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Professor Cheung, Jason Pui Yin 鍾培言
Title:
Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Department Chairperson / Head of Department
Clinical Professor
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Professor Cheung, Jason Pui Yin 鍾培言
Title:
Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Department Chairperson / Head of Department
Clinical Professor
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Professional Qualifications
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | University of Hong Kong | MMedSc |
| 2007 | University of Hong Kong | MBBS(HK) |
| 2009 | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | MHKICBSC |
| 2014 | The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | FRCSEd(orth) |
| 2009 | The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | MRCS(orth) |
| 2014 | The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | FHKAM(orth) |
| 2014 | The Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons | FHKCOS |
| 2017 | University of Hong Kong | MS |
| 2018 | University of Hong Kong | PDipMDPath |
| 2019 | University of Hong Kong | MD |
| 2021 | University of Hong Kong | MEd |
Biography
Professor Jason Pui Yin Cheung is the Department Chairperson and Clinical Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Hong Kong. After obtaining his MBBS degree from The University of Hong Kong in 2007, Prof Cheung received his training in Orthopaedics at Queen Mary Hospital. He completed his membership examination in 2009 and obtained his Masters of Medical Sciences degree from The University of Hong Kong in 2012. He completed his specialist training in 2014. He joined the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology as a Clinical Assistant Professor in November 2012 and promoted to Clinical Associate Professor with early tenure in 2018. He obtained his Master of Surgery in 2017, Postgraduate Diploma in Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology in 2018, Doctor of Medicine in 2019, and Master of Education in 2021. He was appointed Department Chairperson in 2021 and was promoted to Clinical Professor in 2023. His main clinical research interests are paediatric growth and spinal deformity, scoliosis genetics, AI and translational medicine, lumbar degenerative disorders, MIS spine surgery, lateral access surgery, endoscopic spine surgery, novel imaging and clinical phenotyping.
Honours, Awards & Prizes
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-01 | Best Spine Paper Award: Local experience with anterior vertebral body tethering for scoliosis in Hong Kong: 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association 2021 | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-10-01 | Best Paper Award: The Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons 15th Rehabilitation Symposium cum the 7th Sir Harry Fang Oration | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-09-27 | SICOT Oral Presentation Award – Impaired Glycine Neurotransmission Causes Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Finally an Understanding of The Etiology of AIS: 44th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress (25/09/2024-27/09/2024, Belgrade) | Research Achievement | |
| 2014-09-01 | Hong Kong Young Ambassador Award (HKOA Ambassador): British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2014 | Research Achievement | |
| 2012-12-01 | 166 Cases of Mycobacterium Marinum Tenosynovitis of the Hand and Wrist: Clinical Features, Management and Results, (Presentation at eCM XII & APOA Infection Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland): 2010 APOA-Pfizer Best Scientific Paper Award for Orthopaedic Infection (Finalist) | Research Achievement | |
| 2012-11-01 | Developmental Spinal Stenosis in the Chinese Population: Presence in Patients and Redefining Critical Values on MRI (Project Presentation Winner): Professor SP Chow Orthopaedic Contest 2012, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement | |
| 2012-12-01 | Biomechanical Comparative Study Of The JuggerKnotTM Soft Anchor Technique With Other Common Mallet Finger Fracture Fixation Techniques (Gold Medal Winner): 2012 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | Research Achievement | |
| 2012-11-01 | Use of a remotely distractible, magnetic controlled growing rod for the treatment of scoliosis in young children (Arthur Yau Award): 31st Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress (Arthur Yau Award) | Research Achievement | |
| 2020-09-01 | People’s Choice Award: 3rd Annual Sydney Spinal Symposium 2020 | Research Achievement | |
Cheung, WY Wong, YW | 2013-05-01 | Research Output Prize (Group Award) - Magnetically controlled growing rods for severe spinal curvature in young children: a prospective case series: Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
| 2023-05-03 | Best Basic Science Award: Core Planar Cell Polarity Genes VANGL1 and VANGL2 in Predisposition to Congenital Scoliosis. | Research Achievement | |
| 2022-09-01 | Russell A. Hibbs Best Basic Research Paper Award: Scoliosis Research Society 57th Annual Meeting. | Research Achievement | |
| 2023-05-03 | Best Basic Science Award: The Electromyographic Discrepancy of Paravertebral Muscles Predicts an Early Curve Progression of Untreated Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. | Research Achievement | |
| 2023-04-14 | English Presentation Award Gold Prize: The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (13/04/2023-15/04/2023, Sapporo, Japan) | Research Achievement | |
| 2022-11-05 | Best Paper Award for Associate Member: 42nd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA) (05/11/2022-06/11/2022, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement | |
Li, TKG | 2021-11-01 | Best Spine Paper Award: The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement |
| 2022-07-01 | Best Paper Award: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices: AHFE 2022 International Conference | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-11-01 | Best Poster Award: The novel Proximal Femur Maturity Index for patients with idiopathic scoliosis: 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
