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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

Chung YN Professor

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Pediatric Neurosurgery Neurotrauma Peripheral Nerve Disease Neuropatic pain
office School of Medicine B 307
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Career and thesis
Education	ChungBuk National University, Medical School ChungBuk National University, Graduate of Medical School : Master of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine
Major career	2012~ Present Jeju National University, Associate professor 2010~2012 Jeju National University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Associate Professor & Fund Associate Professor 2007 Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Doctor 2004~2007 Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Assistant Professor 2003~2004 Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Assistant Professor 2001~2003 Seoul National University, Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Fellowship 1995~2000 ChungBuk National University Hospital, Intern & Resident of Department of Neurosurgery
main paper	A Case of Acute Severe Transient Thrombocytopenia Immedicately after Cranioplasty Using an Artificial Dura Mater. Chung YN. The Korean Society of Blood Transfusion 2016 Dec;27(3):296-303 Acute Cervical Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma Presenting with Minimal Neurological Deficits: A Case Report. Huh J, Kwak HY, Chung YN, Park SK, Choi YS. Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Aug 27;6(5):e40067. Epidemiologic Impact of Rapid Industrialization on Head Injury Based on Traffic Accident Statistics in Korea. Kim DH, Chung YN, Park YS, Min KS, Lee MS, Kim YG. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2016 Mar;59(2):149-53. A Clinical Experience of Massive Transfusion in a Patient with Cardiac Arrest Resulting from Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture. Chung YN, Kim SY, Choi YS The Korean Society of Blood Transfusion 2015 Apr;26(1):70-4 Expression of neuronal antigens and related ventral and dorsal proteins in the normal spinal cord and a surgically induced open neural tube defect of the spine in chick embryos: an immunohistochemical study. Lee DH, Phi JH, Chung YN, Lee YJ, Kim SK, Cho BK, Kim DW, Park MS, Wang KC. Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 May;26(5):627-36. Effects of human neural stem cell transplantation in canine spinal cord hemisection. Lee SH, Chung YN, Kim YH, Kim YJ, Park JP, Kwon DK, Kwon OS, Heo JH, Kim YH, Ryu S, Kang HJ, Paek SH, Wang KC, Kim SU, Yoon BW. Neurol Res. 2009 Nov;31(9):996-1002. Expression of neuronal markers in the secondary neurulation of chick embryos. Chung YN, Lee DH, Yang HJ, Kim SK, Lee YJ, Lee MS, Cho BK, Kim DH, Wang KC. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008 Jan;24(1):105-10. Enhancement of re-closure capacity by the intra-amniotic injection of human embryonic stem cells in surgically induced spinal open neural tube defects in chick embryos. Lee DH, Park S, Kim EY, Kim SK, Chung YN, Cho BK, Lee YJ, Lim J, Wang KC. Neurosci Lett. 2004 Jul 1;364(2):98-100. Primary intracranial atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in a child: a case report. Chung YN, Wang KC, Shin SH, Kim N, Chi JG, Min KS, Cho BK. J Korean Med Sci. 2002 Oct;17(5):723-6. Skin graft on the surgically induced spinal open neural tube defects does not induce lipomatous malformation but enhances re-closure to the normal state in chick embryos. Chung YN, Li YC, Kim SK, Cho BK, Wang KC. Neurosci Lett. 2002 Aug 23;329(1):5-8.

