SUYEONG-GU, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, September 23, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to honor Dong Heon Kim, MD, PhD with inclusion in Who's Who in the World. An accomplished listee, Dr. Kim celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Kim is renowned as a board-certified gastroenterologist and oncologist currently serving as the director of On General Hospital in Busan. He began his medical training at Pusan National University, earning a Doctor of Medicine in 1977 before completing his internship and residency at the Pusan National University Hospital, with which he would remain until 1986. During his medical residency, Dr. Kim continued his formal education, graduating with a Master of Science from Pusan National University in 1984.
In 1986, Dr. Kim accepted what would become a career-defining position teaching at the Pusan National University School of Medicine. Pursuing doctoral coursework the following year, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in 1990 prior to conducting a prestigious 6 monthes CMB fellowship at the University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital. By the mid-1990s, he had developed a reputation for clinical and research excellence in the identification and treatment of gastric cancers. Dr. Kim was designated as the governor of the Pusan National University Cancer Research Institute in 1996, and devoted much of 1997 in the United States as part of a digestive microsurgery fellowship at the University of California San Diego, Mercy Hospital and the Scripps Clinic.
Dr. Kim utilized his unparalleled medical knowledge and administrative skills to administrative roles with numerous professional organizations, including as the vice president of the Professors Association for Korean Medical School, the chairman of the ethics committee of the Korean Surgical Society, and as the vice president, president and the executive director of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association. From 2006 until 2009, he was active as the president of the Pusan National University Hospital, during which he supervised the construction of the Yangsan Hospital, a comprehensive medical complex with cutting-edge research facilities. From 2009 to 2013, Dr. Kim served as the president of the Busan Medical Center.
Since 2010, Dr. Kim has been a member of the Busan Metropolitan City Medical Policy Association. He has further flourished on the modulation committee of the High Court of Justice since 2013. Dr. Kim notably accrued professor emeritus status at the Pusan National University School of Medicine in 2019.
Throughout his career, Dr. Kim has published nearly 130 research papers and professional journal articles covering a broad range of topics is gastric cancer diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. He has contributed chapters to numerous books, and is the sole author of more than seven publications, including "The Textbook of Surgery" in 2011, "The Textbook of Gastroesophageal Surgery" in 2006 and "Healthy Living Methods for Modern People" in 2000. Dr. Kim attributes his success to a desire to help others before all else, a continued focus on public health and welfare, and to the influence of his teachers and mentors, Dr. Ky-Ryo Chang, MD PhD, and Dr. Sang Eun Moon, MD, PhD.
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