Kyoung Ryul Lee, MD, PhD, CEO of the SCL Group, Seoul Clinical Laboratory, a Specialist in Laboratory Medicine What motivated your decision to attend medical school and become a physician? Could you share some particularly
FROM THE PUBLISHER W elcome to the 28th edition of the World Asian Medical Journal. This issue encompasses a captivating cover story featuring an interview with Dr. Huang, a distinguished medical professional whose journey from
INSPIRATIONAL ASIAN HEALTHCARE LEADER Youngmee Jee, MD, PhD Commissioner of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency INTERVIEW 01 Tell us how you decided to pursue a career in medicine. How did you choose your specialty?
Rethinking Hypothyroidism: Why Treatment Must Change and What Patients Can Do Author: Antonio C. Bianco, MD Translated by: Semin Kim, MD & Sihoon Lee, MD About the book “Rethinking Hypothyroidism” The limitations of current
Purchase LinkThe Internet of Things (Revision 2021) Author: Sam Greengard We turn on the lights in our house from a desk in an office miles away. Our refrigerator alerts us to buy milk on the
Purchase LinkSuperconvergence Author: Jamie Metzl In Superconvergence, leading futurist and OneShared World founder Jamie Metzl explores how artificial intelligence, genome sequencing, gene editing, and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives, world, and future. These
The Strategic Importance of Location in the U.S. for Foreign Bio and Pharma Companies DoHyun Cho, PhD (CEO, W Medical Strategy Group) The U.S. Market: A Cornerstone of Global Expansion For pharmaceutical and biotech companies,
South Korea’s Healthcare Crisis: Beyond the Numbers Dongju Shin, Dong-Jin Shin INTRODUCTION The South Korean healthcare system has recently plunged into a significant crisis following a February 2024 announcement by the government to increase medical
Overcoming Disparities in Gastric Cancer Care Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH Gastric Cancer and Prevention Screening Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide,
The Global OR – An Introduction to Global Surgery Kee B. Park, MD, MPH, Dawn Poh, MBBS, MRes Introduction An estimated 5 billion people worldwide lack access to timely, affordable, and safe surgical care, including
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC Quality of life should be valued as highly as longevity when advising patients and their families. Clinical decisions are not made in a vacuum; they shape how patients live,...
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC When I became the cath lab director at the former St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, I asked my assistant to include my cell phone number on my name card....
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC It was one of my first interventional cases with my mentor, Dr. Kenneth Kent, and I was not only excited to be finally learning the angioplasty techniques but also...
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC I recall an episode from about 20 years ago when I found myself at this very crossroads. I had been given the rare honor of delivering a keynote speech...
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC I was called to the ER as an elderly woman, who had suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and was found to have inferior ST-elevations on field EKG after successful...
Mun K. Hong, MD, MHCM, FACC I vividly recall the young dentist with a brain tumor, whom I admitted as a sub-intern during my medicine rotation in my fourth year of medical school. His unfortunate...