Huh, Ji-Soon Professor

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Spinal surgery in the field of neurosurgery
office 3621 jeju National University Hospital
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	1996 B.S. School of medicine, Ajou university 1998 M.S. School of medicine, Ajou university 2000 Ph. D.　School of medicine, Ajou university
Major career	1996　License of medical doctor 2001 License of national board of neurosurgery 2004 Spine fellow in neurosurgical department of Ajou university hospital 2006 Full-time instructor in School of medicine, Cheju national university 2008 Assistant professor in School of medicine, Cheju national university 2008 Chairman of intensive care unit in cheju national university hospital
main paper	1. Prediction of Histologic Grade and Multidrug Resistance of Brain Tumors using Brain SPECT, 1998, 석사논문. 2. PEEK(Polyetheretherketone) Cage with Local Bone Graft for Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion in Degenerative Cervical Disc Disease. Sung Won Kang, Ki Hong Cho, Ji Soon Huh, Young Hwan Ahn, Soo Han Yoon, Kyung Gi Cho. Korean neurosurgical spine surgery 2004 1(4):430-6. 3. Teratoma in human tail lipoma. Park SH, Huh JS, Cho KH, Shin YS, Kim SH, Ahn YH, Cho KG, Yoon SH. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2005 May-Jun;41(3):158-61. 4. Successful reduction for a pediatric chronic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation(Grisel syndrome) with long-term halter traction: case report. Park SW, Cho KH, Shin YS, Kim SH, Ahn YH, Cho KG, Huh JS, Yoon SH. Spine. 2005 Aug 1;30(15):E444-9. 5. Helmetlike skull deformity with a large arachnoid cyst. Park SW, Cho KH, Shin YS, Kim SH, Ahn YH, Cho KG, Huh JS, Yoon SH. Surg Neurol. 2006 Jan;65(1):95-8; discussion 98. 6. Dorsal Short-Segment Fixation for Unstable Thoracolumbar Junction Fractures. Kwan Sik Kim, Sung Han Oh, Ji Soon Huh, Jae Sub Noh, Bong Sub Chung. Journal of korean neurological surgery 2006 Oct;40;249-55. 7. Lateral ventricular diverticulum extending into supracerebellar cistern fromunilateral obstruction of the foramen of monro in a neonate. Huh JS, Hwang YS, Yoon SH, Cho KH, Shin YS. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(2):115-20. 8. Probable Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus after Drainage of a Chronic Subdural Hematoma in a Patient with Moyamoya Disease. Chang Sub Lee, Ji Soon Huh, Ki Bum Sim, Jay Chol Choi. Journal of korean neurological surgery 2007 June;41;414-7. 9. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the sphenoid sinus presenting as isolated oculomotornerve palsy. Park YM, Cho JH, Cho JY, Huh JS, Ahn JY. World J Surg Oncol. 2007 Aug 3;5:86. 10. Thunderclap headache as initial manifestation of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Cho JH, Ahn JY, Byeon SH, Huh JS. Headache. 2008 Jan;48(1):153-5. Epub 2007 Sep 12. 11. Leo stent-assisted coil embolization of a giant middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Ahn JY, Hong CK, Suh SH, Cho JH, Shim YS, Huh JS. J Neuroimaging. 2008 Jul;18(3):332-5.

Rhim Jong-kook Professor

Major Neurovascular surgery & Neurointervention
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	2001 M.D. Wonkwang university 2012 M.M.Sc. Ajou university 2020 Ph.D. Jeju national university
Major career	2007-2014 Staff, Neurosurgery and Neurointervention, Daejin Medical Center, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital 2016-2017 Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery, Jeju National University Hospital 2018-2019 Head, Neurovascular Center, Jeju National University Hospital 2018-2023 Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, National University Hospital 2024-current Professor, Neurosurgery, National University Hospital
main paper	1. Kim HC, Rhim JK, Ahn JH, Park JJ, Moon JU, Hong EP, Kim MR, Kim SG, Lee SH, Jeong JH, Choi SW, Jeon JP. Machine Learning Application for Rupture Risk Assessment in Small-Sized Intracranial Aneurysm. J Clin Med. 2019 May 15;8(5):683. doi: 10.3390/jcm8050683. 2. Rhim JK, Cho YD, Yoo DH, Kang HS, Cho WS, Kim JE, Cho MJ, Hwang G, Kwon OK, Han MH. Endovascular Treatment of Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Therapeutic Strategy and Follow-Up Outcomes.Korean J Radiol. 2018 Mar-Apr;19(2):334-341. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2018.19.2.334. Epub 2018 Feb 22.PMID: 29520192 3. Rhim JK, Cho YD, Jeon JP, Yoo DH, Cho WS, Kang HS, Kim JE, Han MH. Ruptured Aneurysms of Collateral Vessels in Adult Onset Moyamoya Disease with Hemorrhagic Presentation. Clin Neuroradiol. 2016 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] 4. Rhim JK, Jeon JP, Park JJ, Choi HJ, Cho YD, Sheen SH, Jang KS. Prediction of Prolonged Hemodynamic Instability During Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting. Neurointervention. 2016 Sep;11(2):120-6. doi: 10.5469/neuroint.2016.11.2.120. Epub 2016 Sep 3.PMID: 27621949 5. Rhim JK, Cho YD, Park JJ, Jeon JP, Kang HS, Kim HS, Kim JE, Cho WS, Han MH, Endovascular Treatment of Cavernous Sinus Dural Arterioveous Fistula With Ipsilateral Inferior Petrosal Sinus Occlusion: A Single-Center Experience, Neurosurgery, 2015 Aug;77(2):192-9 6. Kim TK, Rhim JK, Lee CJ, Oh SH, Lee CJ, Chung BS, The Limitations of Thrombectomy with Solitaire AB as First-line Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke, J Cerebrovasc Endovasc Neurosurg, 2012 September;14(3):203-209 7. Lee HG, Rhim JK, Kim YH, Sheen SH, Oh SH, Chung BS, The Comparison of Outcome between Thromboaspiration and Aggressive Mechanical Clot Disruption in Treating Hyperacute Stroke Patients, J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2011;50:311-316 8. Lee CH, Rhim JK, Oh SH, Noh JS, Chung BS. Intra-artererial thrombolysis for stroke with functionally important focal neurologic deficit. J Korean Soc Int Neurosurg. 2009 ;4(1);17-23 9. Rhim JK, Sheen SH, Oh SH, Noh JS, Chung BS. Aneurysm of the Posterior inferior cerebellar artery : clinical features and surgical results. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2005;37:399？404. 10. Rhim JK, Sheen SH, Noh JS, Chung BS. Pulmonary metastasis of malignant meningioma. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2004;35:533？535.

