Yong-In Luke Kim

Background

Kim, Yong-In Luke Son of Heung-Dong and Mimal Agnes Kim.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, 2000.

Career

Surgical resident in general and cardiothoracic surgery Catholic University Leuven, 1986—1992, clinical fellow in cardiac surgery, 1992—1995. Assistant professor Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1995—1997, Pocheon Joongmoon Medical School, Pocheon, Republic of Korea, 1997—1998. Associate staff in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, 1998—2001.

Attending staff in cardiothoracic surgery National Medical Center, Seoul, 2001—2002. Associate professor in cardiothoracic surgery Inje University, Seoul Paik Hospital, since 2002. Associate cardiac surgeon European Homograft Bank, Brussel, 1994—1995.

Consulting member Gerson Lehman Group, New York City, since 2005. Research boad advisors American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, since 2006. Consultant Society Industry Leaders, Standard, Poor's Vista Research, New York City, since 2007.

Achievements

• Licensed physician Ministry Health, Korea, 1976, certified medical doctor Education Committee for Foreign Medical Graduates, 1983, licensed physician Ministry Health, Belgium, 1986, certified specialist in cardiothoracic surgey Belgian Association Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1992, in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Ministry Health, Korea, 1997, licensed physician Pennsylvania, 1997, certified critical care medicine specialist 2009. Achievements include development of no-transfusion double valve replacement using retrograde autologous priming. Development of minimally invasive simultaneous correction of congenital heart diseases with pectus excavatum.
  
  Development of unilateral videoscopic assisted thoracoscopic ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Works

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• book

  • Underground Clinical Vignettes Step 2: Internal Medicine I: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology (Underground Clinical Vignettes Series)

    ( Completely revised by new authors, this Fourth Edition ...)

• Other Work

  • Author: (book) Clinical Cardiology, 1998, (poetry books) Collecting Memories, 2001, The Best Poems and Poets of 2002, 2002, Theater of the Mind, 2003. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member Malguyou Medical Service Team, Seoul, 1978—2003. Chairman Yonggok, Kimpo City, Republic of Korea, 2003—2009. Chairman board director MGU.

Member of Society Heart Valve Repair (general secretary), Korean Society Critical Care Medicine, Royal Belgian Society Surgery, Belgian Association Cardiothoracic Surgery, European Society Cardiovasc. Surgery, International Society Heart and Lung Transplantation, European Association Cardiopthoracic surgery, International Society Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Korean Medical Association, Korean Society Thoracic and Cardiovasc. Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgeons, International Society Poets (Silver Merit award 2002).

Interests

• Travel, golf, music.

Connections

Married Mi-Kyung Agnes Choi, July 2, 1988. Children: In-Wha Gabriella, June Raphael, Young Michael.

Father:

Heung-Dong Kim

Mother:

Mimal Agnes Kim

Spouse:

Mi-Kyung Agnes Choi

child:

In-Wha Gabriella Kim

child:

June Raphael Kim

child:

Young Michael Kim