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Jang, Byeong Cheol

Department & Title

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Professor

Specialty

Valvular Heart Disease, Atrial fibrillation, Coronary artery disease

Appointment Research & Publications Medical Staff List

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Major Professional Experiences (Residency, Internship)

Postdoctorial Fellowship

Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship of The American Association of Thoracic Surgery
University of Washington
Stanford University

Academic Activity

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Medical industry committee of Ministry of Health and Welfare
Policy and practice committee of public health technique of Ministry of Health and Welfare
(Past) President of Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The Korean Society of Medical Informatics
The Asia-Pacific Society for Artificial Organ (APSAO)
Secretary-general of Asia Academy of Heart Valve Disease
WHO Consultant : Stroke and Heart attack project in Mongolia

Other Activities

World’s first development of principle and treatment of atrial fibrillation (1998)
Korea’s first success of heart transplantation after assist device implantation (2000)
Korea’s first success of robotic surgery of cardiac valves (2006)
Cardiac surgeries more than 6,000 cases