Speakers

Mr Liau is the current Honorary Treasurer, Office Bearer & Elected Council Member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is the Chair of Mult-speciality Robotic Surgery Steering Group and Clinical Lead of HPB Surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He was previously the Chair of the Surgical Specialty Board in General Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was fellowship-trained in HPB Surgical Oncology and Abdominal Multiorgan Transplantation at the Toronto General Hospital, Canada and in Advanced Laparoscopic HPB Surgery at L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France. He received surgical training in Cambridge, Toronto, Hong Kong, Paris and Edinburgh. He was a previous recipient of the prestigious Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) Moynihan Travelling Fellowship to Seoul, South Korea to focus on robotic-assisted HPB surgery. He was the first UK surgeon to be awarded the Society of Surgery of Alimentary Tract (SSAT, USA) Karen and Josef Fischer International Travelling Fellowship. His main clinical interest is in minimally invasive HPB surgery. His extensive international experience has allowed him to bring the best surgical practice to the UK NHS.