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Jeju National University’s School of Medicine has educated leading medical experts since it was first opened as the College of Medicine in 1998. The college was renamed to the Professional Graduate School of Medicine in 2008, and then again the current School of Medicine in 2019 to reflect the domestic and international educational environment as requested by students, faculty, and staff.

As the newest medical school approved in South Korea, the JNU School of Medicine has recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and entered a developing era. The school is located on Jeju Island, the nation’s largest island that has some of its most beautiful nature. The university’s facilities consist of the School of Medicine I and II, the first built inside the university’s campus, which has the pleasant environment, and the latter near the JNU Hospital, which is dubbed the hospital in the forest. The School of Medicine II has separate lecture rooms for each year of courses, along with the Clinical Skills Training Center, the Team-Based Learning Room, the Computer and Data Room, and the Men’s and Women’s Lounges. The university campus runs dormitory facilities for students from outside Jeju Island so they can stay focused on their schoolwork. There is also Sodeokheon near the JNU Hospital, which is a dormitory used only by the third- and fourth-year students of the School of Medicine who require clinical training. As the Korean Health Personal License Examination prioritizes performance test results, the school remodeled its Clinical Skills Training Center in 2019 to help students enhance their performance capacity and practice their skills in a facility that is similar to the national testing site. Students with financial issues are also entitled to receive various scholarships. Only 40 students a year are admitted to the course, which offers them the highest quality of education taught by passionate professors and staff members.

The School of Medicine has the vision of elevating the standards of medical education to lay the cornerstone for improving the healthcare conditions of the local community through supplying proficient healthcare professionals. Under this vision, the school has worked to educate medical experts with the greatest understanding of how to conduct research and to treat patients while fostering them to be good people, who can lead the local, national, and global healthcare industries.

The School of Medicine is evaluated by the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation. In 2015, the school won the highest rating medical education institution can receive.

To educate competent medical doctors and scientists from different backgrounds, the school offers not only regular lectures but also other forms of education, such as problem-based learning, team-based learning, case-based learning, and role play learning. Additionally, the school has strengthened its medical ethics course to help improve communication between doctors and patients. To this end, professors are also educated on the most up-to-date pedagogies. Throughout the historical changes in the school system, the faculty experienced more curricula and courses than any other medical school in the nation and have worked to enhance the school’s educational system.

By attending the School of Medicine, students can nurture their medical skills to properly treat patients, grow as individuals to provide the best care possible to their patients and family members, and become leaders who advance the local and national medical science industries.

Faculty

Ji Hoon, Kang Professor

Major
Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Neuro-ophthalmology Neuro-otology & Dizziness
office Medical school 2nd Build. B415
Contact064-754-8174/+82-64-754-8174
E-mail jhkang@jejunu.ac.kr
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	1992. Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea M.D. 2000. Ulsan University, Postgraduate School, Korea Neurology M.S. 2003. Ulsan University, Postgraduate School, Korea Neurology Ph.D.
Major career	> 2001-2002 Fellowship in Dept. of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea > 2002-2004 Instructor, Dept. of Neurology, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Korea > 2004-2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Korea > 2005-2007 Clinical Fellowship in Dept. of Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto University, Canada > 2008-2013 Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Korea > 2013-present Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Jeju National University College of Medicine, Korea > 2002-2011 Jeju National University Hospital, Director of Neurology > 2011-2013 Jeju National University Hospital, Manager of Planning & Control Department > 2013-2015 Jeju National University Hospital, Head of Medical services
main paper	> Lying-down Nystagmus and Head-bending Nystagmus in Horizontal Semicircular Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: are they useful for lateralization? BMC Ophthalmology 2014;14(1):136. > Ocular motor characteristics of different subtypes of spinocerebellar ataxia: Distinguishing features. Mov Disord 2013;28(9):1271-1277. > Randomized clinical trial for apogeotropic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Neurology 2012;78:159-166. > Clinical and MRI Profiles Predicting Clinical Overt Stroke in Patients with CADASIL. J Korean Neurol Assoc 2012;30(2):93-99. > 6-Hydroxydopamine-Induced PC12 Cell Death is Mediated by MEF2D Down-regulation. Neurochem Res 2011;36:223-231. > SCA in Korea and its regional distribution: A multicenter analysis. Park Rel Dis 2011;17:72-75. > Olfactory Identification Deficits in Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. Eur Neurol 2010;64:280-285. > Vascular Risk factors in CADASIL Patients with notch3 R544C Mutation. Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2009;8(2):98-103. > Dissociated Palsy of Vertical Saccades: Loss of Voluntary and Visually Guided Saccades with Preservation of Reflexive Vestibular Quick Phases. J Neuro-ophthlmol 2008;28(2):97-103. > Ocular Motor Assessment in Movement Disorders. J Korean Neurol Assoc 2008;26(S3):37-46. > Chorea Triggered by Hyperglycemia in a Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD) Patient with the A3243G Mutation of Mitochondrial DNA and Basal Ganglia Calcification. Journal of Neurology 2005;252(1):103-105. > A Novel Missense Mutation of the GTP cyclohydrolase I Gene in a Korean Family with Hereditary Progressive Dystonia/Dopa-responsive Dystonia. Brain & Development 2004;26(5):287-291. > Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Activation in the 6-Hydroxydopamine Induced Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death. J Korean Neurol Assoc 2004;22(4):352-359. > Radiation-induced Angiopathy in Acute Stroke Patients. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2002;11(6):315-319.

