About W Hospital

The Biggest Hand Surgery Center in Korea

Medical Staff

Director Young-Woo Kim, M.D.,Ph.D
  • Department : Orthopedics/ Department of Hand Surgery
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)
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