Han-Kwang YANG’s BRIEF CV
NAME: Prof.. Han-Kwang YANG ……………………………..
INSTITUTE:
Professor, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery
Seoul National University Hospital
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CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine
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CURRENT POSITION IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY:
Executive member, Korean Gastric Cancer Assoication (Secretary General)
2005-2009 Chairman, Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group
Council member, Korean Cancer Society
Council and treasurer, International Gastric Cancer Association
Editor, The Journal of Gastric Cancer
Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery
Editorial board, Annals of Surgery
PAST EDUCATION:
Year M.D. GRADUATED FROM:
1978-1984 Seoul National University College of Medicine
Year …POSTGRADUATE TRAINING FROM:
1986-1990 Surigical Resident program at Seoul National University Hospital
1990-1991, 1994-1995 Surgical fellow at Seoul National University Hospital
Year… POSTGRADUATE TRAINING FROM:
1991-1994 Visiting fellow, at Navy Medical Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bethesda,
USA
1997-1998 Guest Researcher, Laboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis,
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Dr. Yang is involved in several large scale RCT’s for gastric cancer treatment. He is
Korean PI of REGATTA study (Phase III study for the role of gastrectomy in stage
IV gastric cancer with a single incurable factor; a collaboratory study between JCOG
and KGCA). He is investigators of CLASSIC trial, KLASS trial as well as the
Korean
PI of a phase II study for the role of neoadjuvant imatinib treatment in large gastric
GIST (a collaborator study between Japan and Korea). His translational research
interests are Gastric Carcinogenesis, DDS, familial gastric cancer, and biomarkers.