Associate Editor, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Section Editor, Asian Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Annals International Director, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Council Member, Asian Society for Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS) Board Member, Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Platform (ATEP) Council Member, Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery (HKSMAS) Program Committee, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Specialist Advisor, Hong Kong Society of Medical Oncology Dr Sihoe received his medical training at the University of Cambridge, and after working in Scotland and England, he returned to practice Cardiothoracic Surgery in Hong Kong and China, with a special 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 recently moving to private practice in Hong Kong. Dr Sihoe is currently Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the CUHK Medical Center in Hong Kong, and Honorary Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital. Dr Sihoe is an internationally recognized advocate of ‘next generation’ VATS techniques – especially uniportal and needlescopic chest surgery. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference abstracts and book chapters in the international literature. He is an avid medical educator, and has been invited to perform surgery and lecture at surgical conferences and educational events on every continent in the world. 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 (2nd Class) from the Chinese Medical Association. Dr Sihoe has previously served in leadership roles in multiple Cardio-Thoracic Surgery societies in Europe and Asia, and he continues to actively to promote clinical and academic practices in the specialty through teaching and academic engagements around the world. Dr Sihoe’s indexed academic and research output can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=sihoe+a+%5Bau%5D