Professor Jo Jooyoung of Gangnam Cha Hospital Gastroenterology Center Appointed Editor-in-Chief of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Professor Jo Jooyoung, Digestive Disease Center, Gangnam Cha Hospital.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwanju] Professor Jo Jooyoung (Center Director) of the Digestive Disease Center at Gangnam CHA Hospital, CHA University of Medicine and Science, announced on the 24th that he has been appointed editor-in-chief of the international professional journal World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (IF 5.7).

The World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is a medical journal mainly dealing with research on gastroscopy, published by Baishideng Publishing Group since 2009. Professor Jo was also selected as the cover model for the June issue.

Professor Jo said, “I am very pleased and honored to be appointed as the first domestic editor-in-chief in the gastroenterology section of a world-class journal,” adding, “Through this activity, we will be able to add synergy to treatment research for patients suffering from digestive diseases.”

Professor Jo Jooyoung introduced endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer to Korea for the first time in 1999, laying the foundation for the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy in Korea. In 2009, he developed the Hybrid NOTES surgical method, which preserves the stomach by minimally invasive resection by combining endoscopic surgery and laparoscopic surgery for the first time in the world. In 2011, he introduced peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia for the first time in Korea.

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