Prof. Michael Tong from The Chinese University of Hong Kong will be a guest lecture at MU-Varna on 9 June 2026 at 3:00 p.m. in Auditorium 3. He will deliver a public lecture titled „Health, Wealth and Happiness”.
Professor Tong, a clinical professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, as well as the Director of the Institute of Human Communicative Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is specialized in the fields of otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery. He was the chief of the Division of Otorhinolaryngology of the Department of Surgery from 2003 to 2007, the Head of Academic Divisions of the Department from 2007 to 2015, and the Chairman of the Department from 2015 to 2024. Recently, Professor Tong has been pioneering the development of advanced endoscopic ear surgery techniques, medical robotics, and the application of artificial intelligence in medicine and technological tools for neurosciences. Paralleled with that, his interest has extended to the broader field of medicine, including
epidemiology and public health, especially in elderly health. He is also a key member of the Brain and Mind Institute, the Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute, the INNOHK Multiscale Medical Robotics Centre, and the CUHK T-Stone Robotics Institute.
As a distinguished skull base surgeon and otologist, he has numerous successful grants and over 300 peerreviewed publications, which has resulted in a national and international reputation in the field of general otology, cochlear implantation, auditory brainstem implantation, and nasopharyngeal cancer research. Development of technical innovations for minimally invasive surgery in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery has been his interest.
