Lee Seok Gu
- Specialization: Transplant surgeon
- 46 years of experience
- Workplace: Republic of Korea, Goyang, Myongji Hospital
- Performed approximately 2,000 liver transplants and achieved Korea's first transfusion-free liver transplant.
Professor Lee Seok-gu is a leading liver transplant surgeon at Myongji Hospital. He has performed about 2,000 liver transplants. He achieved Korea’s first transfusion-free liver transplant. He performed hepatocyte transplantation in a one-month-old infant. He led the first clinical use of a bioartificial liver for acute liver failure. He also performed living-donor transplants in Egypt and trained teams in Vietnam.
He is Professor of Surgery at Myongji Hospital and former Director of the Organ Transplantation Center at Samsung Medical Center. He earned his MD and MSc from Seoul National University and his PhD from the Catholic University of Korea. He completed a fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard and transplant training at Johns Hopkins. He served as president of three national societies in transplantation and pediatric surgery. His honors include the Chong Kun Dang Award, the Pfizer Clinical Medicine Award, and the Astellas Investigator Award. He has 447 publications and 13 book chapters.
Doctor's services
- Liver resection
- Liver transplant
- PET/CT
- Biopsy
- MRI of one area
- CT scan of the whole body
- Fibroscan
- MRI of the abdominal cavity
- Liver biopsy
- Oncological Check-up for Man
- CT (computer tomography)
- Chest X-Ray
- Cancer screening
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Qualifications
Professor Lee Seok-gu is a leading liver transplant surgeon at Myongji Hospital with extensive experience in complex organ transplantation. He has performed approximately 2,000 liver transplantations and has played an important role in the development of liver transplantation in South Korea.
Among his major achievements are Korea’s first liver transplantation performed entirely without blood transfusion, hepatocyte transplantation in a one-month-old infant, and the country’s first clinical application of a bioartificial liver for a patient with acute liver failure. He has also performed living-donor liver transplantations in Egypt and transferred liver transplantation expertise to medical teams in Vietnam.
Education
- PhD in Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
- Master’s Degree in Medicine, Seoul National University
- MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Professional Experience
- Professor of Surgery, Myongji Hospital — Current
- Professor Emeritus, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
- Former Chair, Department of Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine / Samsung Medical Center
- Former Director, Organ Transplantation Center, Samsung Medical Center
- Former Director, Pediatric Center, Samsung Medical Center
- Former Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Samsung Medical Center
- Transplant Surgery Training, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
- Surgical Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
- Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Seoul National University Hospital
Professional Activities
Former President and Chairman of the Korean Society for Transplantation; former President of the Korean Liver Transplantation Society and the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons; Council Member of the Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study Group.
Awards
Chong Kun Dang Academic Award; Pfizer Medical Award in Clinical Medicine; Astellas Investigator Award; Daewoong Medical Award; Samsung Medical Center 25th Anniversary Achievement Award.
Publications
447 scientific publications and 13 textbook chapters.
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