Consultant of Department of Surgery

Chief of Division of Head and Neck Surgery 

Chief of Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Queen Mary Hospital

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Honorary Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

School of Clinical Medicine

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

The University of Hong Kong​

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Dr. Velda Chow is Consultant and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery in Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong. She is currently Chief of the Divisions of Head and Neck Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital.

Dr. Chow obtained her Medical and Doctoral degrees from the University of Hong Kong. She attained Fellowship in Plastic Surgery and undertook sub-specialty training in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery in Queen Mary Hospital. Dr. Chow’s clinical and research work is on pharyngo-esophageal cancer treatment, management of complex pharyngo-esophageal defects, management of nasopharyngeal tumours and applications of robotic surgery in the head and neck region.

She has been on editorial board for Annals of Esophagus, Surgical Practice, Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum, and Hong Kong Medical Journal. Dr. Chow is an active member of the Head and Neck Cancer International Group Guidelines and Protocols Committee, Hong Kong Nasopharyngeal Cancer Study Group, Hong Kong Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Hong Kong Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. She is Vice Chairlady of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong Plastic Surgery Board, and Past President of the Hong Kong Head and Neck Society.