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Hong Kong Pathology Forum 2026

13th Hong Kong Pathology Forum

Date: 31 January 2026 (Saturday)

Concord Room, Level 8, Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong

Registration:

Registration fee*

  Fee  Registration

 Payment
 Full rate    HK$780

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 Special rate Medical Technologists/Technicians/Students   HK$380
 Waived Current HKU/QMH/HKU-SZ Hospital Pathology Staff & HKU Pathology Students  HK$0  -

* Buffet lunch included

 

Time

Program (Tentative)

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration and Reception

9:00AM – 9:30AM

Opening Address

  • Dr Libby Ha Yun Lee (Chief Executive, HA)
  • Professor Suet Yi Leung
  • Professor Philip Ip

9:30AM – 10:55AM

Symposium I: Endocrine Pathology (Part I)

Hou Pao Chang Medical Memorial Fund Lecture

  • Professor Ozgur Mete (University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada)
    - Updates on classification and diagnostic workup of neuroendocrine      neoplasms: the emerging role of biomarker studies
  • Dr Wah Cheuk (Pathology, QEH)
    - Follicular lesions of thyroid: An update and diagnostic approach

Q&A

10:55AM – 11:25AM

Coffee Break

11:25AM – 12:30PM

Symposium II: Application of Artificial Intelligence in Pathology

  • Dr Terence Wong (Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST)
    - AI-powered next-generation histological imaging with medical diagnosis in digital pathology

  • Dr Yuri Tolkach (Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Germany)
    - Next generation of AI algorithms in pathology: Multi-agent systems and reasoning

  • Professor Kevin Tsia (Electrical & Electronic Engineering, HKU)
    - Making sense of label-free single-cell imaging for screening and diagnostics

12:30PM – 1:50PM

Lunch symposium on

Optimizing HER2 detection in GI tumors: methods and challenges - Sponsored by Daiichi-Sankyo & AstraZeneca

Dr Brendan Pang (Singapore)

          

1:50PM – 3:15PM

Symposium III: Urologic and Renal Pathology

James Gibson Lecture

  • Dr Yuri Tolkach (Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Germany)
    - Digital pathology and AI for genitourinary cancers

  • Dr Gavin Chan (Pathology, QMH)
    - A guided tour of the complementary maze

  • Professor Desmond Yap (Medicine, HKU)
    - Improving care in lupus nephritis care via multi-modality research

Q&A

3:15PM – 3:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:45PM – 4:35PM

Symposium IV: Endocrine Pathology (Part II)

  • Professor Ozgur Mete (University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada)
    - Updates on adrenal cortical pathology: The emerging role of biomarker studies
  • Professor Matrix Fung (Surgery, HKU)
    - AI-assisted clinical management of thyroid nodules and cancer

4:40PM– 4:45PM

Closing Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

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