Hwang Jae-seok Appointed as New Director of Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital ... Succeeds 34th Director of Hospital Founded in 1899 as Jejungwon

The First Western-Style Medical Institution in the Yeongnam Region

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Professor Hwang Jae-seok (59, Department of Gastroenterology) has been inaugurated as the 34th director of Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital.

Newly appointed Director Hwang Jae-seok graduated from Keimyung University School of Medicine in 1987. He has held major positions at the university hospital, including Deputy Head of the New Medical Center Construction Promotion Headquarters at Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Director of the Emergency Medical Center at Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Chairman of the Dongsan Medical Mission Welfare Association, Vice President of Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Head of Internal Medicine, and Director of the International Medical Center.

Director Hwang has also served as Chairman of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Gastroenterology Society, President of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Liver Branch, Director of the Korean Hospice Association, Chair of the Liver Cancer Protocol Revision Committee of the Korean Liver Cancer Association, Council Member of the Korean Society of Internal Medicine, Council Member of the Korean Liver Cancer Association, Council Member of the Korean Society of Clinical Ultrasound, Council Member of the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, and Vice President of the Korean Liver Cancer Association.

Hwang Jae-seok, Director of Dongsan Hospital, said, “Due to COVID-19, the medical community and society as a whole have been unsettled, and I feel a heavy responsibility and great burden as I take on this important role at a crucial time when the hospital is moving and preparing for a new leap forward.”

Director Hwang stated, “I will devote my efforts to developing Dongsan Hospital into a competitive hospital that can keep pace with the changing medical environment and will not fall behind any hospital in the country.”

He also expressed his thoughts, saying, “I will uphold the love and spirit of sacrifice of our predecessors, who planted a single grain of wheat 122 years ago, which has borne many fruits for Dongsan Hospital today.”

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