Prof Ng’s main clinical and research interests are minimally invasive/robotic surgery and advanced endoscopic therapy for colorectal diseases, multimodality treatment for colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening, biomarkers for colorectal cancer, and integrative medicine. His research work in colorectal surgery has earned him a number of international and national awards, including the Northern California Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Award of the ASCRS (2008), the International Guest Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons (2010), the GB Ong Traveling Fellowship (2011), the British Journal of Surgery Prize of the ESCP (2011), the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh China Medal (2014 and 2016), the Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award – First-class Award in Natural Sciences (2014), the State Natural Science Award – Second-class Award (2016), the Outstanding Fellowship of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK (2019), the Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award - First-class Award (2019), and the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award – First-class Award (2022). In 2022, the NTE Lower Gastrointestinal Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, led by Prof Ng, received the NTEC Outstanding Team Award in recognition of their outstanding achievements and invaluable contributions to colorectal cancer patient care in Hong Kong.