Prof. Wai-Kay Seto graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2003 and received his Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2010 from the Hong Kong College of Physicians. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Hong Kong in 2012. He is currently a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. He is also Assistant Hospital Chief Executive (Research) of the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen. He has published more than 200 international journal articles and book chapters, including first-authored articles in the Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gut, Journal of Hepatology and Hepatology, majority related to research on chronic liver diseases. He has been awarded the Distinguished Young Fellow (2013) from the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; the Guangdong Province Outstanding Young Medical Talent Award (2017), the Outstanding Young Research Award (2016-2017) from The University of Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific Digestive Week Emerging Leader from the APDW Federation (2018), the Sir David Todd Lectureship, Hong Kong College of Physicians (2019); and the American Gastroenterological Association Fellowship (2021).