Li, TKG Ip, J | 2021-11-01 | Best Spine Paper Award: Local experience with anterior vertebral body tethering for scoliosis in Hong Kong: 41st Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement |
| 2021-11-01 | Global Spine Journal Best Paper 2020: The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Spine Surgeons Worldwide: AO Spine | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-01-01 | The Best Paper in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Award. 15th Rehabilitation Symposium cum 7th Sir Harry Fang Oration: Multidisciplinary Management of Musculoskeletal Pain: Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Subspecialty Board of The HongKong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons (HKCOS) | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-11-01 | Best Spine Paper Award: 39th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association 2019 | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-05-01 | 2019 SOSORT Best Paper Award: SOSORT | Research Achievement | |
Wong, YW | 2018-11-01 | Outstanding English Paper Award
EN-2-C-4 Anterior correction of the thoracolumbar or lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): report on short fusion: The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Scoliosis Society 2018 | Research Achievement |
Bow, HYC | 2018-05-01 | 2018 Best paper: International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) | Research Achievement |
| 2016-05-01 | 2016 ISSLS Prize - Clinical
"Clinical Consensus on the Clinical Diagnosis of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Results of an International Delphi Study.": The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine | Research Achievement | |
| 2013-10-01 | Hong Kong Ambassador to 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting: Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association/New Zealand Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
Bow, HYC | 2018-05-01 | ISSLS Best Papers 2018: ISSLS | Research Achievement |
| 2016-05-01 | Best Paper Award First Prize Oral Presentation, Spineweek 2016 (Paper: Predictability of peak growth spurt and growth cessation using the distal radius and ulna classification): Asia Pacific Spine Society | Research Achievement | |
| 2014-12-01 | 2014 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees (Gold Medal): Genetic Predisposition of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: ?A Genome-wide Association Study: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | Research Achievement | |
| 2013-12-01 | Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI-based Study (Gold Medal Winner): 2013 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | Research Achievement | |
Kao, PYP | 2013-11-01 | AR Hodgson Award - Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study: 33rd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement |
Fung, BKK | 2013-09-01 | Best Paper: Prognostic Factors of Mycobacterium Marinum Infection of the Hand and Wrist: 23rd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand | Research Achievement |
| 2012-12-01 | Arthur Yau Award - Developmental Spinal Stenosis in the Chinese Population: Presence in Patients and Redefining Critical Values on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Arthur Yau Award): 32nd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2013-04-01 | Best Poster Award - Developmental Spinal Stenosis in the Chinese Population: Presence in Patients and Redefining Critical Values on MRI: 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (Okinawa, Japan) | Research Achievement | |
Nafo, WAO | 2021-09-01 | John H. Moe Best Basic Research Poster Award: 207. Screw Malalignment May Explain Cord Rupture in Vertebral Body Tethering: A Finite Element Analysis.: Scoliosis Research Society 56th Annual Meeting 2021 | Research Achievement |
| 2021-07-01 | APOA 2021 Spine Best Paper Award: Population-based analysis of the clinical implications of lumbar developmental spinal stenosis: Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2022-03-01 | Gold Medal - An Intelligent Orthopaedics Platform: AlignProTM System and Device for Radiation-Free Spine Alignments, Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days: International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG) | Research Achievement | |
Qi, W | 2022-03-01 | Silver Medal - Non-contact, non-radiation device that accurately locates multiple implants in a patient's body, Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days: International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG) | Research Achievement |
| 2022-07-01 | Best Paper Award: The Role of The Proximal Humerus Ossification System (Phos) in Guiding Brace Weaning in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: APSS Annual Meeting 2022 | Research Achievement | |
| 2023-12-08 | Bronze Medal Winner, Best Original Research by Young Fellows 2023. Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. The Utility of a Novel Proximal Femur Maturity Index for Staging Skeletal Growth in Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis | Research Achievement | |
| 2023-09-09 | 2022 Hibbs Award for Best Basic Science/Translational Research Paper, 58th Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington: Variants in Collagen Homeostasis Genes are Associated with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-03-01 | 2024 APOA Best Paediatrics Paper Award: The Proximal Femur Maturity Index (PFMI) is a Novel Tool to Predict Curve Progression Risk in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing Bracing. 2024 Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Congress in Dubai: 2024 Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Congress in Dubai (27/02/2024-01/03/2024, Dubai) | Research Achievement | |
| 2015-11-01 | 5-Year Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Follow-up of a Population-based Cohort of Subjects with Ossified Yellow Ligament: A Natural History Study: Trainee Prize by Dr. Chris Tang (35th HKOA Annual Congress) | Research Achievement | |
| 2016-04-01 | Young Ambassador Award: Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association: presented and completed at the 19th Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Congress; Melbourne, Australia, 29 March - 1 April 2016 with attachment until April 5th 2016 | Others | |
