Education

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  Seoul National University College of Medicine
  
  Master of Science (MS) in Medicine
  Graduate School, Seoul National University
  
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medicine
  Graduate School, Seoul National University

Professional Career

• Intern and Resident, Seoul National University Hospital
  Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine
  Chief Professor and Department Chair, Seoul National University Hospital
  Medical Advisory Consultant, Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea
  Current: Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University
  Current: Chief of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bucheon Sejong Hospital
  Current: Director, Sejong Medical Research Institute

Academic Activities

• Board Member, Asian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery (2002–2010)
  
  Chair of Academic Committee & Executive Director,
  Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2000–2007)
  
  President, Korean Society of Pediatric Cardiology (2002–2005)
  
  President, Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2011–2012)
  
  Member, National Academy of Medicine of Korea (NAMOK) (2004–Present)

Others

• [Board Certifications & Licensure]
  
  Medical License, Republic of Korea (1975)
  Board Certification in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (1980)
  Subspecialty Certification in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2007)
  
  [Books & Major Publications]
  
  Guidelines for Critical Care Management in Thoracic Surgery, 1984
  Critical Care Medicine: Postoperative Management After Open Heart Surgery, 1996
  Cardiac Surgery, 2011
  Cardiovascular Surgery, 2nd Edition, 2023

Awards

• Lee Young-Kyun Academic Award, 1997
  China Friendship Award, 2009
  Academic Excellence Award, Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2010
  Distinguished Service Award, Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2012

Key Publications

• 2014
  Twenty-five years’ experience of modified Lecompte procedure for the anomalies of ventriculoarterial connection with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;148:825-31
  
  Valved Conduit with Glutaraldehyde-Fixed Bovine Pericardium Treated by Anticalcification Protocol. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;47:333-343
  
  Novel self-expandable, stent-based transcatheter pulmonic valve: A preclinical animal study.
  International Journal of Cardiology 2014;173:74–79
  
  The mid-term surgical results of Fontan conversion with antiarrhythmia surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2014;45:922–927
  
  Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes for acute kidney injury after aortic arch repair in paediatric patients. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2014;45:e208–e214
  
  
  2015
  In vivo efficacy for novel combined anticalcification treatment of glutaraldehyde-fixed cardiac xenograft using humanized mice.
  Journal of Biomaterials Applications 2015;29(7):929–940
  
  Development of Novel Combined Anticalcification Protocols Including Immunologic Modification for Prolonged Durability of Cardiac Xenograft: Preclinical Study Using Large-Animal Long-Term Circulatory Models.
  ASAIO Journal Tissue Engineering Biomaterials 2015;61:87-95
  
  Surgical Management of Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Marfan Syndrome during Infancy and Early Childhood.
  The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015;48:7-12
  
  Surgical Indications and Results of Mitral Valve Repair in Pediatric Patients With Ventricular Septal Defects Accompanied by Mitral Valve Regurgitation.The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015;99:891–898
  
  Intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia in adult patients after Fontan operation.International Journal of Cardiology 2015;187:157–163
  
  Development of a next-generation tissue valve using a glutaraldehyde fixed porcine aortic valve treated with decellularization, α-galactosidase, space filler, organic solvent and detoxification. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2015;48:104–113
  
  Differences in xenoreactive immune response and patterns of calcification of porcine and bovine tissues in a-Gal knock-out and wild-type mouse implantation models. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2015;48:392-399
  
  
  2016
  Calcification of decellularized and alpha-galactosidase-treated bovine pericardial tissue in an alpha-Gal knock-out mouse implantation model: comparison with primate pericardial tissue. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2016;49:894–900

• Health News: Publication of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2nd Edition
• Medical Newspaper: Development of a “Safe Cardiac Surgery Technique for Arrhythmia Prevention”
• Kyunghyang Shinmun: “Congenital Heart Defects Curable with Early Surgical Intervention”