President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's Personal Physician Appointed as Professor Kim Ju-seong of Seoul National University College of Medicine

Professor Kim Juseong, Department of Gastroenterology, Seoul National University College of Medicine

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] On the 4th, the team of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol announced that they have appointed Professor Kim Ju-seong of the Department of Gastroenterology at Seoul National University College of Medicine as the president-elect's personal physician.

Professor Kim graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1989 and has served as the head of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center at Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, the director of planning at Seoul National University Hospital, and the director of the Gangnam Center at Seoul National University Hospital. He is known as an expert in inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and chronic enteritis.

The presidential personal physician is an honorary position with the status equivalent to a vice minister and is unpaid. Although usually working at their affiliated hospital, they regularly check the president's health status and accompany the president on vacations, overseas trips, and regional visits. Professor Kim is reported to have no particular prior connection with President-elect Yoon.

From former President Park Chung-hee, who first appointed a personal physician, to former President Lee Myung-bak, the personal physicians were mainly from the internal medicine department of Seoul National University Hospital. President Moon Jae-in had Professor Song In-seong, an emeritus professor at Seoul National University College of Medicine, followed by Professor Kang Dae-hwan of Pusan National University College of Medicine as his personal physicians. Professor Kang is the first personal physician from a regional university professor background.

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