Hye-Jin Kim South Korea

Colorectal Cancer Center Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea Address: 807, Hogukro, Buk-gu, Daegu, 702-210, KOREA Phone: +82-53-200-2166 Fax: +82-53-200-2027 E-mail: hjinkim@knu.ac.kr or chocogom@hanmail.net AFFILIATIONS AND POSITION Professor, Colorectal Cancer Center Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, Korea EDUCATION Mar 2001 - Feb 2005 Bachelor of Science, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Mar 2006 - Feb 2008 Master of Science, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea TRAINING Mar 2005 – Feb 2006 Internship, Catholic University Hospital, Seoul Mar 2006 – Feb 2010 Resident in General Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea Mar 2010 – Feb 2014 Clinical fellowship in the Department of colorectal surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea October 2022-October 2023 Visiting scholar in University of California, San Diego MAIN INTERESTS Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Robotic Colorectal Surgery Tumor Microenvironment in Colorectal Cancer Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection Image-guided Surgery PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & ASSOCIATIONS Member, Korean Surgical Society Member, Korean Society of Coloproctology Member, Korean Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons Member, Korean Cancer Association Member, European Association of Endoscopic Surgery AWARDS International Karl Stortz-EAES award, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (2012, Belgium) “Comparison of intracorporeal single-stapled and double-stapled anastomosis in laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a case-control study” European Society Coloproctology – Korean Society Coloproctology, Traveling fellow (2016, Italy) “Fluorescence-guided lateral pelvic node dissection in locally advanced rectal cancer” The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) BJS prize (2017, UK) “Impact of fluorescence and 3D images to the completeness of lateral pelvic node dissection. Gerald Marks Rectal Cancer Awards, SAGES (2019, US) – “Stepwise Improvement of Surgical Quality in Robotic Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection: Lessons from 100 Consecutive Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.” Domestic Best oral presentation of Korean Society of Laparoscopic Endoscopic Surgery (2012, 2014, 2015) Best oral presentation of Korean Society of Coloproctology (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) Best poster presentation of Korean Society of Coloproctology (2014, 2016)