
Master, Wu Yee Sun College
Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology

MD (CUHK), MBBS (Lond), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Glas), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)

Curriculum Vitae

Education & CUHK Employment

Education

  • 1988, M.B., B.S., University College London, U.K.
  • 1998, M.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Fellowships

  • 1992, Member of Royal College of Physicians (U.K.)
  • 1996, Fellow of Hong Kong College of Physicians (Specialist in Medical Oncology)
  • 1996, Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Medicine)
  • 2001, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)
  • 2004, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (London)
  • 2008, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)

CUHK Employment

  • 2025-present, Director of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Clinical Trial Centre
  • 2021-present, Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President
  • 2019-21, Dean, Graduate School
  • 2018-present, Associate Director, State Key Laboratory of Translational Oncology
  • 2018-19, Associate Dean (Institutional Affairs), Faculty of Medicine
  • 2017-present, Master, Wu Yee Sun College
  • 2013-25, Chief Director, Phase 1 Clinical Trial Centre
  • 2013-present, Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology, Department of Clinical Oncology
  • 2010-present, Professor (by courtesy), School of Biomedical Sciences
  • 2009-18, Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Medicine
  • 2006-18, Associate Director, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
  • 2006-present, Professor of Clinical Oncology, Department of Clinical Oncology
  • 2004-present, Director, Hong Kong Cancer Institute
  • 2004-09, Assistant Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Medicine
  • 2003-06, Reader (Professor), Department of Clinical Oncology
  • 2002-15, Chairman, Department of Clinical Oncology
  • 1999-2003, Senior Lecturer (Professor), Department of Clinical Oncology
  • 1994-99, Lecturer (Associate Professor), Department of Clinical Oncology
  • 1993, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Clinical Oncology

Honours & Awards

  • 2023, European Society for Medical Oncology Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2021, Waun Ki Hong Memorial Lecture, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2013, Gerald Choa Memorial Lecture, Hong Kong College of Physicians
  • 2013, Li Shu Fan Foundation Professorship Inaugural Lecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2008, Sir David Todd Lecture, Hong Kong College of Physicians

Professional Activities

  • 2025-present, Member, Hospital Authority Board
  • 2021-present, Member, Medical Advisory Committee (MAC), CUHK Medical Centre Limited
  • 2020-22, Member, Highly Specialized Service (HSS) Proposal Assessment Group (PAG) for CAR T, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
  • 2018-22, Member, Expert Advisory Panel in Cancer, Health and Medical Research Fund, Health Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government
  • 2018-present, Associate Editor, Cancer Science
  • 2017-present, Honorary Professor, Peking Union Medical College, China
  • 2014-present, Honorary Consultant, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR Government
  • 2014-present, Associate Editor, Annals of Oncology
  • 2014-21, Panel of Assessors, The Hong Kong Medical Council
  • 2014-20, Advisory Committee, Admission of Quality Migrants and Professionals, Security Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government
  • 2013-present, Vice-President, Hong Kong College of Physicians
  • 2011-22, Member of HA Drug Formulary (Oncology) Expert Panel, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
  • 2011-20, Education and Accreditation Committee, The Hong Kong Medical Council
  • 2009-15, Member, Human Organ Transplant Board, Hong Kong SAR Government
  • 2008-present, Member, Central Committee on Cancer Service, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
  • 2007-present, Visiting Professor, The Cancer Centre at Sun Yat-Sen University, China
  • 2005-present, Cluster Coordinator (Clinical Oncology), New Territories East Cluster, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
  • 2004-present, Director, Sir YK Pao Centre for Cancer
  • 2004-present, Member, Cancer Coordinating Committee, Health Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government
  • 2004-present, Member, Co-ordinating Committee in Internal Medicine, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
  • 2002-present, Co-Chair, NTEC Cancer Services Committee, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
  • 2002-11, 14-20, Honorary Chief of Service in Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Hospital Authority