Academic Activity

• President of Korean Society for Microsurgery(2009-10)
• Member of Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• Member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons


• Postdoctorial Fellowship
• UCLA Medical Center Fellow
• UCLA Hand Fellow, ASSH Traveling Fellow
• Plastic Surgery, Stanford Medical Center,USA(1990)
• Plastic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center,USA(1994-5)
• Hand Surgery, UCLA Medical Center,USA(2007-8)


• Awards
• 1. Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation) International Young Plastic Surgeon Awards 1990
• 2. Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Award1988, 2003, achievement award 2011
• 3. Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Best Paper presentation award 1996, 2004, 2007, 2009
• 4. Korean Society for Microsurgery Awards 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, achievement award 2010
• 5. Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand, achievement award 2013
• 6. Secretary of State for Ecuador, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador SurgiCorps International Medical Service Award 2007
• 7. Writing American Plastic Surgery Textbook 3rd and 4th edition. Ischemic hand Chapter 2013, 2018
• 8. Order of Civil Merit(Green Stripes) 2021