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First SIU-Innovators Awardee from Hong Kong

Dr. Jeremy Teoh, Assistant Dean (External Affairs) of the Faculty of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Department of Surgery, has just been awarded the ‘SIU-Innovators Award’ at the 41st Congress of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) for his outstanding contribution in urology and international recognition.

SIU was founded in 1907. It is an international professional organization serving the global urological community with more than 10,000 members from over 130 countries/regions. The 41st Congress of the SIU is being held on November 10–14 in Dubai. Dr. Teoh is the first SIU awardee from Hong Kong.

Dr. Teoh started research work in prostate cancer in 2010. With time, Dr Teoh has developed an immense interest in bladder cancer. He also developed the global consensus statement on en bloc resection of bladder tumour (ERBT), which has become the standard of reference for ERBT worldwide. He is the Asian national coordinator for the RESECT study, which is the largest-ever global study evaluating the quality of TURBT.

Dr. Teoh is the founder of the UroSoMe (Urology Social Media) working group and he believes that social media plays an important role in the modern era of medicine. With UroSoMe, he led a global survey on the impact of COVID-19 on urological services worldwide. The participants included over 1,000 urology professionals from six continents. Findings of the survey were published in the international medical journal European Urology.