Prof. Karen Chan

Professor Chan is currently a Clinical Professor and Chairperson at the Department of O&G for the Department of O&G, University of Hong Kong. She is also the Chief of Service for the Department of O&G in Queen Mary Hospital (QMH), Chair of Specialty, Department of O&G, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, and Chair of Department of O&G HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. She is the team leader for the gynaecological oncology service and the director of gynae-oncology training at QMH. She also serves as the chairman of the HKCOG gynae- oncology board.

Prof Chan’s main research interest is in cervical cancer prevention, hormonal receptor subtypes and molecular pathways in ovarian cancer. She has published more than 150 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. She supervises PhD students and serves as both internal and external examiners for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Prof Chan is the past president of HKCOG and the Hong Kong Society for colposcopy and cervical pathology. She is the secretary-general for Asia- Oceanic Organization in Genital infections and Neoplasia (AOGIN) and a council member of Asian Society of Gynaecological Oncology. She is also a member of the Policy Committee for the International Papillomavirus Society. Prof Chan also serves on the Cancer Coordinating Committee for the Hong Kong government.