Three Presenters Awarded in English Symposium
No.2837 Date2011-03-07 Hit 30004
Newsroom
Hallym University Medical Center (HUMC) organized the 2011 Hallym Clinical and Translational Research Symposium successfully at the Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital on March 5, 2011. The symposium was conducted in English.
Ten presentations on biomarkers appeared in the symposium which served as a presentation contest among the faculty members. Among them, three speakers were cited for their excellent researches and presentations: Dr. Seonghoon Choi, assistant professor of internal medicine at Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Dr. Ki Tae Suk, assistant professor of internal medicine at Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, and Dr. Ihn-Geun Choi, professor of psychiatry at Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital.
The decision was made by the jury including Dr. Hae-Ran Lee, President of Hallym University Medical Center, Dr. Yong-Sun Kim, Vice President for Health & Biomedical Sciences at Hallym University, Dr. Moon-Gi Choi, Dean of Hallym University College of Medicine.
Dr. Yong-Sun Kim said in his opening remarks, “The theme of today’s symposium bears a great significance as biomarker is one of the essential fields in medicine which will lead us to high benefits in the process of diagnosing and caring diseases. In this vein, I am asking for your continued interest and aggressive participation in Hallym’s research activities on the world stage.”
Meanwhile, Hallym’s Research TFT has worked on international conferences every year to drastically improve research capacity of the faculty members. While maximizing its global caliber in translational and clinical research, Hallym will also strive to achieve academic excellence by focusing on specific themes for symposiums beginning this year.
The program is as follows:
■ Session 1
Brain natriuretic peptide levels have diagnostic and prognostic capability for cardio-renal syndrome type 4 in intensive care unit patients
Dr. Sunghoon Park
Dept. of Internal Medicine
Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
Serotonin, an indicator of acute platelet activation marker in acute myocardial infarc¬tion and its therapeutic clinical trial using selective serotonin inhibitor- sapogrelate in ST segment elevation MI
Dr. Seonghoon Choi
Dept. of internal medicine
Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital
The Effects of Homocysteine and Hyperglycemia on the Proliferation of Rat Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells through the MAP Kinase Pathway
Dr. Sung Hoon Yu
Dept. of Internal Medicine
Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital
Biomarkers of liver fibrosis
Dr. Ki Tae Suk
Dept. of Internal Medicine
Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
New histopathological diagnostic marker for Human spinal astrocytoma: Expression of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein-δ
Dr. Dong Hwa Heo
Dept. of Neurosurgery
Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
Genetic characteristics of the Korean alcohol dependence patients and their functional analysis using siRNA
Dr. Ihn-Geun Choi
Dept. of Psychiatry
Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital
■ Session 2
Omics-based discovery of biomarkers in OB/Gyn. Patients
Dr. Yongil Kwon
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
BIOMARKERS IN CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE
Dr. Ji-Eun Song
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital
Prediction of Clinical Outcome with Serum Transthyretin(Prealbumin) Level of Early Post-burn Period in Massive Burn Patients
Dr. Wook Chun
Dept. of General Surgery
Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital
Serum lactate and Base deficit: Early predictors of morbidity and mortality in inhalation burn injury
Dr. Yong Suk Cho
Dept. of General Surgery
Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital
By Sung-won Lee, Int’l Operations Team, HUMC (sungwon@hallym.or.kr)