Kang, Sa-Yonn Professor

Major neuromuscular disease, demyelinating disease, headache
office College of Engineering III, 112
Contact064-754-3971/+82-64-754-3971
E-mail neurokang@jejunu.ac.kr
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	B.M. Dept. of Medicine, Inha University M.M. Dept. of Neurology, Inha University
Major career	Neurology Board, National medical center Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Cheju National University Editor, Journal of the Korean Neurological Association Editor, Korean Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
main paper	1. JC Choi, SY Kang, et al. Chronic daily headache with analgesics overuse in professional women breath-hold divers. Headache 2008;48(7):1037-1043. 2. SY Kang, et al. An unusual pathologic feature and phenotype associated with familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Eur J Neurol 2008;15(6):47-48. 3. SY Kang, et al. Myasthenia gravis appearing after thymectomy: a case report and review of the literature. J Clin Neurol 2007;3(3):154-157. 4. SY Kang, et al. Clinical and electrophysiological characteristeics of leprous neuropathy. 대한신경과학회지 2007;25(2):194-198. 5. SY Kang, et al. Two cases of hypertensive encephalopathy involving the brainstem. J Clin Neurol 2007;3(1):50-52. 6. JC Choi, SY Kang, et al. Intracerebral hemorrhage in CADASIL. Neurology 2006;67(11):2042-2044 7. SY Kang, et al. Isolated posterior femoral cutaneous neuropathy following intragluteal injection. Muscle Nerve 2009 Jul 21, in press 8. SY Kang, et al. Nerve conduction studies in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. J Neurol 2009 Jun 2, in press 9. SY Kang, et al. Expression of erythropoietin in the spinal cord of Lewis rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Clin Neurol 2009 Mar;5(1):39-45 10. SY Kang, et al. Wernicke's encephalopathy: unusual manifestation on MRI. J Neurol 2005;Dec;252(12):1550-1552

Choi, Jay-Chol Professor

Major Stroke, Cerebrovascular diseases, CADASIL
office College of Engineering III, 124
Contact064)754-3937/+82-64-754-3937
E-mail iguazu@cheju.ac.kr, iguazzu@hanmail.net
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	Korea University, College of Medicine 1989 - 1995 MD 1995 Korea University 1996 - 1999 MS 1999 (Majoring in Neuroscience) Korea University 1999 - 2004 PhD 2008 (Majoring in Neuroscience)
Major career	Neurology (Vascular neurology) fellowship in Korea University Hospital
main paper	1. Choi JC, Lee JS, Kang SY, Kang JH, Bae JM. Family history and risk for ischemic stroke: Sibling history is more strongly correlated with the disease than parental history. J Neurol Sci. 2009 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print] 2. Choi JC, Lee JS, Kang SY, Kang JH, Bae JM, Lee DH. Limitation of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in assessing the risk of stroke: importance of instantaneous blood pressure. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2009;27(5):417-25. 3. Choi JC, Lee JS, Kang SY, Kang JH, Bae JM. Chronic daily headache with analgesics overuse in professional women breath-hold divers. Headache. 2008;48:1037-43 4. Oh JH, Lee JS, Kang SY, Kang JH, Choi JC. Aspirin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient with CADASIL. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2008 ;110(4):384-6. 5. Choi JC, Kang SY, Kang JH, Ko YJ, Bae JM. Are in-hospital delays important obstacles in thrombolytic therapy following acute ischemic stroke. Journal of Clinical Neurology. 2007;3(2):71-8 6. Choi JC, Kang SY, Kang JH, Park JK. Intracerebral hemorrhages in CADASIL. Neurology. 2006;67:2042-44.

