Prof. Jong-Beom Park

Brief Biography:

Name:Jong-BeomPark

Sex: Male

Affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Uijongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine

Education:

2002: PhD: The Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine

1989: MD: The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine

Oversea education

2002-2004: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (Spine center)

Position

1) Professor: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine

2) Director: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Uijongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea

Specialty

1) Spine surgeon / Orthopaedic surgeon

Membership in Academic Societies

1) Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS)

2) International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)

3) North American Spine Society (NASS)

4) Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS)

5) La Societe International de Chirurgie Orthopeduque et de Traumatologie (SICOT)

Award (USA & Europe)

1) 2003: Outstanding Paper Award of Clinical Research (Cervical Spine Research Society)

2) 2004: Outstanding Paper Award of Clinical Research (Cervical Spine Research Society)

3) 2007: Best Paper Award of Basic Research (Spine Society of Europe)

4) 2009: Outstanding Paper Award of Basic Research (Cervical Spine Research Society)

Award (Japan)

1) 2005: Young Spine Surgeons Fellowship (Japanese Spine research Society)

Marquis Who’s Who in the World Inclusion

 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

Award (Korea)

1) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010: Best paper award (Korean Orthopaedic Association)

2) 1999, 2005, 2007: Best paper award (Korean Society of Spine Surgery)

3) 2002, 2005: Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies

Editorial Board (International)

1) International Orthopaedics

2) Asian Spine Journal

3) Clinics in Orthopaedic Surgery

Academic positions:

Professor and Director

Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery

The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine

Research interests:

1. Basic and clinical research of spine surgery

2. Biochemical analysis of disc degeneration and spine tumor

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