Sang-Hyun Woo, M.D.,Ph.D
President of W Hospital
Department Plastic Surgery
Specialty Congenital deformity of Hand & Foot
Profile
President of W Hospital
Clinical consulting doctor for orthopedics at the Seoul National University Hospital
Director of the hand surgery center at the Hyundai Hospital in Daegu
Professor of plastic surgery at the Medical College of Yeungnam University Major in hand surgery
Training at the hand surgery and microsurgery center at the Kleinet, USA and the first clinical professor in Korea
Training at the micro reconstruction center at the Okayama University Hospital in Japan
Training at the hand surgery center at the Bad Neustadt in Germany
Training at the hand surgery and microsurgery center at the Janggyeong Memorial Hospital in Taiwan
Participation in voluntary medical services at the Interpraseuth Hospital in Nepal
Academic Associations
Executive Director of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
Executive Director of the Korean Society for Microsurgery
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
International member of the American Association of Hand Surgery (AAHS)
Full member of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM)
Full member of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS)
Vice
chairman of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH)
Awards
Most outstanding academic thesis award by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013)
Most outstanding academic thesis award by the Korean Society for Microsurgery (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009)
Received Korea Science & Technology Award (Handsurgery/microsurgery, 2005)
Most outstanding academic thesis award by the Korean Society for Reconstructive Surgery of the Hand (1999)
Theses & Literary Works
SCI theses: 22 theses related to micro
reconstruction surgery and hand surgery
Domestic theses: 150 theses
English hand surgery textbooks: Wrote the ‘Thumb reconstruction’ section of the reconstructive surgery for hand and upper limbs
Textbooks in Korean language: Participated the writing of 11 literatures including ‘Hand surgery’ and ‘Injuries to and microsurgery of the hand’ as an author
Wrote English microsurgery textbook, 'OPERATIVE MICROSURGERY' and 'VENOUS FLAP'
Hyun-Jae Nam M.D.
Director
Plastic Surgery
specialized field : Microadhesions, congenital deformities, burns, facial fractures, plastic surgery (scar plastic surgery, therapeutic plastic surgery)
Profile
Currently, the Department Head of W Hospital
Graduated from the Medical College of the Yeungnam University
Completed medical internship at the Yeungnam University Hospital
Completed medical residency in plastic surgery at the Yeungnam University Hospital
Acquisition of license as a specialist in plastic surgery
Clinical professor of the plastic surgery department of the Medical College of the Yeungnam University
Subspecialty fellow in the area of hand surgery at the W HOSPITAL
Presentation as a lecturer at an academic symposium by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015)
Presentation as a lecturer at an academic symposium by the Korea
Japan Society of Plastic Surgery
Training in plastic surgery at the Seoul Asan Hospital
Full member of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Full member of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery
Full member of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Full member of the Korean Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association
Full member of the Korean Burn Society
Awards
Outstanding thesis award by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand (2013): Anatomical Distribution of Branches of the Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve during Nerve during Cubital Tunnel Surgery
Most outstanding thesis award by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand (2012): Re surgery after the release of the idiopathic hand muscle and syndrome
Theses & Literary Works
Assertive use of Bilhaut Cloquet method in the treatment of the types III & IV thumb polydactyly (the Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)
Re surgery following the release of idiopathic carpal canal syndrome (the Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Soo-Jin Woo M.D.
Plastic Surgery
specialized field: Micro-reconstructive surgery, hand junction and disease, brachial plexus injury, congenital hand disease, Raynaud's phenomenon sympathectomy, cosmetic surgery (scar/fat grafting)
Profile
Graduated from the Medical College of the Yeungnam University
Completed Medical Internship at the Seoul National University Hospital
Completed Medical Residency in Plastic Surgery at the Seoul National University Hospital
Full member of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Full member of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery
Full member of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Full member of the Korean Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association
Full member of the Korean Wound Management Society
Theses & Literary Works
Case-control study of the treatment of postaxial polysyndactyly of the foot: Comparison of surgical results after removal of the fifth or sixth toe, Soo Jin Woo, Byung Jun Kim, and Sung Tack Kwon. Archives of Plastic Surgery 48.1 (2021): 91.
Comparison of irradiated and non-irradiated acellular dermal matrices in breast reconstruction under radiotherapy, Soo Jin Woo, Jeong Hyun Ha, and Ung Sik Jin, Archives of Plastic Surgery 48.1 (2021): 33.
Giant Ventral Lipoma of the Neck, Soo Jin Woo, Ki Yong Hong, and Hak Chang, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 31.5 (2020): e501-e503.
Medial plantar fasciocutaneous flap to reconstruct load-bearing foot defects in patients with acral melanoma, Soo Jin Woo, Jiwon Kang, Hu Ju Long, Sung Tack Kwon, Hak Chang, Byung Jun Kim (accepted, Microsurgery)
Reconstructive Outcome of Extensive Soft-Tissue Defects after Palliative Mastectomy for Advanced Breast Cancer, Taekeun Yoon, Soo Jin Woo, Ung Sik Jin, J Wound Manag Res. 2021;17(3):169-177
Surgical outcomes of untreated congenital polysyndactyly of the foot in adult patients, Archives of Hand and Microsurgery
Gwang-Hyun Park M.D.
Plastic Surgery
specialized field: Micro-reconstructive surgery, hand fusion and disease, brachial plexus injury, Raynaud's phenomenon sympathectomy, cosmetic surgery (scar/laser/fat grafting)
Profile
Graduated from the Medical College of the Yeungnam University
Completed internship and residency at Severance, Christian Hospital Plastic Surgery
Full member of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Full member of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery
Full member of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Full member of the Korean Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association
Full member of the Korean Wound Management Society
Theses & Literary Works
"A Combination of Direct-to-Implant and Vertical Mastopexy Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Case Report." Archives of aesthetic plastic surgery, Vol.24 (2018): 72-74. Kwang Hyun Park, Bok Ki Jung, Young Seok Kim, In Sik Yun, and Tai Suk Roh.
"Dimensional changes in reconstructed nipples: autologous versus prosthetic breast reconstruction." Annals of surgical treatment and research 96, no. 1 (2019): 8-13. Kwang Hyun Park, Yang, Chae Eun, Dae Hyun Lew, Tai Suk Roh, and Dong Won Lee.
"Does acellular dermal matrix expand in response to tissue expander inflation?" Archives of plastic surgery 46, no. 1 (2019): 34. Kwang Hyun Park, Yang, Chae Eun, Dong Won Lee, Dae Hyun Lew, and Seung Yong Song.
"Characteristics of adhesion areas between the tissue expander and capsule in implant-based breast reconstruction." Archives of plastic surgery 46, no. 4 (2019): 330.Kwang Hyun Park, Lim Yoon Min, Dong Won Lee, Dae Hyun Lew, Tai Suk Roh, and Seung Yong Song.
