Medical Team Introduction

Specialty Clinics

• Digestive internal medicine clinic — chronic indigestion, acute and chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis, acute and chronic pancreatitis, chronic constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal cancer
• Respiratory internal medicine clinic — chronic cough, phlegm, pharyngitis, rhinitis, acute and chronic respiratory diseases
• Fatigue · tonic herbal medicine clinic — chronic fatigue, growth-support herbal tonic, tonic herbal medicine for students, postpartum restorative herbal medicine, post-stroke aftereffects

Experience

• Graduated from the Department of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine
• Resident in Korean internal medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center Korean Medicine Hospital
• PhD in Korean internal medicine, Graduate School of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
• Chair Professor of Digestive Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
• Chief of Digestive Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center Korean Medicine Hospital
• Served twice as Director of Kyung Hee University Medical Center Korean Medicine Hospital
• Clinical Professor, East-West Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Medical Center
• Former Director, Herbal Medicine Research Institute, Kyung Hee University Medical Center
• Recipient of the 2021 Korean Medicine Hyemin Award

Training And Activities

• Former physician to President Lee Myung-bak
• Former medical advisory committee member for President Roh Moo-hyun
• Awarded the Service Merit Medal (2014, President Park Geun-hye)
• Received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare
• Former medical advisor to the Ministry of National Defense
• Former medical advisor to the Prosecutors' Office
• Former Senior Vice President of the Korean Society of Internal Medicine
• Former President of the National Council of Digestive Internal Medicine
• Former Representative of the Committee for Establishing a Mongolian Traditional Medicine Hospital
• Exchange Professor, Shandong Jinan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, China

SCI(E)-Level Papers

• Effects of Banha-sasim-tang on functional dyspepsia symptoms and gastric motility — The Effects of Banha-sasim-tang on Dyspeptic Symptoms and Gastric Motility in Cases of Functional Dyspepsia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, and Two-Center Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013
• Treatment effects of a combination of herbal medicine and probiotics for irritable bowel syndrome — Effect of Korean Herbal Medicine Combined with a Probiotic Mixture on Diarrhea-Dominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013
• Study on Lonicera japonica for Crohn's disease treatment — Prophylactic effects of Lonicera japonica extract on dextran sulphate sodium-induced colitis in a mouse model by the inhibition of the Th1/Th17 response. British Journal of Nutrition, 2013
• And many others

Other Papers

• Effects of multiple herb formula SEC-22 supplementation on dietary intake, picky eating behaviors, and growth indices in thin preschool children. Nutrition Research and Practice, 2015
• Tongue diagnosis system for quantitative assessment of tongue coating in patients with functional dyspepsia: A clinical trial. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2014
• Laminaria japonica Combined with Probiotics Improves Intestinal Microbiota: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Medicinal Food, 2014
• Clinical evaluation of changes in quality of life after Korean medicine treatment in patients with functional dyspepsia. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2001
• An East-West medical review of food allergy. Journal of Korean Oriental Adult Disease, 2001
• A molecular biological study on the anticancer effects of Sagunja-tang plus Cremastra appendiculata (四君子湯加山慈姑) on gastric cancer cells. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2002
• Evaluation and case reports of 3 patients with functional dyspepsia. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2002
• A case in which the effect of Korean medicine treatment was confirmed by electrogastrography in a patient with gastroparesis. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2002
• Clinical effects of Banha-sasim-tang extract granules in patients with functional dyspepsia. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2003
• Effects of Curcuma aromatica (鬱金) on gastric cancer cells. Journal of Korean Oncology of Korean Medicine, 2003
• Usefulness of electrogastrography in deficiency-excess diagnosis of functional dyspepsia. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2004
• A study on the correlation between health status based on pattern identification symptoms and gastric motility in patients with functional dyspepsia: focusing on qi-blood-fluid (氣血水) pattern identification and electrogastrography indices. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2004
• A study on the anticancer effects of Orostachys japonica (瓦松) on several cancer cell lines. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2005
• Effects of Korean medicine treatment on electrogastrography findings in patients with functional dyspepsia. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2005
• A study on gastric motility and clinical characteristics in patients with gastroparesis and non-gastroparesis functional dyspepsia who visited a Korean medicine hospital. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2005
• And many others

Clinic Hours

• Mon · Tue · Thu 09:30–19:00
• Fri 09:30–18:30
• Closed on Wednesdays
• Sat, 1st and 3rd weeks 09:30–14:30 (open without a lunch break)
• Weekday lunch break 13:30–14:30

Specialty Clinics

• Intractable skin disease clinic — intractable skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, urticaria, and others
• Digestive system clinic — chronic indigestion, chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis, bad breath and oral diseases, chronic constipation and colon diseases, gastrointestinal cancer
• Diabetes clinic — diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and other adult diseases
• Constitutional immunity cancer clinic — management of aftereffects after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy; management of metastatic and recurrent cancer
• Pain · traffic accidents clinic

Education And Training

• Graduated from the Department of Architectural Engineering, Korea University
• Graduated from the National School of Korean Medicine (Master of Korean Medicine)
• Intern, Korean Medicine Hospital, Nasaret International Hospital
• Resident, Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong

