Hon-chi Yip is currently clinical assistant professor at the Division of Upper Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also serving as deputy director of the endoscopy center and honorary associate consultant at the Prince of Wales Hospital.

Dr. Yip graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008 with honors. He received the RC Li Gold Medal in Surgery. He joined the Department of Surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital after graduation and obtained the fellowship in General Surgery in 2015.

Focusing on Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer management, Dr. Yip underwent overseas training in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan in 2017. His current research focuses on endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of early gastrointestinal cancer, as well as minimally invasive and robotic techniques in surgical treatment of gastric and esophageal neoplasia. Working with Cornerstone Robotics, a new robotic surgical system developed in Hong Kong, Dr. Yip pioneered the use of the system in upper gastrointestinal surgery as well as application of artificial intelligence in robotic surgery.

Dr. Yip is engaged in regional education and training. He serves in the steering committee of the Asian Novel Bio-imaging and Intervention Group (ANBIIG), an Asian wide organization focusing on endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of GI luminal diseases. He is a member of the Education Committee in the Asia-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE). He is currently board member of the Asia-Pacific Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery Group (APELS), Guidelines Committee member of International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), member of the Academy of Endoscopy (AoE), council member of Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy.