Professor WU Che-yuen Justin is the Associate Dean (Health Systems) of Faculty of Medicine and the Chairman of CUHK Medical Services, CUHK. He is responsible for the development of collaborative network with private health systems, biomedical tech industry, Greater Bay Area and beyond for CUHK Medicine.
He is a professor of gastroenterology with academic focus in the field of functional gastrointestinal disorder and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He is currently the President of Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), the Past-President of Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, and Scientific Chairman of Asia Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
In medical education, Professor Wu is the founding director of Asia’s first “Global Physician-Leadership Stream” (GPS) of MBChB programme of CUHK Medicine. He is responsible for the design and operation of the GPS curriculum. The GPS has been the top programme among all university undergraduate studies in Hong Kong for 9 consecutive years. He is an eminent teacher honoured with 8 awards of medical education, which include Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award, Master Teacher, and Teacher of the Year Awards in CUHK Medicine.
He is the founding director of Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine in CUHK with the mission of fostering cooperation between Western and Chinese medicine in the healthcare system. He steered the development of the world’s first English Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Chinese medicine in collaboration with Coursera.
In medical innovation, Professor Wu is serving as director and advisor of biomedical technology companies and venture capital funds. He also actively contributes to incubator and accelerator programmes for supporting the growth of biomedical tech start-up companies.