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Dr. Kim Dong Gul is an experienced and board-certified plastic surgeon in South Korea, specializing in facial contouring, rhinoplasty, lifting & anti-aging and mammoplasty. He is the President and Chief Surgeon of POP Plastic Surgery Hospital and is a member of several prestigious societies, including The International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, The Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.

Neurosurgeon, specializing in spinal neurosurgery

35 years old

• In 1991, he was invited to the Department of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Medical College, USA.
• Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
• Member of the Cervical Spine Research Society.
• Member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

Oncologist, specializing in clinical oncology and oncohematology

28 years of experience

• From 1992 to 1994 he completed an internship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, USA.
• Since January 2001, he has been the director of Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Bucheon.
• Received the Korean Society of Stem Cell Transplantation Medical Award in 2006.
• He is a member of the international and American societies of oncohematology.

Dr. Yong Jin Kim is a highly experienced and qualified surgeon of morbid obesity in Korea, with a Ph.D. from Soon Chun Hyang University and expertise in upper gastrointestinal tract and laparoscopic surgery. He is a professor at the department of general surgery and Head of the Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center at Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Seoul, and holds memberships with various societies related to metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Obstetrician-gynecologist

2010: Training, Transplant Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong

2008 - 2010: Fellow (accredited by American Society of Transplantation) , Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati medical Center (OH, USA)

Regular Member, International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA)

Regular Member, The Transplantation Society (TTS)

Regular Member, 미국이식학회는 American Society of Transplantation (AST), ASTS는미국이식외과의사협회 American Society of Transplant Surgeon

2004 - 2006: Fellow, HBP Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Asan Medical Center

2006 - 2008: Fellow, Abdominal Transplantation, University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

2008 ~ 2009: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation, University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

2007: Fellows Excellence in Research Award, Transplant Summit 2007

2015: The Korea Health & Medical Award 2015 (Organ Transplantation Center, General Hospital Division)

2006 -: Regular Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeon (ASTS)

2008 -: Regular Member, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)

2008 -: Regular Member, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)

2015 -: Member, Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)

2014 : The world's first robotic oral thyroidectomy developed by Kim Hoon-yub

2011 ~ : Fellow of the International Society of Neuro Monitoring Research

2008 ~ : Permanent member of Korean Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons

2008 ~ : Permanent member of Korean Society of Surgical Oncology

2008 ~ : Permanent member of the Asia Oceania Thyroid Association

2014 ~ : Research Professor, the Korean Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons

2014 ~ : Member of planning Committee at the Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons, member of the Medical Rights Advisory Committee

2012 ~ : Member of the International Surgery Research Forum

2015 ~ : Member of the American Thyroid Association

2015 ~ 2016: Research Professor, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

2007 : The Asia's first succeeded in robotic stereotactic bladder replacement by Kang Seok-ho

2008 : The Asia's first succeeded in robotic expandable pelvic lymphadenectomy by Kang Seok-ho

2011: The Asia's first succeeded in urinary tract diversion within the robot body by Kang Seok-ho

2015 : Head of Robot Surgery Center of Korea University Anam Hospital

2013 : Chief of Genito-Urology of Korea University Anam Hospital and the Korean Urological Oncology Society

2013 : Director of The Korean Urological Oncology Society  

2011 ~ 2012 :  Studied at Institute of Urology, University of Southern California with a Research Scholarship

2016 ~ : Director of the Breast Center in Korea University Anam Hospital

2016 ~ : Human Antiquities Bank Commissioner in Korea University Anam Hospital

2016 ~ : Member of the research promotion committee in Korea University Anam Hospital  

2016 ~ : Steering committee member of the Precision Medicine Research Center in Korea University Anam Hospital

2011 ~ 2013 : Full-time sergeon of Breast Endocrine Surgery at the Samsung Seoul Hospital

2008 ~ 2011 : Chief of Emergency Room at the Health and Medical Center in Hwacheon County  

2005 : Exchange Doctor in Kurume Hospital, Japan

•Currently) Director of Moaman Clinic

•Former) Director of Hair Transplant Center of Muto Beauty Clinic

•Director of Mobest Clnic 

•Director of Hairplus Clinic

•Director of Dr.Kims Hair transplant Clinic

•Adjunct professor of Hair Transplant Center of Kyungpook National University

•Completion of Hair Transplant Center of  Kyungpook National University