| Professor Paul Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) and Chair of Paediatric Surgery, has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association (ASA), the oldest surgical association in the United States, with members consisting of the nation’s most prominent surgeons as well as leading surgeons from around the globe.
Professor Tam’s research interests include genomics and developmental biology, immunology and paediatric surgery. He was the President of Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons in 2008–2009 and is the recipient of numerous awards including the British Association of Pediatric Surgery Prize (1984), and the International Outstanding Leadership Award in Endoscopy from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2010).
The ASA’s Honorary Fellowship is a mark of international recognition and awarded to outstanding non-US surgeons for their contributions in the field of surgery throughout the years. Professor Tam will be conferred the Honorary Fellowship at the 133rd ASA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis to be held in April, where the new Honorary Fellows will be introduced. 
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