| 2016-10-01 | 2016 APOA-SICOT Spine Fellowship Award: Combined fellowship offered by SICOT and APOA/APSS | Others | |
| 2016-04-01 | APSS Best Spine Paper Award: APSS section of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association: presented at the 19th Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Congress; Melbourne, Australia, 29 March - 1 April 2016 | Research Achievement | |
| 2016-05-01 | APSS Best Oral Presentation - 1st Prize: Asia Pacific Spine Society presented at the Spineweek 2016, Singapore, May 16-20, 2016 | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-05-18 | Best Paper Award: Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial for Gradual or Immediate Brace Weaning for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Global Spine Congress 2024 (15/05/2024-18/05/2024, Bangkok) | Research Achievement | |
| 2016-11-01 | 2nd prize for paediatric orthopaedics award paper:
Characterisation and predictive value of "segmental curve flexibility" in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients
Presented at The 36th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association: Paediatric Chapter of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2020-01-01 | Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal (MD thesis): Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-12-01 | 2019 Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows (Curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis does not match skeletal growth (Clin Orthop Relat Res 2018;476:429-436): Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-07-01 | APOA 2021 Spine Section Award Winner for ‘Population-Based Analysis of The Clinical Implications of Lumbar Developmental Spinal Stenosis’: Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2016-11-01 | AOSpine East Asia Research Officer: AOSpine | Others | |
| 2020-10-01 | Best Poster Award: 40th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2017-09-01 | APSS-ASJ Best Clinical Research Award (for Predictability of curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using the distal radius and ulna classification): Asia Pacific Spine Society - Asian Spine Journal | Research Achievement | |
| 2018-11-01 | Trainee Prize for Dr. Thomas Ka Chun Leung
Paper: Is cervical collar useful after laminoplasty? A randomized controlled trial: Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2018-11-01 | Outstanding English Paper Award
EN-2-D-1 Predictors of postoperative shoulder imbalance in selective thoracic fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: impact of fulcrum flexibility: The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Scoliosis Society 2018 | Research Achievement | |
| 2017-11-01 | Paediatric Orthopaedics Award Winner Received At The 37th Annual Congress Of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (November 4-5 2017)
"matching Curve Progression With Skeletal Growth In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Insight Into The Best Period For Brace Treatment": Paediatric Chapter of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2017-11-01 | AR Hodgson Award Received At The 37th Annual Congress Of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (November 4-5 2017)
"matching Curve Progression With Skeletal Growth In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Insight Into The Best Period For Brace Treatment": Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-09-01 | Best poster: Sydney Spine Symposium | Research Achievement | |
| 2017-12-01 | The SICOT Research Award - Young Investigator Award: La Societe Internationale de Chirugie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie (The International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology / SICOT) | Research Achievement | |
| 2022-08-01 | Best Clinical Paper Award 1st Prize: Supine Correction Index As a Predictor for Brace Outcome in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: AO Spine Asia Pacific East Asia Conference 2022 | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-12-06 | Silver Medal Winner, 2024 Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows: 31st Annual Fellowship Conferment Ceremony, 2024 David Todd Oration of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (06/12/2024-06/12/2024, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-08-10 | 2024 Scoliosis Research Society-Cotrel Foundation Basic Science Research Grant Award Winner: Impact of central pattern generator defects in early diagnosis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (USD50,000) | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-06-16 | APSS Best Basic Science Award: APSS 7th Annual Meeting (13/06/2024-16/06/2024, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-06-16 | APSS Congress Best Clincial Research Award: APSS 7th Annual Meeting (13/06/2024-16/06/2024, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-06-16 | APSS-ASJ Best Clinical Research Award: APSS 7th Annual Meeting (13/06/2024-16/06/2024, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-06-13 | Best Clinical Research Award: Lateral Plane Fulcrum Bending Radiographs Predicts Postoperative Thoracic Normokyphosis in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: APSS 7th Annual Meeting (13/06/2024-16/06/2024, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement | |
| 2024-06-13 | Best Clinical Research Award: The Proximal Femur Maturity Index is A Novel Tool To Predict Curve Progression Risk in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing Bracing: APSS 7th Annual Meeting (13/06/2024-16/06/2024, Hong Kong) | Research Achievement |
Professional Societies
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/2020-present | Country Officer | Asia Pacific Spine Society |
| 05/2018-present | Representative - Asia | ISSLS |
| 01/2016-12/2017 | Research Grant Committee | Scoliosis Research Society |
| 01/2016-06/2019 | Research Officer | AOSpine East Asia |
| 01/2016-present | Membership Committee | Asia Pacific Spine Society |
| 07/2017-present | Research Committee Chairman | Asia Pacific Spine Society |
| 01/2017-01/2019 | Scientific Program Committee | Scoliosis Research Society |
| 07/2019-06/2022 | Regional Research Chairman | AOSpine Asia Pacific |
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