Professor Emeritus Yoon Byung-gu of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, First Asian Recipient of the World Menopause Society Academic Award

Professor Byung-Koo Yoon, Emeritus Professor at Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, received the Academic Award from the International Menopause Society.
[Photo by Samsung Seoul Hospital]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] Professor Emeritus Yoon Byung-gu of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (former Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Samsung Seoul Hospital, Director of Retu Clinic) received the 'Henry Burger Academic Award' at the International Menopause Society (IMS) regular conference held in Lisbon, Portugal.

This academic award was established to honor Professor Henry Burger, former president of the International Menopause Society, for his contributions to the field of menopause. Among the society members, one medical researcher who has made outstanding research achievements and the greatest contributions to menopause studies over the past five years, including publications in international journals, is selected every two years.

Professor Yoon was selected as the awardee in recognition of his research achievements including: six papers on the effects of menopausal hormone therapy on late issues of ovarian hormone deficiency through clinical trials; reports on the correlation between cognitive decline and bone mineral density through cross-sectional studies; the effect of menopausal hormone therapy on reducing overall mortality in early menopausal women; a retrospective cohort study showing that oral contraceptives prevent bone mineral density loss during the menopausal transition in Korean women; and three basic research papers on the mechanism of estrogen's inhibition of atherosclerosis in vascular smooth muscle cells. Notably, this is the first time an Asian has received this academic award.

Professor Yoon expressed his feelings, saying, "It is a great personal honor, and I deeply thank my colleagues including professors at Samsung Seoul Hospital. I will devote myself further to managing menopause in middle-aged women."

Professor Yoon worked as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at Samsung Seoul Hospital from 1994 to 2020, and served as the head professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine and as the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Samsung Seoul Hospital.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.