Winners of Academy’s Awards 2025
23 . 12 . 2025
2025 Academy’s Award winners
The Academy presented several awards and prizes for the year 2025 during the 32nd Annual Fellowship Conferment Ceremony.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Best Original Paper Award
| Awardee | Paper Title |
|---|---|
| Dr. Lynn Shong and her co-authors | Clinical outcomes after implementation of a lung nodule surveillance programme in Hong Kong |
| Prof. Zhengqi Wu and his co-authors (Prof. Wu was unable to join the ceremony. The medal will be delivered to him.) |
Use of pronase in screening for early cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract |
| Dr. Suet-Mui Yu and her co-authors | Artificial intelligence–based computer-aided diagnosis for breast cancer detection on digital mammography in Hong Kong |
Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows
| Medal | Awardee (Academy College) | Research Title |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Dr. Jimmy Lai and his team (Physicians) (Dr. Lai was unable to join the ceremony, and represented by his co-authors Prof. Grace Wong and Prof. Terry Yip. ) |
Non-invasive risk-based surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease |
| Silver | Dr. Eugene Chan and his team (Paediatrists) | An international, multi-center study evaluated rituximab therapy in childhood steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome |
| Bronze | Dr. David Lui and his team (Physicians) (Dr. Lui was unable to join the ceremony, and represented by his co-author Dr. Xiaodong Liu) |
Parathyroidectomy and risk of incident diabetes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism |
Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees
| Medal | Awardee (Academy College) | Research Title |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Dr. Rex Wan-hin Hui (Physicians) |
A prototype deep-learning algorithm versus Liver Imaging Reporting & Data System (LI-RADS) criteria in diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma on computed tomography: A randomized trial |
| Silver | Dr. Des SY Ng (Emergency Medicine) | Evaluation of point-of-care white blood cell differential count testing in patients with post-chemotherapy fever in the emergency department |
| Bronze | Dr. Hang-sheung Wong (Emergency Medicine) | Multi-Evidence Clinical Reasoning with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (MECR-RAG) for Emergency Triage: Retrospective Evaluation Study |