Education

• 1989.02

  Bachelor of Medicine : Seoul National University

• 1996.02

  Master of Medicine : Seoul National University

• 2004.02

  Doctor of Medicine : Chungbuk University

Career

• 1996.01 ~ present

  Professor in General Surgery, Inha University Hospital

• 2014.05 ~ 2014.07

  Harvard Medical School training

• 2005.12 ~ 2006.12

  Massachusets General Hospital training

• 1990.03 ~ 1994.02

  Residency, Seoul National University Hospital

• 1989.03 ~ 1990.02

  Internship, Seoul National University Hospital

Professional Activities

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  Adviser of Obesity metabolic surgery of Association

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  permanent director of the Korean Society for Stomach Cancer

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  Director of Public Information of the Korean Society for Surgical Immunization

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  Academic Committee of the Korean Society for Obesity

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  President of the Korean Society of Obesity metabolic surgery

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  Vice-Chairman of the Korean Society for Foreign Sciences

Honors

Research & Publications

• 2017

  Beneficial Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiac Structure and Function in Obesity

• 2017

  The Recovery of Beta-Cell Function is Critical for Antidiabetic Outcomes of Gastric Bypass in Asian Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and a Body Mass Index Below 30

• 2017

  Korean OBEsity Surgical Treatment Study (KOBESS): protocol of a prospective multicentre cohort study on obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

• 2017

  Metabolic Surgery in Korea: What to Consider before Surgery

• 2016

  Longitudinal Changes in Serum Levels of Angiopoietin-Like Protein 6 and Selenoprotein P After Gastric Bypass Surgery

• 2016

  Nationwide Survey on Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in Korea: 2003-2013 Results

• 2016

  Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs. Sleeve Gastrectomy vs. Gastric Banding: The First Multicenter Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study in Obese Korean Patients

• 2016

  Enhanced biglycan gene expression in the adipose tissues of obese women and its association with obesity-related genes and metabolic parameters

• 2014

  Validation of the Korean version Moorehead-Ardelt quality of life questionnaire II

• 2014

  Prediction of glycated hemoglobin levels at 3 months after metabolic surgery based on the 7-day plasma metabolic profile