Departments of Pediatrics, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
Graduated with M.D. from Yonsei Univ. Sch. of Medicine in Korea in 1967 and went on to continue her postgraduate training in Pediatrics at Down State-Kings County Med. Center, New York and an NIH Human Genetics Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA. A diplomate of Am. Board of Pediatrics(1972) and Am. Board of Med. Genetics(1982). Became a Founding Fellow of the Am. College of Med. Genetics(FACMG) in 1992. Been a faculty member of Dept. of Pediatrics at Mt. Sinai Sch. of Medicine, etc. in USA before returning to Korea in 1994. Since then, pioneered the delivery of a clinical genetics service in Korea, esp. Genetic Counseling service. & Initiated Ms.D. Graduate Program of Genetic Counseling at Ajou Univ in Korea. Currently, has published over 130 articles, her current research interests are characterization of genetic diseases in Korea and health care delivery system of Clinical Genetics Service. Became an advocate for patients with rare diseases in Korea,