Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center
President of Korean society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and President-Elect for WSRM (World society of Reconstructive Microsurgery)
Adjunct professor to Georgetown University USA and St Paul University Ethiopia
Board certified in Trauma, Hand and Plastic surgery
Active member in numerous professional associations such as American Society of Plastic Surgery, Korean Society of Plastic Surgery
Research and clinical practice in wound healing, diabetic foot & lower extremity reconstruction, lymphedema and super-microsurgery
Editor-in-Chief for Archives of Plastic Surgery
Member of the editorial board for journals including Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, International Wound Journal, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Journal of Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery and more
Author of over 270 publications with 28 book chapters including the “Neligan Plastic Surgery” and Co-author of 2 books including “Lower extremity reconstruction”
Awarded the “Godina Travelling Fellowship” 2015 from the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, the “Al Fred W. Farmer Lectureship” 2016 from the Canadian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, “Acta Scandinavia Lectureship” 2018 from the Scandinavian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the “Maliniac Lectureship” 2020 from the American Society of Plastic Surgery and “James Burret Brown award” 2022 from the American Association of Plastic Surgeons
Performed more than 4500 microsurgery procedures including 800 cases of lymphedema.