Curriculum vitae
Sanghoon Jheon, M.D., Ph.D.
Current position;
Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Chief of Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Director of Respiratory Center,
Chairman of Institutional Review Board,
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea
Education;
1984,
Bachelor of Medicine at Kyungpook National University, Korea
1990,
Master of Medicine
1994, Ph.D.
Thesis; Histopathologic and parasitologic studies in
experimental paragonimiasis
1984-1989
Residency in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
at Kyungpook National University Hospital, Korea
supervisor; Kyu-Tae Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
1990-1993
Medical officer at Korean Army
1993-1994
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Andong General Hospital
1994-2000
Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor
at Kyungpook National University, Korea
2001-2002
Director of Medicine
at Catholic University of Daegu, Korea
2003-2007
Associate professor
at Seoul National University, Korea
2007- present
Professorat Seoul National University, Korea
1994
visiting surgeon at National Cancer Center, Japan
supervisor; Ryosuke Tsuchiya, M.D.
1997-1998
fellowship at MGH, Boston, USA
supervisor; Douglas J. Mathisen, M.D.
Medical Journal reviewer
Cancer, Thorax, Chest, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Lung Cancer
Disease of Esophagus, Korean J of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Journal of Lung Cancer, Korean J of bronchoesophagology,
General Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Asian J of Endoscopic Surgery, etc
Academic interests; Thoracic surgical oncology, Thoracoscopic surgery,
Clinical trials, Pulmonary physiology, Synchrotron radiation imaging,
Lung cancer screening and smoking cessation
Medical Society Activity;
Secretary general, Korean Association for Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Board member, Korean Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Board member, Korean Association of Bronchoesophagology
Board member, Korean Association of Photodynamic Therapy
Recent publications(SCI, 2007 - )
1. CD24, a Novel Cancer Biomarker, Predicting Disease-Free Survival of Non-small Cell Lung
Carcinomas: A Retrospective Study of Prognostic Factor Analysis from the Viewpoint of
Forthcoming (Seventh) New TNM Classification. J Thorac Oncol. 2010 Mar 29.
2. The accuracy of frozen section diagnosis of pulmonary nodules:evaluation of inflation method
during intraoperative pathology consultation with cryosection. J Thorac Oncol. 2010;5(1):39-44.
3. Polymorphism in the CASPASE genes and survival in patients with early stage non-small cell
lung cancer. J Clin Oncol, 2009;27(34):5823-9.
4. Epidermal growth factor receptor mutation and pathologic-radiologic correlation between
multiple lung nodules with ground-glass opacity differentiates multicentric origin from
intrapulmonary spread. J Thorac Oncol. 2009;4(12):1490-5.
5. A preliminary study of protoporphyrin-IX as a potential candidate for identification of lung
cancer cells using fluorescence microscopy. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2009;6(3-4): 221-6.
6. Differences in the expression profiles of excision repair crosscomplementation group 1, x-ray
repair crosscomplementation group 1, and betaIII-tubulin between primary non-small cell lung
cancer and metastatic lymph nodes and the significance in mid-term survival. J Thorac Oncol.
2009;4(11):1307-12.
7. Protein overexpression and gene amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor in
nonsmall cell lung carcinomas: Comparison of four commercially available antibodies by
immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization study. Lung Cancer 2009 Aug. 25.
8. The prognostic significance of ERCC1, BRCA1, XRCC1, and betaIII-tubulin expression in
patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated by platinum- and taxane-based neoadjuvant
chemotherapy and surgical resection. Lung Cancer. 2009 Aug. 15.
9.Transpleural perfusion with oxygenated perfluorocarbon increases systemic oxygenation.
Respirology, 2009;14(5):695-700.
10. Breast implant migration into pleural cavity. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2009;62(5):e8990.
11. Polymorphisms in the FAS and FASL genes and survival of early stage non-small cell lung
cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2009;15(5):1794-800.
12. The significance of maximum standardized uptake values in patients with stage I pulmonary
adenocarcinoma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009; 35(4):712-6.
13. The detection of peripheral lung cancer by MAGE A1-6 RT-nested PCR in bronchial washing
specimens. Lung Cancer. 2009;65(2):166-9.
14. Aberrant methylation of ADAMTS1 in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Genet
Cytogenet 2008;187(2):80-4.
15. Risk of recurrence in surgically resected stage I adenocarcinoma of the lung:
histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis. Lung. 2008;186(6):411-9.
16. The impact of multiple metastatic nodal stations on survival in patients with resectable N1
and N2 nonsmall-cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008;86(4):1092-7.
17. Additional mechanical pleurodesis after thoracoscopic wedge resection and covering
procedure for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Surg Endosco. 2008; 23(5):986-90.
18. Staple line covering procedure after thoracoscopic bullectomy for the management of
primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;56(4):217-20.
19. Primary esophageal repair in Boerhaave's syndrome. Dis Esophagus. 2008;21(7):660-3.
20. High resolution X-ray phase contrast synchrotron imaging of normal and ligation damaged
rat sciatic nerves. Microsc Res Tech. 2008;71(6):443-7.
21. Difficulties in diagnosis and management of ectopic Cushing syndrome. J Thorac Oncol.
2008;3(4):444-6.
22. Surgical treatment of malignant mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor. Ann Thorac
Surg. 2008;85(2):379-84.
23. Diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided core biopsy of ground-glass opacity pulmonary lesions.
Am J Roentgenol. 2008;190(1):234-9.
24. A simple inflation method for frozen section diagnosis of minute precancerous lesions of the
lung. Lung Cancer. 2008;59(2):198-202.
25. Detection of Lung Cancer using MAGE A1-6 and SSX4 RT-PCR Expression Profiles in the
Bronchial Wash Fluid. Cancer Res Treat. 2007; 39(2):69-73.
26. Postoperative imaging of esophageal cancer: what chest radiologists need to know.
Radiographics. 2007; 27(2):409-29.
27. EGFR, ERBB2, and KRAS mutations in Korean non-small cell lung cancer patients. Cancer
Genet Cytogenet. 2007; 173(2):107-13.
28. Surgical treatment of malignant mediastinal neurogenic tumors in children. Eur J
Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(4):725-30.
29. Lymphadenectomy extent is closely related to long-term survival in esophageal cancer. Eur
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007;31(2):154-60.
30. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor gene polymorphisms affect lung cancer risk. Lung Cancer. 2007;
56(1):9-15.
31. Clinical significance of a solitary ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesion of the lung detected by
chest CT. Lung Cancer. 2007;55(1):67-73.
32. In vivo skin absorption dynamics of topically applied pharmaceuticals monitored by fiberoptic diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2007;
66(3):768-72.