Professor Kang Dongmuk of Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital Elected as the 18th President of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Professor Kang Dong-mook, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital announced on the 17th that Professor Kang Dong-mook of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine was elected as the next 18th president at the 64th Autumn Academic Conference and General Meeting of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine held online.

Professor Kang previously served as the president of the International Society for Musculoskeletal Disease Prevention in 2013, as well as the director of the Workers' Health Center and the Asbestos Environmental Health Center. He is currently leading preventive research on occupational and environmental diseases related to asbestos.

As the next 18th president of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, he is expected to lead investigations and research to protect and promote the health of workers and local residents from occupational diseases and environmental illnesses, as well as to spearhead institutional improvements in the fields of occupational environmental diseases, industrial health, and environmental health.

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