Professor Yang Cheol-woo of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Nephrology Department Appointed President of the Korean Association of Internal Medicine

Catholic University Seoul St. Mary's Hospital announced on the 30th that Professor Yang Cheol-woo of the Department of Nephrology has been inaugurated as the president of the Korean Association of Internal Medicine. His term will last for one year starting from October 28. Founded in 1945, the Korean Association of Internal Medicine is a society consisting of about 20,000 members.

Professor Yang Cheol-woo graduated from the Catholic University College of Medicine and obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from the same institution. He has served as the head of the Immunological Disease Convergence Research Project Group, director of the Organ Transplant Center, and deputy director of research at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital. His academic activities include serving as chairman of the Korean Society of Nephrology, publication director of the Korean Association of Internal Medicine, and executive director of the Korean Society for Transplantation.

In 2017, he was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for his contributions to the development of R&D in Korea. Currently, he is the head professor of the Department of Internal Medicine at Catholic University College of Medicine, treasurer of the Asian Society of Transplantation, and chair of the Ethics Committee of the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.

Newly appointed president Yang Cheol-woo expressed his ambition, stating, "I will strive to expand the scope of the Korean Association of Internal Medicine and develop it into a representative academic society in Korea that encompasses private practitioners, employed physicians, and university professors."

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