M.U.S.T. Vice President Chair Professor Paul Tam receive the Coe Medal from PAPS
On April 16, 2025, Melbourne –Chair Professor Paul Kwong Hang Tam, Vice President of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), was awarded the prestigious Coe Medal at the 58th Annual Congress of the Pacific Association of Paediatric Surgeons (PAPS) held in Melbourne, Australia.
This award is the highest honour presented by PAPS for someone who has made outstanding contributions to Pediatric Surgery. In the past 40 years, only 24 individuals from around the world have received this recognition.
The award ceremony was jointly presided over by Professor Kenneth Kak Yuen Wong, President of PAPS and Chairman of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Paediatric Surgery Alliance, and Professor Kevin P. Lally, Chair of A.G. McNeese and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital from the United States.
The ceremony was witnessed by Congress participants from 30 countries around the world. This underscores the award's global academic significance.
The Pacific Association of Paediatric Surgeons (PAPS) was founded in 1967 and is recognised as one of the most influential organisations in paediatric surgery across the Asia-Pacific. It has a membership of 530 leading surgical specialists. The PAPS’ Coe Medal completes an international ‘grand slam’ of highest honours in paediatric surgery which includes the Honorary Fellowship of American Surgical Association (2013), Denis Browne Gold Medal from British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (2017) and Rehbein Medal from European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association (2020), for Professor Tam.
Professor Tam acknowledged the key roles of his mentors, trainees, research and clinical teams, patients and most importantly his family for the life-time achievement.
