Alan D. L. Sihoe, MBBChir, FRCSEd, FCSHK, FHKAM

Consultant in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
Honorary Consultant in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital

Medical Credentials:
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery – University of Cambridge (UK)
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Fellow, College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Other Certificates received (for academic reference):
Bachelor of Arts with Honours – University of Cambridge (UK)
Master of Arts – University of Cambridge (UK)
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP)
Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Dr Sihoe received his medical training at the University of Cambridge, and subsequently returned to practice Cardiothoracic Surgery in Hong Kong and China, taking a special research interest in minimally invasive Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). He was Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital before moving to private practice.

Dr Sihoe is an internationally recognized advocate of uniportal and needlescopic VATS techniques for surgery in the chest. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference abstracts and book chapters in the international literature. His work in thoracic surgery and clinical research has won multiple awards – including from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS). In 2018, Dr Sihoe was the recipient of the Medical Sciences Technical Award (2^nd Class) from the Chinese Medical Association. In 2023, he received the Tsuguo Naruke Lectureship Award in Surgery from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). Dr Sihoe recently stepped down from over a decade of service as the Thoracic Surgery Editor for three of the most important international Cardio-Thoracic Surgery journals: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the Asian Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Annals. Dr Sihoe has served in leadership roles in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Asian Society for Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS), the Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Platform (ATEP), the Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery (HKSMAS), and other international professional bodies. He has been invited to perform surgery and lecture on every continent in the world.