Personal information

Joint replacement, Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, osteoarthritis
Hong Kong SAR China

Biography

Professor Peter Chiu was the Chief of Division of Joint Replacement Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2017. Professor Chiu graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong in 1987. After the internship year, he worked in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Queen Mary Hospital as a medical officer in 1988. He joined the University and became a lecturer in 1991, senior lecturer in 1996, subsequently becoming professor in 2006.

Professor Chiu’s current research work is on joint diseases. An important part of his research is about osteoarthritis of the knee. His studies show that Asian knees are different from Western knees, the findings have great impacts on the surgical management of Asian patients with advanced knee joint diseases. Professor Chiu also studies the role of subchondral bone in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis, the application of cartilage repair for earlier diseases, the genetics and epidemiology of osteoarthritis and conservative management of knee osteoarthritis including the use of traditional medicine. His research works in the hip joint include the pathogenesis and management of avascular necrosis of the femoral head as well as hip replacements for patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. His outstanding research in the hip joint and his contributions to hip surgery culminated to his induction into the International Hip Society in 2008.

Professor Chiu is very active in educating young orthopaedic surgeons in the arts and science of joint replacement surgery. He trained over 2,000 surgeons from every part of China in the past 20 years. He has been invited to lecture in different countries for more than 100 times, and has published more than 200 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles. He is editor to several international, national and local journals in orthopaedic surgery.

He has also been the office bearer of many professional bodies, including the founding President of Adult Joint Reconstruction chapter of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. He was the President of the Hong Kong college of Orthopaedic Surgeons from 2014 to 2016.

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

(Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology)
Employment
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Kwong-Yuen Chiu

Education and qualifications (4)

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery): Hong Kong, HK

1995-10 to present | Fellow
Qualification
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Kwong-Yuen Chiu

Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Hong Kong, HK

1994-10 to present | Fellow
Qualification
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Kwong-Yuen Chiu

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

1991-04 to present | Fellow
Qualification
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Kwong-Yuen Chiu

University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

1987 | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Education
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Kwong-Yuen Chiu