Kim Hwiyoon, Head of Public Relations at Gangnam Severance, Appointed President of Hospital Public Relations Association

Kim Hwiyoon, the 23rd President of the Korea Hospital Public Relations Association (Head of Public Relations Team, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital) (Photo by Korea Hospital Public Relations Association)

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] Kim Hwiyoon, head of the Public Relations Team at Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, has been appointed as the 23rd president of the Korea Hospital Public Relations Association.

The Korea Hospital Public Relations Association held its regular general meeting on the 28th and announced on the 29th that it had appointed a new executive team, including the president, vice president, and auditors, to lead the association next year. The event was held online in a non-face-to-face format considering the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kim Hwiyoon, head of the Public Relations Team at Gangnam Severance Hospital, was appointed as the 23rd president to lead the association for the coming year. Shin Daesung, head of the Public Relations Team at Seoul Asan Hospital, was appointed as vice president, and Park Misun, head of the International Exchange Team at Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital, and Choi Jeongsik, head of the Public Relations Team at Seoul National University Hospital, were appointed as auditors.

At the regular general meeting, along with the Public Relations Person of the Year Award, awards for newsletters and content, as well as a merit award ceremony, were also held. The Public Relations Person of the Year Award went to Lee Jong, head of the Public Relations Team at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital. The Newsletter of the Year Award was given to "Inje University Paik Hospital Newsletter" from Inje University Paik Hospital, and the Content of the Year Award was awarded to a video produced by the Public Relations Team at Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital. The merit award, given to members who have made significant contributions to the development of the association throughout the year, was awarded to Ahn Kwangyong, head of External Cooperation at Myongji Hospital, and Ko Hyesun, manager of the Public Relations Team at Catholic University Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital.

President Kim Hwiyoon said, “I feel an even greater responsibility to represent the association in a situation where the COVID-19 pandemic has not easily subsided. I will do my best to make the association a ‘place of development’ that expands the work capabilities of hospital public relations professionals to sense changes and pursue newness, and a ‘place of empathy’ where members working on similar tasks in the same field can enjoyably interact and share necessary information.”

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