Dr Sungsoo Park

  • Professor, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine
  • Chief, Division of Foregut Surgery, Korea Univ. Anam Hospital
  • Chief, Metabolic & Obesity Center, Korea Univ. Anam Hospital
  • MIS & Robotic Surgery Center, Korea University Medical Center

Dr. Park is an expert surgeon for foregut surgery in the field of robotic and laparoscopic surgery and he has been leading the SOF (Surgical Oncology Forum) which involves 40 nation-wide Korean UGI surgical faculty members since 2013. He served as the Secretary General of IFSO-APC (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders) Congress 2015 held in Korea and has been serving as the Chairman of Academic Committee of KSMBS (Korean Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery). He also has been designated as the Chairman of Research Committee for Korean Gastric Cancer Association and has been performing two important multicenter prospective randomized surgical trials as principal investigator; one of the studies is international with China. He is currently the president of Korean Anti-reflux Surgery Study Group and therefore he is actually representing all kinds of upper gastrointestinal surgeries. He has been involved in many international surgical societies as committee members and editors. He is also an active member of the LEAPS (League of East Asian Next Expert Surgeons) and the KLASS committee member (Korean Laparoendoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group). He has published more than 70 papers in SCI(E) journals and written 4 book chapters. He already got 3 patents in his academic fields.

Dr Sungsoo Park

  • Professor, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine
  • Chief, Division of Foregut Surgery, Korea Univ. Anam Hospital
  • Chief, Metabolic & Obesity Center, Korea Univ. Anam Hospital
  • MIS & Robotic Surgery Center, Korea University Medical Center

Dr. Park is an expert surgeon for foregut surgery in the field of robotic and laparoscopic surgery and he has been leading the SOF (Surgical Oncology Forum) which involves 40 nation-wide Korean UGI surgical faculty members since 2013. He served as the Secretary General of IFSO-APC (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders) Congress 2015 held in Korea and has been serving as the Chairman of Academic Committee of KSMBS (Korean Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery). He also has been designated as the Chairman of Research Committee for Korean Gastric Cancer Association and has been performing two important multicenter prospective randomized surgical trials as principal investigator; one of the studies is international with China. He is currently the president of Korean Anti-reflux Surgery Study Group and therefore he is actually representing all kinds of upper gastrointestinal surgeries. He has been involved in many international surgical societies as committee members and editors. He is also an active member of the LEAPS (League of East Asian Next Expert Surgeons) and the KLASS committee member (Korean Laparoendoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group). He has published more than 70 papers in SCI(E) journals and written 4 book chapters. He already got 3 patents in his academic fields.

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