Yong-Soo Kim, M.D., Ph.D

EDUCATION

1982 Graduation from Medical College, The Catholic University of Korea

1986 Catholic University Graduate School, Degree of Master in Medical Science

1993 Catholic University Graduate School, Degree of Doctor in Medical Science

POST GRADUATE TRAINING (Fellowship)

1989-1991 Clinical fellowship in nephrology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital Medical College, The Catholic University of Korea

1994-1996 Research fellowship in nephrology University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA

2008 April-June Training in the Section of Interventional Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

2003-Present Professor of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Medical College, The Catholic University of Korea

2006-2012 Chief of Division of Nephrology Medical College, The Catholic University of Korea

2003-2016 Director, Dialysis Unit, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital 2014-Present Director, Hemodialysis Vascular Access Center, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

1998-2000 Secretary General of The Korean Society of Nephrology

2000-2002 Chairman of Registry Committee of The Korean Society of Nephrology

1997-2001 Secretary General of Korean Transplant Physician Study Group

2006- 2008 Editor in Chief, The Korean Journal of Nephrology

2008-2010 Chairman of Scientific Committee of The Korean Society of Nephrology

2010-Present President of Korean Society of diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology

2016-Present President of Korean Society of Nephrology