Lee, Jung-Seok Professor

Major
neurodegerative disease
office 2614 jeju National University Hospital
Contact064)717-1533/+82-64-717-1533
E-mail nrlee71@yahoo.co.kr
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	Chung-Ang University School of Medicine
Major career	Intern, National Medical Center Fellow, Neurology, Bundang Seoul National University Hospital Former Director, Seoul National University Hospital Full-time Lecturer, School of Medicine/College of Medicine, Jeju National University
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Jung-Hwan Oh Associate Professor

Major
sleep medicine, epilepsy
office 3448, JNUH
Contact064-717-1320/+82-64-717-1320
E-mail oh.junghwan77@gmail.com, du-mail@hanmail.net
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	March 1998-February 2004 Jeju National University, College of Medicine, Jeju, Republic of Korea M.D. course March, 2004 M.D degree March 2007-August 2013 Jeju National University, College of Medicine, Jeju, Republic of Korea M.S degree
Major career	March 2004 -February 2005: Internship, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea March 2005 -February 2009: Residency, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea May 2012 -August 2013: Clinical fellowship, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea September 2013-February 2015: Clinical assistant professor, Department of Neurology, Jeju National University Hospital,Jeju, Republic of Korea March 2015- : Assistant professor, Department of Neurology, School of medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea
main paper	1. Oh JH, Kim HJ, Jwa SJ, Song SK, Lee JS, Choi JC, Kang JH, Kang SY: Diagnostic Sensitivity and Specificity of Residual Latency and Terminal Latency Index in the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. J Korean Neurol Assoc 2015, 33(3):168-172. 2. Oh JH, Kang SY: Spinal Schwannoma Presenting as Intratumoral Hemorrhage during Anticoagulation Therapy. J Neurocrit Care 2015, 8(2):133-135. 3. Oh JH, Jwa SJ, Yang TK, Lee CS, Oh K, Kang JH: Intracranial Vasospasm without Intracranial Hemorrhage due to Acute Spontaneous Spinal Subdural Hematoma. Experimental neurobiology 2015, 24(4):366-370. 4. Kim HJ, Kang CH, Oh JH, Kang SY: Arg460Cys Mutation in SPAST Gene in Patients with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. J Korean Neurol Assoc 2015, 33(4):321-323. 5. Kang SY, Oh JH, Song SK, Lee JS, Choi JC, Kang JH: Both binding and blocking antibodies correlate with disease severity in myasthenia gravis. Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology 2015, 36(7):1167-1171. 6. Kang CH, Kim HJ, Oh JH, Kang SY: Myasthenia Gravis Presenting with Facial Diplegia without Ocular Muscle Involvement. Korean J Clin Neurophysiol 2015, 17(1):35-37. 7. Oh JH, Song SK, Lee JS, Choi JC, Kang SY, Kang JH: Lying-down nystagmus and head-bending nystagmus in horizontal semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: are they useful for lateralization? BMC ophthalmology 2014, 14:136. 8. Oh JH, Lee HS, Cha DM, Kang SY: Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy Type VI with Bilateral Middle Cerebellar Peduncle Involvement. Experimental neurobiology 2014, 23(3):266-269. 9. Oh JH, Jwa SJ, Lee JS, Song SK, Kang SY, Kang JH: Fatal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage after Spontaneous Recanalization of Basilar Artery Embolism: Case Report. J Med Life Sc 2013, 10(2):175-178. 10. Noh Y, Hong ST, Yun JY, Park HK, Oh JH, Kim YE, Jeon BS: Meningitis by Toxocara canis after ingestion of raw ostrich liver. Journal of Korean medical science 2012, 27(9):1105-1108. 11. Oh JH, Choi JC: Aspirin-Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Risk Factors and Management. Eur Neurol J 2011, 3(1):40-45. 12. Kang SY, Oh JH, Kang JH, Choi JC, Lee JS: Nerve conduction studies in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. Journal of neurology 2009, 256(10):1724-1727. 13. Oh JH, Lee JY, Lee JS, Choi JC, Kang JH, Kang SY: Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy Diagnosed in an Adolescent Period. J Korean Neurol Assoc 2008, 26(4):383-386. 14. Oh JH, Lee JS, Kang SY, Kang JH, Choi JC: Aspirin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient with CADASIL. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2008, 110(4):384-386. 15. Kim HK, Oh JH, Choi JC, Kang SY: The lumbosacral plexopathy caused by herpes zoster. J Korean Society for Clinical Neurophysiology 2007, 9(1):16-18.