Reading Life with a Surgeon's Precision

"Neurosurgery is the most exacting of all medical disciplines—it permits not a single millimeter of error. The same clarity of reason that once guided my hands through the body’s most delicate terrain has since found its way into writing, carrying me from Life, through the cell, toward The Origin of the Human Head—completing, I hope, a map of our evolution. And still, guided by that same exacting medical eye, I go on searching for an answer to one question: who, ultimately, are we?"

• Clinical Fellowship, Shinshu University School of Medicine Hospital, Japan
• Research Fellowship, Institute of Neurology, University College London, United Kingdom
• Clinical Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, United States
• Visiting Physician, Harvard Medical School
• Founded the Neurosurgery Residency Program, Seoul Medical Center
• Licensed Physician, United States (USMLE)
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Visiting Professor
• Loyola University hospital, research consultant
• Former Dean, Konyang University College of Medicine
• Former President, Konyang University Hospital and Medical Center
• Former Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Konyang University
• Former Vice President, Association of Private Medical Center Directors
• Former Chairman, Medical R&D Forum
• Former Columnist, The Korea Central Daily, Chicago
• Professor Emeritus, Konyang University College of Medicine