PERSONAL DATA
Birthplace: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Citizenship: Republic of Korea
BUSINESS ADDRESS
Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency
Department of Pediatrics
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center
81 Irwon-ro Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
EDUCATION
M.D.
1993
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Master
1999
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
PhD
2012
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
1993 – 1994
Internship, Ewha Womans University Hospital, Seoul, Korea (March 1993 to Feb 1994)
1994 – 1998
Pediatric resident, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (March 1994 to Feb 1998),
1999
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Feb 1999 to May 1999)
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool, UK
1999 – 2001
Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics , Seoul National
Children’s Hospital, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Sep 1999 to Feb 2001)
2001 – 2006
Fellow in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institutes of
Health (NIH), US (May 2001 to May 2006)
2006 – 2007
Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Children’s Hospital
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US (July 2006 to Dec 2007)2
2016
Visiting Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Children’s Hospital
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US (Aug 2016 to Oct 2016)
FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
2008 – 2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of
Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 – 2018
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of
Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul Korea
03. 2015 – 01.2016 Director, Infection Control Office, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
10. 2018 - Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine,
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul Korea
03. 2020 - Professor, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology (SAIHST)
Professional Societies
Korea
2009 - Present Member of Committee on Infectious Diseases, Korean Pediatric Society
(Contributor for Pediatric Immunization Guideline)
2012 - Present Board member of Korean Society of Infectious Diseases
2012 – 2017 Director, Academic affairs, Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
2019 – Present Chair, International affairs, Korean Society of Infectious Diseases
Member, Korean Association of Immunologists
Member, Korean Society of Bone and Marrow Transplantation
International
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (US)
International Immunocompromised Host Society
European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases
European Society for Immunodeficiency
Asia Pacific Society for Immunodeficiency: Executive board member
Chair for working party on Registry and Research
American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (formaal ASBMT):
CMV treatment guideline contributorOther activities
2010, Participant, International Vaccine Institute 10th International Advanced Vaccinology Course in Asia-Pacific
Region, Seoul, Korea
03. 2017, Participant and invited speaker, Hong Kong University-WHO Technical Meeting on Environmental
Contamination of MERS-CoV in health care settings, Hong Kong, SAR
09. 2107, Participant and invited speaker at FAO-OIE-WHO Global Technical Meeting of MERS-CoV, Geneva
Switzerland WHO
11. 2018, Participant at the meeting of WHO consultation of MERS-CoV therapeutics and vaccine evaluation,
Geneva Switzerland WHO
07. 2018, Organizer, 1st Samsung Medical Center Primary Immunodeficiency International Symposium
2019- Member, Korea Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (KACIP)
07. 2019, Organizer, 2nd Samsung Medical Center Primary Immunodeficiency International Symposium
COVID19-related
02. 2020, Participant at the meeting of WHO Global Research and Innovation Forum on novel coronavirus
2020 – Member, WHO COVID-19 Clinical Management and Characterization Working Group
Member, WHO Guideline Development Group for COVID 19
Member, WHO Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) working Group
2020- Member, COVID-19 Treatment guideline in Korea
Korea Advisory Committee on COVID-19 vaccine
Member, Advisory Committee on Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)