Training And Certifications

• Completed the iris constitution medicine specialist course of the Korean Society of Iris Genomic Constitutional Medicine (iris medicine specialist)
• Training at a Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospital (Joslin Diabetes Center affiliated with Harvard Medical School)
• Training at Block Center (Integrative Cancer Treatment, Chicago, IL, USA)
• Completed the Advanced Biomedical Science Program, National Cancer Center
• Researcher for development of the Korean medicine standard clinical practice guideline for cancer symptom relief (Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital Korean Medicine Hospital)
• Completed the integrative oncology specialist training program of the Korean Society of Integrative Oncology
• Training in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine
• Completed international aromatherapist certification (International Federation of Aromatherapists, IFA)
• Completed international homeopathic physician qualification (Licentiate of the College of Practical Homeopathy, LCPH)
• Current) Public Relations Director, Korean Society of Korean Medicine Oncology
• Current) Public Relations Director, Korean Aromatherapy Society

SCI(E)-Level Papers

• Extracellular-to-Intracellular Fluid Volume Ratio as a Prognostic Factor for Survival in Patients With Metastatic Cancer. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2019
• Efficacy and Safety of the Traditional Herbal Medicine, Gamiguibi-tang, in Patients With Cancer-Related Sleep Disturbance: A Prospective, Randomized, Wait-List-Controlled, Pilot Study. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2017

Other Papers

• The role of phase angle as a prognostic factor in patients with metastatic cancer. Journal of Korean Internal Medicine, 2018
• Effects of acupuncture for postoperative pain in patients with solid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Korean Oncology of Korean Medicine, 2017
• Survey of Korean medicine doctors on Korean medicine cancer symptom relief. Journal of Korean Oncology of Korean Medicine, 2017
• Analysis of treatment characteristics of elderly cancer patients hospitalized in a Korean medicine hospital. The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine, 2016
• A Korean medicine case report of an elderly patient with stage 4 gallbladder cancer for whom anticancer treatment was not possible. Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology, 2016
• A review of traditional Chinese medicine clinical practice guidelines for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine, 2015
• A review of clinical research methodology for anticancer studies of herbal medicine and natural products. Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology, 2015
• Anticancer effects of Haeamdan on several types of cancer cells. Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology, 2015
• Anticancer activity effects of Onbaekwon on cancer cells. Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology, 2015
• Effects of Hyeongbangpaedoksan-gami Formula (荊防敗毒散加味方) on fever in cancer patients: A consecutive case series. The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine, 2015
• A systematic review of optimal chronotherapy of 5-FU or capecitabine in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: A meta-analysis. Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology, 2015
• And many others

Clinic Hours

• Mon · Wed · Thu 09:30–19:30
• Tue 09:30–13:30 (closed in the afternoon: preparation of Hoechundang Musk Gongjindan)
• Fri 09:30–18:30
• Sat 09:30–14:30 (open through lunchtime)
• Weekday lunch break 13:30–14:30

Specialty Clinics

• Women’s Health Clinic — irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine fibroids, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility, post-miscarriage recovery care, postpartum restorative herbal medicine, and more
• Diet & Beauty Clinic — diet, localized obesity (diet electroacupuncture, Wild Ginseng Obesity Pharmacopuncture), Jeongan Facial Acupuncture, thread embedding, facial asymmetry, lifting
• Pediatrics Clinic — growth, rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, precocious puberty
• Pain · Traffic Accidents Clinic

Education · Training

• Entered Sangji University College of Korean Medicine as top of the class · graduated salutatorian (6-year full merit scholarship recipient)
• Special faculty appointment at Sangji University College of Korean Medicine
• Master’s program in Clinical Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
• Completed general internship at Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
• Residency program in Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine (Facial Palsy Center · Spine and Joint Center), Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
• First author of an SCI-level paper on women’s conditions

Training & Activities

• Training program at the Diagnostic Biofunctional Medicine Laboratory, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
• Completed multiple clinical special lectures, including “Use of CO2 lasers, focused ultrasound, and radiofrequency aesthetic medical devices,” Seoul Association of Korean Medicine
• Full member, Society of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research; certified Korean medicine doctor for Korean medicine obesity treatment
• Full member, Korean Integrative Laser Medicine Association
• Appointed school doctor by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education — Sacred Heart Girls’ Middle School
• Completed the expert course in iris constitution medicine, Korean Academy of Iris Genetic Constitution Medicine (iris medicine specialist)
• Completed the AKMCD Clinical Dermatology Program, Association of Korean Medicine Clinical Dermatology
• Completed U.S. Registered Aromatherapist qualification requirements (Aromatherapy Registration Council, ARC)

SCI(E)-Level Paper

• Relationship between Tongue Temperature Estimated by Infrared Thermography, Tongue Color, and Cold-Heat Pathological Patterns: A Retrospective Chart Review Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018 (first author)

Clinic Hours

• Tue · Wed 09:30–19:30
• Fri 09:30–18:30
• Closed Mon · Thu
• Second and fourth Saturdays 09:30–13:30 (open through lunchtime)
• Weekday lunch break 13:30–14:30