Background
Lim, David Jong-Jai was born on November 27, 1935 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Yang Sup Lim and Cha Nang Yoo. came to the United States, 1964.
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David Jong-Jai Lim
Edit Profileotolaryngology educator researcher
David Jong-Jai Lim, American Otolaryngology educator, researcher. Fogarty International fellow Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1982; recipientDisting. Scholar award Ohio State University, 1985, Javits award National Institutes of Health, 1985, Claude Pepper award, 1989, Guyot prize U. Groningen, 1994, Freedom award Los Angeles Sertoma Club, 1996, Grand prize for medical science Yonsei U., 1997; grantee various organizations, 1969-1991.
Education
AB, Yonsei U., Seoul, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, Yonsei U., Seoul, 1960.
Career
Research fellow in otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1965-1966;
research associate department otolaryngology, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, 1966-1967;
assistant professor, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, 1967-1971;
associate professor, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, 1971-1976;
professor department otolaryngology, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, 1976-1991;
director otological research laboratories, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, 1967-1991;
professor cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, 1977-1991;
professor emeritus otolaryngology, Ohio State University College Medicine, Columbus, since 1992;
research professor cell and neurobiology, University of Southern California, since 1996;
director intramural research program, National Institute on Deaf and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1992-1994;
chief lab cellular biology, National Institute on Deaf and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1993-1995;
executive vice president, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, since 1995. Member of national advisory neurological and communicative disorders and stroke county National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1983. Member of advisory board National Institute Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 1989-1991.
Consultant, board directors Research Fund American Otological Society, 1982-1987. Member of advisory board Center Institute for Deaf, 1989-1991.
Achievements
Membership
President Korean Association in Columbus, 1970. Chairman, Board Of Directors Center Ohio Korean Language School, Columbus, 1986. Board directors Deafness Research Foundation, New York City, since 1980.
Fellow American Academy Otolaryngology (Gold award 1972). Member Association for Research in Otolaryngology (secretary/treasurer 1973-1975, president 1976-1977, editor-historian 1980-1993, historian, since 1993, Merit award 1993), American Laryngol. Rhinological and Otological Society, Collegium Oto-rhino-laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (Shambaugh prize 1993), American Otological Society, Society Neurosci., American Society Cell Biology, Histochem.
Society, Society for Mucosal Immunology, Flint Canyon Tennis Club (La Canada).
Interests
Connections
Married Young Sook Hahn, May 14, 1966. Children: Michael, Robert.
Awards
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Fogarty International fellow Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1982. RecipientDisting. Scholar award Ohio State University, 1985, Javits award National Institutes of Health, 1985, Claude Pepper award, 1989, Guyot prize U. Groningen, 1994, Freedom award Los Angeles Sertoma Club, 1996, Grand prize for medical science Yonsei U., 1997. Grantee various organizations, 1969-1991.Fogarty International fellow Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1982. RecipientDisting. Scholar award Ohio State University, 1985, Javits award National Institutes of Health, 1985, Claude Pepper award, 1989, Guyot prize U. Groningen, 1994, Freedom award Los Angeles Sertoma Club, 1996, Grand prize for medical science Yonsei U., 1997. Grantee various organizations, 1969-1991.