Clinical Schedule

● Kyungpook National University Hospital: Tuesday, Friday mornings / Thursday afternoons

▲ Children’s Hospital: Monday afternoons

Samdeok-dong Main Hospital Consultation

• Monday afternoons: First and third week

• Tuesday mornings: National Bio Big Data Project consultations

Chilgok Hospital Consultation

• Monday afternoons: Second and fourth week

Education

• February 2009: Doctor of Medicine, Kyungpook National University

• August 2014: Master’s degree in Medicine, Ulsan University Graduate School

• February 2022: Doctor of Medicine, Yeungnam University Graduate School

Career

• March 2009 - February 2010: Intern, Asan Medical Center, Seoul

• March 2010 - February 2014: Resident in Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, Seoul

• March 2014 - February 2016: Pediatric Neurology Fellow, Asan Medical Center, Seoul

• March 2016 - February 2018: Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University Hospital

• March 2018 - March 2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University Hospital

• April 2023 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University Hospital

Academic Activities

1. Regular member, Korean Society of Pediatric Neurology

2. Regular member, Korean Epilepsy Society

3. Regular member, Korean Society of Human Genetics

• Pediatric Neurology Specialist, EEG certification

Awards

• Best Poster Award, 46th Korean Society of Pediatric Neurology Annual Conference

• Best Paper Award, 59th Korean Society of Medical Genetics Annual Conference

• Best Poster Award, 50th Korean Society of Pediatric Neurology Annual Conference

• Young Researcher Award, 52nd Korean Society of Pediatric Neurology Annual Conference

Publications / Books

1. Lee YJ, Oh J, Hwang SK, Lee EJ, Yang DH, Kim YJ, et al. “Extremely Early Onset Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy with a Leu55Pro Mutation: A Pediatric Case Report and Literature Review.” Neuropediatrics. 2019;50(5):322-6.

2. Lee MS, Hwang SK, Kim YE, Suh JK, Kim H, Lee SM, et al. “Central nervous system vasculitis from Epstein-Barr virus-associated T/natural killer-cell lymphoproliferative disorder in children: A case report.” Brain Dev. 2019;41(9):820-5.

3. Kim SY, Lim BC, Lee JS, Kim WJ, Kim H, Ko JM, et al. “The Korean undiagnosed diseases program: lessons from a one-year pilot project.” Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019;14(1):68.

4. Lee YJ, Hwang SK, Kwon S. “Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in Children: a Long Way to Go.” J Korean Med Sci. 2019;34(19):e143.

5. Lee YJ, Kim SY, Kim MJ, Kim AR, Lee JM, Chae JH. “Infant with early onset bilateral facial and bulbar weakness: Successful treatment of riboflavin in multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency caused by biallelic nonsense FLAD1 variants.” Neuromuscul Disord. 2021;31(11):1194-8.

6. Chan SH, Chae JH, Chien YH, Ko TS, Lee JH, Lee YJ, et al. “Nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy type 1 from neonates to young adult: 1-year data from three Asia-Pacific regions.” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021;92(11):1244-6.

7. Kim AR, Lee JM, Min YS, Lee H, Kim D, Hwang SK, et al. “Clinical Experience of Nusinersen in a Broad Spectrum of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Retrospective Study.” Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2020;23(6):796-801.

8. Lee YJ, Yum MS, Kim EH, Ko TS. “Intravenous levetiracetam versus phenobarbital in children with status epilepticus or acute repetitive seizures.” Korean journal of pediatrics. 2016;59(1):35-9.

9. Lee YJ, Yum MS, Kim EH, Kim MJ, Kim KM, Im HJ, et al. “Clinical Characteristics of Transplant-associated Encephalopathy in Children.” J Korean Med Sci. 2017;32(3):457-64.

10. Lee YJ, Hwang SK, Lee SM, Kwon S. “Familial acute necrotizing encephalopathy with RANBP2 mutation: The first report in Northeast Asia.” Brain Dev. 2017.

11. Kim MJ, Yum MS, Kim EH, Lee YJ, Lee J, Hong S, et al. “An interictal EEG can predict the outcome of vagus nerve stimulation therapy for children with intractable epilepsy.” ChNS: official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2017;33(1):145-51.

12. Kim EH, Yum MS, Shim WH, Yoon HK, Lee YJ, Ko TS. “Structural abnormalities in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS).” Seizure. 2015;27:40-6.

13. Kim EH, Yum MS, Lee BH, Kim HW, Lee HJ, Kim GH, et al. “Epilepsy and Other Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Children and Adolescents with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.” Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea). 2016;12(1):85-92.

14. Jun HO, Yum MS, Kim EH, Lee YJ, Seo JJ, Ko TS. “A Rare Case of Childhood Stiff Person Syndrome Associated With Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.” Pediatric neurology. 2015;53(5):448-51.

15. Lee YJ, Yum MS, Kim EH, Choi HW, Oh SH, Kim DY, et al. “Risk factors for neurological complications and their correlation with survival following pediatric liver transplantation.” Pediatric transplantation. 2014;18(2):177-84.

16. Lee YJ, Kim EH, Yum MS, Lee JK, Hong S, Ko TS. “Long-term outcomes of hemispheric disconnection in pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy.” Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea). 2014;10(2):101-7.

17. Lee SM, Kwon S, Lee YJ. “Diagnostic usefulness of arterial spin labeling in MR negative children with new onset seizures.” Seizure. 2019;65:151-8.

18. Lee S, Lee YJ, Kong J, Ryu HW, Shim YK, Han JY, et al. “Short-term clinical outcomes of onasemnogene abeparvovec treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.” Brain & development. 2022;44(4):287-93.

Media Articles

• September 2, 2019: Medical News Biogen’s Spinraza for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment

• May 23, 2018: Maeil Newspaper [Medical Futures] Professor Lee Yoon-jeong, Kyungpook National University Hospital

• May 19, 2018: TBC Dr. Report - Pediatric Epilepsy

• October 17, 2017: Yeongnam Ilbo Late Talking Child, Professor Lee Yoon-jeong, Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University Hospital

Videos

• TV Medical ‘Yakson’ Fainting - Professor Lee Yoon-jeong, Department of Pediatrics

• Pediatric Epilepsy - TBC Dr. Report