Medical staffs
INSTITUTE FOR HAND & RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY

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'

Young-Woo Kim, M.D.,Ph.D
Director
Orthopedics
specialized field : Numbness in hands, hand pain, microsurgery, upper and lower extremity reconstruction, foot and ankle diseases
Profile
  • Director of W Hospital
  • Graduated from the Medical College of the Kyungbuk National University
  • Completion of medical internship at the Kyungbuk National University Hospital
  • Completion of medical residency in orthopedics at the Kyungbuk National University Hospital
  • Acquisition of license as an orthopedic specialist
  • Acquisition of master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the graduate school of the Medical College of the Kyungbuk National University
  • Visiting professor of orthopedics at the Kyungbuk National University Hospital
  • Director of the medical treatment department and head of the micro
  • bonding center at the Good Morning Hospital in Ulsan
  • Symposium of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
  • Symposium of the Korea
  • Japan Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
  • Training in resident course at the International Association of Fracture and Trauma (AO)
  • Symposium at the CHANG GUNG
  • MAYO CLINIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
  • Full member of the Korean Orthopedic Association
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery
  • Full member of the Korean Foot & Ankle Society

Awards
  • Outstanding thesis award by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand (2013):AnatomicalDistributionofBranchesoftheMedialAntebrachialCutaneous Nerve during Nerve during Cubital Tunnel Surgery

Theses & Literary Works
  • Subdural hemorrhage occurring in the thoracic and lumbar area without particular history of trauma (the Journal of the Korean Society of Spine Surgery)
  • Humeral shaft fracture occurring during pitching motion in baseball (the Journal of the Korean Orthopedic Association)
  • Total cementless artificial joint arthroplasty using metallic joint surface (the Journal of the Korean Orthopedic Association)
  • Selective treatment of completely dislocated pediatric humeral supracondylar fracture (the Journal of the Korean Fracture Society)
  • Quadricepsplasty using Judet technique for knee joint ankylosis (the Journal of the Korean Knee Society)
  • Suprascapular nerve entrapment by ganglion cyst (the Journal of the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society)

Kyung-Chul Kim M.D.
Director
Orthopedics
specialized field : upper extremity joint (wrist, elbow, shoulder) trauma, microsurgery and arthroscopic surgery, hand numbness, hand reconstruction

Ho-Jun Cheon M.D.
Director
Orthopedics
specialized field : Plastic surgery, microsurgery, wrist arthroscopy, numbness in hands and feet
Profile
  • The Division Head of W Hospital
  • Graduated from the Medical College of Dongguk University
  • Completed medical internship at the Gyeongju Hospital of the Dongguk University
  • Completed medical residency in orthopedics at the Gyeongju Hospital of the Dongguk University
  • Acquisition of license as an orthopedic specialist
  • Subspecialty fellow in the area of hand surgery at the W HOSPITAL
  • Training in hand surgery at the PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL in Hong Kong
  • Training at the hand surgery and microsurgery center of the CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in Taiwan
  • Assistant administrator of the academic committee of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Full member of the Korean Orthopedic Association
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery

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
  • Outstanding thesis award by the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand (2011): Intentionally deferred replantation of the completely severed hand and finger

Theses & Literary Works
  • Treatment of Dupuytren contracture using linear incision and Z plasty (the Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2011)
  • Flexor tendon entrapment at the malunited base fracture of the proximal phalanx of the finger in child: Reporting of 1 case (the Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2009)
  • Treatment of tibial shaft fractures in children using K
  • wire fixation (the Journal of the Korean Fracture Society, 2004)

Dong-ho Kang, M.D.
Director
Orthopedics
specialized field : Joint disease, microsynthesis, congenital deformity, upper and lower extremity trauma
Profile
  • Currently, the Department Head of W Hospital
  • Graduated from the Medical College of the Dongguk University
  • Completed medical internship at the Gangbuk Samsung Hospital of the Samsung Medical Center
  • Completed medical residency in orthopedics at the Gangbuk Samsung Hospital of the Samsung Medical Center
  • Acquisition of license as an orthopedic specialist
  • Head of the orthopedics medical treatment division at the Ildong Hospital of the Armed Forces of Korea
  • 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 and 2013)
  • LCP Ulna Osteotomy System Introductory Course & Fresh Cadaver Dissection for flap Workshop in Thailand
  • Full member of the Korean Orthopedic Association
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery

Awards
  • the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand Outstanding thesis award by (2013): Anatomical Distribution of Branches of the Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve during Nerve during Cubital Tunnel Surgery

Theses & Literary Works
  • Effectiveness of vein repair for the distally based avulsion flap injury occurring in the hand and upper limbs (the Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2014)
  • Treatment of convergent type IV thumb polydactyly by using modified Bilhaut
  • Cloquet method (the Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2013)
  • Selective pedicle screw fixation with long fusion in the treatment of spinal stenosis accompanied by degenerative scoliosis
  • Comparative study for the fixation method in the Danis
  • Weber Type B lateral malleolar fractures: An antiglide plate fixation versus a lateral plate fixation purpose
  • Ganglion of flexor digitorum longus tendon sheath and multifocal myxoid degeneration of medial plantar nerve producing tarsal tunnel syndrome – Report on 1 case
  • Clinical utility of radiographic measurements of insertional Achilles tendinitis accompanied by Haglund’s Deformity
  • Proximal metatarsal wedge osteotomy with single screw fixation in treatment of hallux valgus

Myung-Jae Yoo M.D.
Director
Orthopedics
specialized field : Finger reconstruction using toes (toe transfer surgery), arthroscopy, microsynthesis surgery, finger jointing
Profile
  • Graduated from the Medical College of the Chonbuk National University
  • Completed medical residency at the Chonbuk National University Hospital
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Full member of the Korean Orthopedic Association
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Microsurgery

Byeong-jin Kim M.D.
Orthopedics
specialized field: Microsurgery, hand reconstruction, digital joints, fractures and trauma, arthroscopy (shoulder/wrist/elbow)
Profile
  • Graduated from Chonnam National University Medical School
  • Graduated from Chonnam National University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Completed internship and residency at Chonnam National University Hospital
  • Full-time professor and clinical professor at Chonnam National University
  • Full member of the Korean Society of Orthopedic Surgical Sciences
  • Full member of the Korean Association of Dog Stewardship
  • Full member of the Korean Association of Fisheries and Surgical Sciences
  • a full member of the Korean Sports Medical Association
  • Full member of the Korean Society for Bone Extension Deformation


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