Doosan Yeongang Foundation Presents 2025 Doosan Yeongang Surgical Science Award

The Doosan Yeongang Foundation announced that it held the '2025 Doosan Yeongang Surgical Science Award' ceremony during the Korean Surgical Society’s academic conference at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, on the 8th. At the event, Heejung Kim, Professor of Breast Surgery at Asan Medical Center, Seoul; Jungmoo Lee, Clinical Associate Professor of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital; and Inseop Lee, Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, were presented with prize money and plaques.

At the award ceremony of the '2025 Doosan Yeongang Surgical Science Award' held on the 8th, attendees are taking a commemorative photo. From the left, Kangyoung Lee, Director of the Korean Surgical Society; Yonghyun Park, Chairman of the Doosan Yeongang Foundation; Heejung Kim, Professor at Asan Medical Center, Seoul; Jungmoo Lee, Clinical Associate Professor at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital; Inseop Lee, Professor at Asan Medical Center, Seoul; Wooyong Lee, President of the Korean Surgical Society. Doosan

Professor Heejung Kim was selected as an awardee for presenting findings that hormone therapy combined with ovarian function suppression in young estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients whose ovarian function recovered after chemotherapy leads to higher survival rates and lower recurrence rates.

Clinical Associate Professor Jungmoo Lee contributed to improved treatment outcomes by developing the 'Korean Quality Improvement Platform for Surgery (K-QIPS),' which uses artificial intelligence to predict and prevent postoperative complications in five major surgical fields: stomach, colon, liver, pancreas, and kidney.

Professor Inseop Lee was recognized for establishing the age of 50 and under as the standard for young-onset gastric cancer and for identifying differences in sex ratio and disease characteristics among patients in this age group.

The 'Doosan Yeongang Surgical Science Award' was established in 2007 to promote the advancement of surgical science in Korea and to encourage research among surgeons. Over the past 18 years, a total of 44 individuals have received the award.

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