Professor and Chairman
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Asan Medical Center
Univ of Ulsan College of Medicine

Short Bio: Yong Ju Jang, M.D., Ph.D is Chief Professor and Department Chair at the department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea (South). Dr Jang got multiple awards including JACQUES JOSEPH Medal and from EAFPS and the Efrain Davalos Award from AAFPRS. He is serving as editorial board member of 1) Facial plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine, 2) Facial Plastic Surgery, 3)Auris Nasus Larynx. Dr Jang was the Past president of Korean Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and serving as the current President of Pan-Asian Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He published 2 rhinoplasty textbook and contributed book chapter at more than 8 internationally acclaimed facial plastic surgery textbooks. Dr Jang published over 74 papers on rhinoplasty in peer reviewed international Journals

Area of specialization
Rhinoplasty, Nasal reconstruction,
Septoplasty, Surgery for Empty nose syndrome and HHT
Research on rhinovirus and sinusitis

OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine,
88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-Gu,
Seoul, 05505, Korea
Phone: 82-2-3010-3718
Fax: 82-2-489-2773
Email: jwchung@amc.seoul.kr

Short Biography

Jong Woo Chung, MD is a professor and the former chairman of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. Along with his colleagues at Asan Medical Center, he is conducting several clinical studies on sensorineural hearing loss, cochlear implantation, middle ear implant, chronic ear disease, and otitis media of children. Recently, Dr. Chung is involved in the development of robot surgery in ear surgery, artificial intelligence, and endoscopic ear surgery. Dr. Chung graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine and went on to pursue his medical residency and Ph.D. in Otolaryngology at the Seoul National University. He trained in general otology, skull base surgery, and cochlear implantation. Dr. Chung moved to Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine where he developed skull base surgery, audiology, endoscopic ear surgery and cochlear implantation, and started basic research of noise-induced hearing loss. Dr. Chung also served as the President of the Korean Audiological Society during 2014-2016 and the President of the Korean Skull Base Society during 2017.

Area of Specialization

Middle ear surgery
Endoscopic ear surgery
Skull base surgery
Implantable hearing devices including cochlear implant
Mechanisms and the protection of noise-induced hearing loss
Robot surgery with artificial intelligence

Short biography

Hong Ju Park, MD., PhD., is an internationally recognized otologist with expertise in hearing loss and vestibular disorders, who works as a professor at Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center. His practice focuses on the management of hearing loss such as cochlear implant for sensorineural hearing loss and evaluation of brain cortical changes by hearing loss, balloon dilation and development of stent for Eustachain tube dysfunction, and management of vestibular disorders like Meniere’s disease, vestibular neuritis and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. He collaborates closely with Neurology of Keck School of Medicine of USC, Biomedical Engineering Research Center of Asan Institute for Life Sciences, and neuroradiology. He also directs an NTIS-funded research laboratory and translates the latest findings to improve patient care.

Area of specialization

hearing loss, brain plasticity, cochlear implant, chronic otitis media, E-tube dysfunction, vestibular disorders

Short Biography

Seung-Ho Choi, MD, PhD is a professor at the Department of Otorhinolarynogology-Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University, and completed ENT residency and head and neck fellowship in Seoul National University Hospital. He received his doctorate degree in biomedical engineering with the thesis of “Dynamic and Quantitative Evaluation of Eyelid Motion Using Image Analysis”. His clinical practice focuses on head and neck cancer surgery, laryngology and thyroid surgeries. He is now serving as the chief of Asan Head and Neck Cancer Center since 2018, the president of Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics, and the president of Korean Dysphagia Society since 2021.

Area of Specialization

Head and neck cancer
Salivary gland and thyroid surgery
Laryngology and voice science
Image processing and artificial intelligence

Associate Professor

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. E-mail: minsu014@gmail.com

Short Biography

Education & Faculty Appointments

1999.3 ~ 2005.2 M.D., Seoul National University College of Medicine
2008.3 ~ 2010.2 M.S., University of Ulsan College of Medicine
2013.3 ~ 2016.2 Ph.D., University of Ulsan College of Medicine
2015.3 ~ 2017.2 Clinical Assistant Professor, Gyeongsang National University Hospital
2017.3 ~ 2020.2 Assistant Professor, Nowon Eulji University Hospital
2020.3 ~ 2022.2 Clinical Associate Professor, Korea University Anam Hospital
2022.3 ~ Associate Professor, Asan Medical Center

Area of specialization

Head and neck cancer surgery, Phonosurgery, Researches on cancer immunotherapy and AI-based disease control

Short Bio

Ji Heui Kim, M.D., Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She graduated from Chungnam National University School of Medicine in 2005 and received her M.S. and Ph.D. from Ulsan University in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Kim focuses on the management of chronic rhinosinusitis, sinonasal benign and malignant tumor, and anosmia. She actively collaborates with neurosurgeons in endoscopic skull base surgery and serves as the general secretary of the Korean Society of Endoscopic Neurosurgery. She is conducting basic researches on chronic rhinosinusitis, olfaction, and sinonasal malignancy and translates the latest findings to improve patient care.

Area of Specialization

Endoscopic sinus surgery
Endoscopic skull base surgery
Sinonasal tumor
Olfaction

Current affiliation

Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center
University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Short Bio

Yoon Se Lee, MD., PhD., is a notable Head and Neck surgeon with expertise in thyroid-head & neck cancer and airway stenosis. He works as an associate professor at Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. He performs minimally invasive head and neck cancer surgery. Currently, he has focused on airway reconstruction and facial nerve reanimation surgery. In research field, he is interested in precistion medicine and immune-oncology for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma as well as high grade salivary gland tumor. He stayed at UCSF as a visiting scholar and collaborated with Dr. Patick Ha, Dr. Daniel Jonhson, and Dr. Jennifer Grandis on HPV (+) cancer. He is coworking with Korea Instutue of Science and Technoloty about exosomes in head and neck cancer and with Asan Medical Institute of Science about medical robotics.

Interested In

Clinical fields
Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
Pediatric Airway reconstruction
Facial Nerve Reanimation
Robotic surgery

Basic Science
Immune-oncology
Precision medicine
Robotics