Education and Training:

1993

M.D., Graduated Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine

1995-1999

Resident, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital

2000

Ph.D., Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine

Current and Past Professional Positions:

1999

Research Fellow, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, KURUME University, Japan

1999-2000

Clinical Fellow, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Kyungpook National University Hospital

2000-2002

Research Fellow, Laboratory Tissue Engineering and Cellular Therapeutics,
Children’s Hospital in Harvard Medical School, USA

2011-2013

Clinical Fellow, Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York,
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center in Columbia Medical School, USA

2003-present

Director of Vascular Anomlaies Center, Kyungpook Natinal University Hospital

2007-2017

Chair of Department, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine

2008-2014

Associate Professor, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine

2014‐present

Professor, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine

Awards:

2004.11

Best Paper Award (from 57th The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2006.11

Best Paper Award (from 61st The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2007.05

Best Paper Award (from 62nd The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2007.11

Best Paper Award (from 63rd The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2008.11

Best Paper Award (from 65th The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2011.11

Best Paper Award (from 69th The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2013.11

Best Paper Award (from 71st The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2015.05

Best Paper Award (from 5th The Research and Reconstruction Forum)

2017.04

Best Paper Award (from 7th The Research and Reconstruction Forum)

2018.11

Best Paper Award (from Archives of Plastic Surgery)

2019.11

Best Paper Award (from Archives of Craniofacial Surgery)

2021.11

Most Cited Paper Award (from Archives of Plastic Surgery)

Society Memberships:

The Korean Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
Korean Wound Management Society
Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
The Korea Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA)