FU, Chun Him Henry 傅俊謙

MBBS (HK), MRCSEd, MMedSc(HK), FRCS (Edin), FHKCOS, FHKAM(Orthopaedic Surgery)

Chief of Division of Joint Replacement Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital and the University of Hong Kong

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Director of Joint Replacement Centre, Hong Kong West Cluster Joint Replacement Centre

President of the Adult Joint Reconstruction Chapter, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association

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ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7520-6845

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Biography

Dr Henry FU is a joint replacement surgeon now serving as division chief in the Division of Joint Replacement Surgery and Director of Hong Kong West Cluster Joint Replacement Centre. He leads the joint replacement service at Queen Mary Hospital, Duchess of Kent Joint Replacement Centre and the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital.

Dr Fu is an expert in robotic assisted hip and knee surgery. He received formal training in world renown hospitals including Hospital for Special Surgery (NY, USA), Rothman Institute (PA, USA) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MA, USA). Upon returning from training, Dr Fu set up the robotic joint replacement service at the University of Hong Kong by securing a donation of HK$15 million to acquire the Mako robotic arm surgical system. Having performed over 700 robotic hip and knee replacements, he is currently one of a handful of certified robotic surgery trainers in Hong Kong and has certified over 100 surgeons both locally and internationally to perform robotic hip replacement surgery.

Dr Fu is now the Director of the Hong Kong West Cluster Joint Replacement Centre at Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital where 450 joint replacement operations are performed annually. Using enhanced recovery protocol, 95% of patients can be discharged 2 days from surgery.

Dr Fu received the Clinical Service Excellence Award from the Faculty of Medicine at HKU for his contributions towards developing robotic joint replacement. He was previously awarded the Young Achiever Award from Hospital Authority and Distinguished Young Fellow Award from the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons in recognition for his outstanding leadership of the Joint Replacement Centre, spearheading robotic surgery and setting the benchmark for improved patient care.

Special Expertise and Research Interests

  • Robotic assisted hip and knee joint replacement
  • Complex primary total hip replacement with robotic arm assistance
  • Revision hip and knee replacement using robotic assistance
  • Ambulatory surgery

Notable Awards

  • David Fang Trophy for Best Paper in Adult Joint Reconstruction presented at the 44th Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, 2024
  • Arthur Yau Award for Outstanding Paper at the 44th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, 2024
  • Outstanding Young Fellowship in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2024
  • HKUMed Faculty Clinical Service Excellence Award for Public Service, 2023
  • Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Ambassador at the British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, 2023
  • Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Ambassador at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association, 2019
  • Young Achiever Award, Hospital Authority Outstanding Staff & Teams Award and Young Achievers Award, 2019
  • Distinguished Young Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 2019
  • Team Leader, Hong Kong West Cluster Outstanding Team Award, Hospital Authorities, 2019
  • Arthur Yau Award for Outstanding Paper at the 38th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, 2018
  • Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Young Ambassador Award, 2016

Grant

  • HK$ 15 million from Tam Shiu Charitable Trust for acquisition of Mako robotic arm surgical system for the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital

Invited Talks

  • Robotic Arm Assisted Total Hip Replacement- The future is now!
    第一届香港大学深圳医院关节外科论坛, Oct 2022
  • Stryker Mako Robotic Arm Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty In Surgery Certification Course
    Chairman. Stryker Corporation. June 2022, July 2022
  • HKU Robotic Arm Assisted Arthroplasty Cadaveric Certification Course
    Course Chairman. The University of Hong Kong. July 2021, June 2022
  • HKU Robotic Arm Assisted Arthroplasty User Sharing Forum
    Course Chairman. The University of Hong Kong. December 2021
  • Technologies in Knee Arthroplasty- Conventional, Navigation, PSI, Robotics, What’s Next?
    Specialty Day in Adult Joint Reconstruction- Primary Knee Arthroplasty Module, Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Mar 2021
  • Robotic surgery: Myths and Reality
    Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association- Young Surgeon’s Forum India Chapter, Mar 2021
  • Orthopaedic Crossfire: Robotic total hip arthroplasty is better than conventional total hip arthroplasty (affirmative)
    Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association 40th Annual Congress Adult Joint Reconstruction Chapter Concurrent Session, Nov 2020
  • Total Hip Replacement in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip- Modern Solutions for the Old Problem (High DDH)
    Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Adult Joint Reconstruction Chapter Summer Zoom Meeting Jun 2020
  • Robotic Joint Replacement Surgery: Accuracy, Precision and Longevity
    Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Conference & Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2019
    Hong Kong, Dec 2019
  • Mako Robotic Arm Assisted Total Hip Replacement
    The 2nd Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Orthopaedic Forum
    Macao. Sept 2019
  • Robotic Assisted Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
    The University of Hong Kong- Shenzhen Hospital (HKU-SZH) Joint Elite Symposium
    Shenzhen, China. Apr 2019
  • Recent Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery
    14th Hong Kong International Orthopaedic Forum
    Hong Kong. Apr 2018
  • Robotic Assisted Joint Replacement
    Conjoint Symposium of HKOA AJR Chapter and Young Surgeons Alliance, Wu Jieping Medical Foundation,
    Shenzhen, China. Feb 2018
  • Navio Robotic Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
    International CAOS symposium for Commemoration of 1000 Robodoc TKA,
    South Korea. Sept 2017

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