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
By Jess Danforth, MPH Editor’s Note Jess Danforth’s account of The Leo Project is a beautiful, painful, and deeply hopeful story about what can grow from friendship, loss, and a promise kept. The death...
Dr. Kyoung Ryul Lee, MD, PhD, is widely recognized as one of Korea’s leading figures in laboratory medicine, precision diagnostics, and global healthcare innovation. A graduate of the College of Medicine and Graduate School...
A Conversation with Dr. Kyoung Ryul Lee Chairman Kyoung Ryul Lee receives an honorary doctorate from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. 1. What led SCL Group to begin its work in Mongolia? SCL Group...
By Dr. Linda Zhang and Eva Ingber Madina Kyomugisha’s distended abdomen looked much like the natural swelling of a pregnant belly. As the mother of six children in a rural Ugandan village, Madina wondered...
By Sung Hwi Hong, MD. MPH The Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF), hosted annually by Yonsei University, has become a prominent international platform for advancing interdisciplinary dialogue on global challenges....
By Patrisha C. Lazatin, MD, MMSc Dr. Mahmud Bah is resilient. He had to be. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, a country with 8 million people and 0 neurosurgeons, Dr. Bah had to find...
