Professor Park Do-jung of Seoul National University Hospital and 3 Others Receive 'Doosan Yeongang Surgical Science Award'

From the left, Doojung Park, Professor at Seoul National University Hospital, recipient of the Doosan Yeongang Surgery Academic Award; Kyungtae Noh, Assistant Professor at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital; Jeong-eon Lee, Professor at Samsung Seoul Hospital; Changwoo Kim, Associate Professor at Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital.

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Doosan Yeon-gang Foundation announced on the 8th that it has selected four recipients for this year's 'Doosan Yeon-gang Surgical Science Award,' including Professor Do-jung Park of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Seoul National University Hospital.

The Doosan Yeon-gang Foundation held the 2020 Doosan Yeon-gang Surgical Science Award ceremony the day before and awarded Professor Do-jung Park, this year's recipient, a prize of 20 million KRW. Assistant Professor Kyung-tae Noh of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Professor Jeong-eon Lee of the Department of Breast Endocrine Surgery at Samsung Seoul Hospital, and Associate Professor Chang-woo Kim of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital each received 10 million KRW and a plaque.

Professor Do-jung Park was selected as a recipient for his paper titled "Efficacy and Safety Study of Ursodeoxycholic Acid for Prevention of Gallstone Formation after Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer Patients: PEGASUS-D Randomized Clinical Trial," which proved for the first time worldwide that administering ursodeoxycholic acid (a drug that promotes bile secretion and protects liver cells) to gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy can prevent gallstone formation.

Assistant Professor Kyung-tae Noh revealed in his paper titled "Analysis of the Correlation between Pelvic Cross-sectional Area Measured by Computed Tomography (CT) and Postoperative Outcomes in Rectal Cancer Patients" that patients identified with a narrow pelvis on preoperative CT scans have a higher probability of pelvic infection after surgery, difficulty in complete cancer removal, and a higher recurrence rate.

Professor Jeong-eon Lee demonstrated in his paper titled "Study on the Safety of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Performed after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients with Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis Confirmed by Pathology at Diagnosis" that even in breast cancer with axillary lymph node metastasis, preoperative chemotherapy followed by sentinel lymph node biopsy, which has fewer complications than conventional methods, can be safely performed based on treatment response.

Associate Professor Chang-woo Kim succeeded in validating the Korean version of the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Questionnaire in his paper titled "Validation of the Korean Version of the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Questionnaire." With the original author's approval, he produced the Korean version for the first time and applied it to rectal cancer surgery patients at five domestic hospitals to verify its validity.

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