The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor Hung-Fat Tse is Chair Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, and William MW Mong Professor in Cardiology; Chairpersons and Chief of Service of the Department of Medicine; Chief in the Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital; Co-director, Cardiac & Vascular Center, The University of Hong Kong – Shenzhen Hospital. He is also the academic lead, HKUMed Laboratory of Cellular Therapeutics, The University of Hong Kong.

He is a clinician scientist and an international expert in cardiovascular medicine, including cardiac pacing, clinical electrophysiology, and cardiovascular regeneration. Professor Tse is one of the pioneers for novel therapies, including stem cell and devices for treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He has established the large animal laboratory for cardiovascular research as well the “Good Manufacturing Practice” laboratory for human stem cells and biological therapies in the University of Hong Kong. He has been awarded multiple major local grants (including the Theme Based Research Grant, Research Impact Fund and Innohealth) as well as national research grants (National Natural Science Foundation of China and 973 grants) for his researches. He has been participated into many international and regional clinical trials and studies, and is currently the Associate Editors for several international journals, including Cardiovascular Diabetology, Frontier in Cardiovascular Medicine, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology and Journal of Arrhythmia. He has published over 730 scientific publications in international top-ranking scientific journals, including New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Nature Medicine, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Genetic, Nature Protocol, Nature Communication, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Disease Primer, Cell Stem Cell, Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology, and European Heart Journal.