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Position: Associate Professor & Medical Doctor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung
Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Contacts: phone: 82-2-3410-6542, fax 82-2-3410-6986 e-mail: choi.smcst@gmail.com
Clinical Focus: Lung cancer Esophageal cancer Mediastimal tumor VATS, uniportal VATS Lung transplantation Thoracic oncology
Education: 3/1987-2/1993 M.D. Seoul National University School of Medicine (Seoul,
Korea)
   
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
3/1993-2/1998 Intern/Resident in Thoracic & Cardiovasculr Surgery, Seoul National
University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
5/1998-4/2001 Army Surgeon, Seoul District Military Hospital
5/2001-2/2003 Clinical Fellow in Thoracic & Cardiovasculr Surgery, Samsung
Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
 
Academic Appointments:
3/2003-2/2006 Assistant Instructor in Thoracic Surgery, Sunkyunkwan University
School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
3/2006-2/2011 Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Sunkyunkwan University
School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
4/2011- Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Sunkyunkwan University
School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
   
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:
  2003 Lelliehei Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, The Korean
Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
  2011 Best Video Presentation Award, Annual Meeting of International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington DC 2011
   
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies:
National Professional Societies:
  The Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
  The Korean association for Thoracic Surgical Oncology Korean Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society
   
Editorial Positions:
  Reviewer, The Korean Journal of Thoracic & CardiovascularSurgery
   
Presentations/Discussions :
June. 6, 2011 “How I do VATS sleeve lobectomy” Annual Meeting of International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington DC 2011; Awarded as ‘Best Video Presentation’
   
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