About A/Prof Shing Wong

Associate Professor Shing Wong has served as a Clinical Academic at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and as a Colorectal/ General Surgeon at Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH) since 2005. He is the head of Colorectal Unit at POWH and Head of Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery with honours at University of Sydney in 1992, the General Surgical Fellowship in 2002, and the Australasian Post-fellowship Colorectal Training Program in 2004. In 2007, he completed both his Masters of Surgery (Colorectal Surgery) at University of Sydney and Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching at UNSW.

He is enthusiastic about teaching, supervision and training, clinical work and clinical research. Being awarded "Best Consultant Clinical Teacher" at POWH fourteen times and the "Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning" prize by the Faculty of Medicine in 2007, his passion for training the next generation of medicine has been consistent and longstanding. He is the Course Convenor responsible for the UNSW Phase 3 MFAC3502 Surgery Course and the Surgery Moodle site, further informed by his participation in the UNSW Course Enhancement Program in 2022 and the UNSW Course Design Institute workshop in 2024. He has served as the co-Director of Prevocational Education and Training (DPET) and the Director of Assistants in Medicine (DAiM) during the COVID-19 pandemic at POWH.

He performed the first robotic case at Prince of Wales Private Hospital in October 2018 and has completed over 300 Robotic Colorectal Surgery cases. He was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy on Ergonomics and Robotic Colorectal Surgery at UNSW in June 2025.