Dr Sanghoon Jheon

5F, Nonyheon-ro 114-gil 5, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea (06108)[email protected]

Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,
Seoul National University College of Medicine
82 Gumi-ro, 173 Beong-gil, Bundang-gu
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

President

Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Senior Advisor

Health on Cloud

Specialties: Thoracic, Minimally invasive, VATS, Lungs, Cancer

Profile

Dr. Sanghoon Jheon, the Founder of the Smart Hospital Alliance, has held the position of professor at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital since 2003. Dr Jheon also founded an organisation for education of young thoracic surgeons, the “Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Platform (ATEP)” in 2011. The ATEP has been hosting educational workshops for advanced VATS techniques, international scientific conferences and outreach programs for developing countries.

Dr Jheon is currently the Chair Professor of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Seoul National University College of Medicine, and he also serves as the president and CEO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. He also holds positions on several editorial boards and has served as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals. He is one of the founders of the Asian Thoracic Surgical Club and currently serves as the president of the Korean Society for Thoracic Surgical Oncology.

Education

1984 Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Bachelor degree
1990 Keimyung University Graduate School of Medicine, Master degree
1994 Keimyung University Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D. degree

Recent & Current Appointments and Committee Memberships

2007- current Professor Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea
Professor Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
2010-14 Chair professor Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery College of Medicine, Seoul National University, South Korea
2010-13 Chairman Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea
2009-12 Director Respiratory CenterSeoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea

Research Interests

Lung transplantation
Lung cancer
Thoracic surgical oncology
Photodynamic Therapy
Clinical trial
Thoracoscopic surgery

Awards
Publications
Research Trials

2003 The 35th Winner of Lee Young Kyun Award, KATS
2004 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2004-2005 edition
2015 Masters Cup Winner awarded by European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) at 23rd European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery as an Asian Team Captain
2018 Songeum Academic Scholor for Medicine and Pharmacy

Yi E, Jheon S. Clinical management IT system for enhanced recovery.
Yi E, Jheon S. Community for thoracoscopic surgery.
Vishnu R, Jung W, Chia-Hui Shih B, Hwang Y, Jeon JH, Cho S, Kim K, Jheon S. Subcostal robotic-assisted pulmonary resection: Left lingular segmentectomy.
Jheon S, Ahmed AD, Fang VW, Jung W, Khan AZ, Lee JM, Nakajima J, Sihoe AD, Thongcharoen P, Tsuboi M, Turna. A General thoracic surgery services across Asia during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Yoo S, Hwang H, Jheon S. Hospital information systems: experience at the fully digitized Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Jeon JH, Seong YW, Han JE, Cho S, Kim JH, Jheon S, Kim K. Randomized Trial of Poloxamer 407-Based Ropivacaine Hydrogel After Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection
Sohn HM, Jheon SH, Nam S, Do SH. Magnesium sulphate improves pulmonary function after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study
Lee S, Kim HR, Cho S, Huh DM, Lee EB, Ryu KM, Cho DG, Paik HC, Kim DK, Lee SH, Cho JS, Lee JI, Choi H, Kim K, Jheon S; Korean Pneumothorax Study Group. Staple line coverage after bullectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a randomized trial

The SMART HOSPITAL ALLIANCE was created in December 2021 as a bridge connecting global hospitals and medical institutions to emerging countries, with the goal of improving global clinical standards and patients' medical standards worldwide.

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