Kim Jong Yeon

Professor Kim Jong-yeon is a gastroenterologist at Myongji Hospital specializing in diseases of the esophagus, stomach and colon, as well as liver diseases including liver cirrhosis and hepatitis. He also performs therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic polypectomy. In addition to his clinical practice, he currently serves as Deputy Director of the International Healthcare Center at Myongji Hospital and is actively involved in the care of international patients.

Professor Kim is also part of Myongji Hospital’s multidisciplinary liver care team. At the hospital’s Liver Failure Center, he works together with specialists in hepatology, liver cancer and liver transplantation to provide integrated care for patients with advanced liver disease, including patients who may require transplantation.

Areas of Expertise

• Esophageal diseases
• Gastric diseases
• Colorectal diseases
• Liver cirrhosis
• Hepatitis
• Therapeutic endoscopy
• Endoscopic polypectomy 

Education

• MD, Jeonbuk National University College of Medicine 

Professional Experience

• Deputy Director, International Healthcare Center, Myongji Hospital — Current
• Clinical Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Myongji Hospital
• Former Clinical Fellow, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital
• Former Resident, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital 

Professional Memberships

• Korean Association of Internal Medicine
• Korean Society of Gastroenterology
• Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 

Selected Publications

• Two cases of successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with an anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp — 2010
• A case of Good syndrome: Immunodeficiency syndrome associated with a thymoma — 2007