About W Hospital

The Biggest Hand Surgery Center in Korea

Medical Staff

Manager Soo-Jin Woo M.D.
  • Department : Department Plastic Surgery/ Department of Hand Surgery
Profile
  • current position: chief, w hospital
  • graduated as valedictorian from yeungnam university college of medicine
  • completed master's degree coursework in plastic surgery, seoul national university college of medicine
  • completed internship at seoul national university hospital
  • completed residency in plastic surgery at seoul national university hospital
  • clinical instructor, department of plastic surgery, seoul national university hospital (mar. 2020 – feb. 2021)
  • clinical fellow, hand surgery, w hospital (mar. 2021 – dec. 2022)
  • clinical fellow, microsurgical and nerve reconstruction, chang gung memorial hospital, taiwan (jan. 2022 – jan. 2023)

Academic Associations
  • regular member, korean society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons
  • regular member, korean society for surgery of the hand
  • regular member, korean society for microsurgery
  • regular member, korean wound management society
  • regular member, korean society of craniofacial plastic surgery
  • director-at-large, daegu-gyeongbuk branch, korean society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons

Awards
  • best paper award, korean society for microsurgery, 2024
    "effectiveness of early soft tissue reconstruction in acute complex upper limb injuries"

Theses & Literary Works
  • Woo SJ & Lu, J. C. Proximal and Distal Nerve Transfers in the Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 2024 Apr.
  • Park KH, Woo SJ, Woo SH, Cheon HJ. The Expanded Application of the Acellular Dermal Matrix: Traumatic Nail Bed Defect of the Digits. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery–Global Open. 2024 Jan; 12(1), e5551.
  • Woo SJ, Park KH, Woo SH. Simultaneous or Delayed Free Tissue Transfer in Combination with Replantation Surgery. Hand Clinics. 2023 Sep.
  • Woo SJ, Jung JH, Choi JH, Kim Y, Kwon ST, Kim BJ. The effect of epiphysiodesis on the longitudinal bone growth of hands or feet in children with macrodactyly based on long-term quantitative analysis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2023 May 1; 43(5):e363-9.
  • Woo SJ, Koo HT, Park SO, Suami H, Chang H. Evolution of Anatomical Studies on the Arterial, Venous, and Lymphatic System in Plastic Surgery. Archives of Plastic Surgery. 2022 Nov; 49(06):773-81.
  • Woo SJ, Ma IZ, Kwon ST, Park SO, Kim BJ, Hong KY. Long-term results of wide local excision with concurrent venous free flap reconstruction in subungual melanoma. Archives of Hand and Microsurgery. 2022 Jul 12; 27(3):240-6.
  • Woo SJ, Kang J, Hu JL, Kwon ST, Chang H, Kim BJ. Medial Plantar Fasciocutaneous Flap Reconstruction for Load-Bearing Foot Defects in Patients With Acral Melanoma. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2022 Jun 1; 88(6):658-64.
  • Eun S, Woo SJ. Surgical outcomes of reconstruction of soft tissue defects of the heel using various free flaps. Acta Bio-medica: Atenei Parmensis. 2022 May 11; 93(2):e2022048-.
  • Woo SJ, Choi J, Hu JL, Kwon ST, Kim BJ. Surgical outcomes of untreated congenital polysyndactyly of the foot in adult patients. Archives of Hand and Microsurgery. 2022 Mar 30; 27(2):134-9.
  • Yoon T, Woo SJ, Jin US. Reconstructive outcomes of extensive soft-tissue defects after palliative mastectomy for advanced breast cancer. Journal of Wound Management and Research. 2021 Oct 27; 17(3):169-77.
  • Woo SJ, Ha JH, Jin US. Comparison of irradiated and non-irradiated acellular dermal matrices in breast reconstruction under radiotherapy. Archives of Plastic Surgery. 2021 Jan; 48(01):33-43.
  • Woo SJ, Kim BJ, Kwon ST. Case-control study of the treatment of postaxial polysyndactyly of the foot: Comparison of surgical results after removal of the fifth or sixth toe. Archives of Plastic Surgery. 2021 Jan; 48(01):91-7.
  • Woo SJ, Hong KY, Chang H. Giant ventral lipoma of the neck. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2020 Jul 1; 31(5):e501-3.
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