The Division of Head and Neck Surgery is composed of experts specializing in the fields of otorhinolarynology, plastic and reconstructive surgery and general surgery. Their main focus is the management of major head and neck cancer including resection and reconstruction. Over the years the specialists at Queen Mary Hospital have built up a reputation of a territory referral centre, not only for Hong Kong, but also for Asia and globally.

Professor Wei is an Ear Nose and Thoroat specialist whose pioneering operations have helped to establish the ENT Department as an internationally recognized centre for surgery. So much so,
that the work being done is at the forefront of head and neck surgery and surgeons from different parts of the world travel to the hospital to learn about the innovative surgical resection techniques developed by the team.

Professor Wei has devoted his life to reach in this field and part of his current studies is on nasopharyngeal cancer, he is investigating the behaviour of persistent and recurrent tumours, how they grow and how much has to be surgically removed to cure patients. These developments have allowed those who have tried conventional treatments without success to undergo surgical resection to recover, and to subsequently lead normal lives.

Professor Wei, who received his medical degree in 1974 after studying at the Medical Faculty, joined The University of Hong Kong the same year when he became a House Officer at the Department of Surgery. He is now one of the world’s leading ENT surgeons and is chair professor in otorhinolarynology.

He has published hundreds of papers and book chapters on cancer and ENT surgery and is an associate editor of Head and Neck, editorial board member of The American Journal of Otolarynology, European Archives of Otolarynology, Head and Neck Surgery, Austrian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, and the Chinese Journal of Cancer as well as other 4 surgical journals.

In additional he has collaborated on a variety of international programmes and research projects with universities and hospitals in the UK, US, Singapore, Germany, Canada and elsewhere. Professor Wei is regularly invited to give keynote lectures at major Hong Kong and international conferences and meetings. He is a visiting professor at major universities around the world, and in China, he was the honorary professors of 12 leading universities, including the Peking University and Fudan University.

Professor Wei has a wide membership of related societies and associations including executive committee member representing Asia in the International Federation of Oto-Rhino Laryngological Societies (IFOS) and Secretary-General of International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies as well as holding many other similar positions with overseas bodies. He has been the Hong Kong representative to the Asian Federation of Laryngectomees Association since 1987 and served as a member of the Medical Xouncil as well as multiple other community and charitable organizations both here and overseas.

He was the founding president of the Hong Kong College of Otrohinolaryngologists and was the president of Hong Kong Institute of Allegy, and Hong Kong Head and Neck Society. He is currently the president of the Hong Kong Voice Foundation.