● Kyungpook National University Hospital: Monday afternoons

▲ Children’s Hospital: Tuesday mornings / Wednesday and Friday afternoons

Chilgok Hospital Consultation

• Tuesday (mornings): For new patients only

• Pediatric Endoscopy (Tuesday, Friday - therapeutic endoscopy; Saturday - emergency endoscopy)

• Consultation (for medical staff): Saturday - ward, emergency room

Samdeok-dong Main Branch Consultation

• Monday (afternoons): By appointment only

Education

• Graduate of Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, MD, PhD

Career

• Completed pediatric specialist training at Kyungpook National University Hospital

• Completed pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition fellowship at Seoul National University Children’s Hospital

• Postdoctoral research associate at UNMC (1999-2001, USA)

• Visiting professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (2003, USA)

• 1996 - present: Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine

• 2006-2007: Director, Medical Education Office, Kyungpook National University

• 2009-2012: Director, Medical Support Office, Kyungpook National University Hospital

• 2017-2019: Director of Medical Affairs, Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital

• 2020-2022: Director, Kyungpook National University Children’s Hospital

Academic Activities

• President, National University Children’s Hospital Association (2022)

• President, Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (2017-2019)

• Vice President, Korean Society of Gastroenterology (2020-2021)

• President, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter, Korean Society of Pediatrics (2021-2022)

• Vice President, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter, Korean Society of Gastroenterology and Korean Crohn’s and Colitis Society (2015-2023)

• Vice President, Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition (2014-2018)

• Nutrition Director, Korean Pediatric Society (2009-2015)

• Editorial Board: World Journal of Gastroenterology (2013-2021)

• Editor in Chief: Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (2009-2015)

• Regular Member: European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN), European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (ECCO)

• Council Member: Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Korean Pediatric Society, Korean Society of Gastroenterology, Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

• Recognized Specialist in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (99-5**)

Awards

• [Academic Awards] Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Academic Award 5 times (2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014)

• CCAiD Excellent Paper Award (2018, 2019)

• [Selected as Excellent Paper] International Conferences 16 times, Domestic Conferences 8 times

• [Recognition] Appreciation Plaque - Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (2011), Appreciation Certificate (Korean Pediatric Society, 2012), Certificate of Appreciation (Kyungpook National University, 2012, 2022), Contribution Plaque (Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2021), Contribution Plaque (Korean Society of Gastroenterology, 2021), Appreciation Plaque (Korean Pediatric Society, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter, 2023)

Publications/Books

Representative Books and Contributions

1. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 2023 (Author group), Korean Medicine

2. Hong Chang’s Pediatrics, 12th Edition, Editor, MiraeN

Hong Chang’s Pediatrics (8th-12th Editions), Author group, MiraeN

3. Clinical Pediatrics, 2016 (Author group), Gwangmun Publishing

4. Clinical Guidelines for Pediatric and Adolescent Nutrition (Editor), Pnmed, 2015

5. World Clinical Hepatology. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. 2015 (Author group)

6. Diet Counseling Guide for Pediatricians (Editor), Medical Cultural Press, 2012

7. Adolescent Nutrition Guide for Clinicians (Editor), Gwangmun Publishing, 2011

8. CASE FILES PEDIATRICS (Translator, Author group), Daesung Publishing, 2011

9. Pediatric Obesity - A Useful Guide for Clinics, Gwangmun Publishing, 2006 (Editor)

10. Transplantation of the Liver, 2nd Edition, Chapter [Transplantation for Cholestatic Liver Disease in Pediatric Patients], Elsevier Saunders, 2005

Representative Papers

2023

• Factors Associated with Reaching Mid-Parental Height in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. Gut Liver, 2023

• Infliximab trough levels are associated with endoscopic healing but not with transmural healing at one-year treatment in pediatric Crohn’s disease. Front Immunol, 2023

• Validation of predictive models for disease outcomes in pediatric ulcerative colitis: A multicenter prospective inception cohort. Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 2023

2022

• Comparison between Pediatric Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis at Diagnosis in Korea. Gut Liver, 2022

• Transmural healing evaluated by magnetic resonance enterography in pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease receiving biologics. Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 2022

• Prediction models of disease course in pediatric Crohn’s disease poorly replicated in a prospective cohort. J Crohns Colitis, 2022

2020-2021

• Factors Associated with Immunogenicity of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Agents in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gut Liver, 2021

• Delayed Gut Microbiota Establishment in Infants Delivered by Cesarean Section. Front Microbiol, 2020

• Safety and Competency are Priorities in Pediatric Endoscopy. Clin Endosc, 2020

Media Articles

• KBS Field Interview: Collapsing Pediatric Emergency System, What Are the Solutions? July 13, 2023

• Kyungpook National University School of Medicine 100th Anniversary, History of the Pediatric Department, March 26, 2023

• “Roaming Children Seeking Pediatric Emergency Care,” Joongang Ilbo, September 29, 2022

• Health Kyunghyang: Choi Byung-ho, Director of Kyungpook National University Children’s Hospital, New President of the National University Children’s Hospital Association, May 13, 2022

• Medical World News: Obesity Warning in Children, October 28, 2019

Videos

• KBS Field Interview: Collapsing Pediatric Emergency System, Solutions?

• Pediatric Obesity Lecture - MBC Yakson, August 22, 2011

• Pediatric Chronic Hepatitis Lecture (TBC Health 365, December 2007)