Endowment Professor

Major Brain Tumor, Endoscopic Brain Surgery, Functional Neurosurgery
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	Doctor of Philosophy - Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology / Clinical Epidemiology Master of Sciences (Complete) - Seoul National University / Neuroscience Doctor of Medicine - Chonnam National University School of Medicine
Major career	Associate Professor / Neurosurgery / Jeju National University Hospital Assistant Professor / Neurosurgery / Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Clinical Fellow / Neurosurgery / Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Resident of Neurosurgey / Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
main paper	1. Kim T, Choi J, Park WJ, Cho S, Yoo Y, Kim H, Cho J, Joo JD, Oh CW. Validation of prediction algorithm for risk estimation of intracranial aneurysm development using real-world data. Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 5;13(1):14651. 2. Joo JD, Kim YH, Han JH, Choi BH, Koo JW, Kim CY. Prognostic Factors of Hearing Outcome in Untreated Vestibular Schwannomas: Implication of Subdivision of Their Growth by Volumetric Analysis. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;106:768-774. 3. Joo JD, Kim H, Kim YH, Han JH, Kim CY. Validation of the Effectiveness and Safety of Temozolomide During and after Radiotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastomas; a 10-year experience of single institution. J Korean Med Sci. 2015 Nov;30(11):1597-603. 4. Joo JD, Yoon SH, Kim KJ, Jahng TA, Kim HJ. Isolated abducens nerve palsy due to cerebrospinal fluid leakage following lumbar discectomy: a rare clinical entity. European Spine Journal. Eur Spine J. 2013 May;22 Suppl 3:S421-3. 5. Joo JD, Chang JH, Kim JH, Hong YK, Kim YH, Kim CY. Temozolomide during and after Radiotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastomas: A Prospective Multicenter Study of Korean Patients. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2012 Aug;52(2):92-7. 6. Joo JD, Han JH, Kim YH, Kim CY. The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting after microvascular decompression – J Korean Skull Base Soc 7 (2):13-18, 2012 7. Choi S, Park TH, Lee HJ, Kim TH, Joo JD, Huh J, Chung YN, Heo ST, Kim ET, Rhim JK. Subdural Empyema from Streptococcus suis Infection, South Korea. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Mar;30(3):616-619. 8. Lee W, Rhim JK, Joo JD, Huh JS, Sim KB, Chung YN. Ruptured Fusiform Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm in an Infant: Case Report and a Literature Review. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2023 Nov;66(6):743-747. 9. Yoo YJ, Hwang JM, Yang HK, Joo JD, Kim YH, Kim CY. Prognostic value of macular ganglion cell layer thickness for visual outcome in parasellar tumors. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jul 15;414:116823. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116823. Epub 2020 Apr 6. PMID: 32302803 10. Hwang K, Joo JD, Kim YH, Han JH, Oh CW, Yun CH, Park SH, Kim CY. Risk factors for preoperative and late postoperative seizures in primary supratentorial meningiomas. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2019 May;180:34-39. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.03.007. Epub 2019 Mar 11. PMID: 30889470 11. Hwang K, Kwon T, Park J, Joo JD, Han JH, Oh CW, Kim CY. Growth Pattern and Prognostic Factors of Untreated Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2019 Mar;62(2):256-262. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2018.0153. Epub 2019 Feb 27. PMID: 30840981 12. Jin J, Joo JD, Han JH, Yang HK, Hwang JM, Kim YJ, Kim IA, Kim CY. Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma: Preliminary Analysis of the Role of Radiation Therapy. Brain Tumor Res Treat. 2018 Apr;6(1):8-12. doi: 10.14791/btrt.2018.6.e2. Epub 2018 Apr 2. PMID: 29644809 13. Jin J, Hwang K, Joo JD, Han JH, Kim CY. Combination therapy of 7-O-succinyl macrolactin A tromethamine salt and temozolomide against experimental glioblastoma. Oncotarget. 2017 Dec 14;9(2):2140-2147. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23295. eCollection 2018 Jan 5. PMID: 29416760 14. Cho MJ, Joo JD, Kim IA, Han JH, Oh CW, Kim CY. The Role of Adjuvant Treatment in Patients with High-Grade Meningioma. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2017 Sep;60(5):527-533. 15. Jin J, Lee JE, Joo JD, Han JH, Park SY, Kim CY. Antitumor activity of 7-O-succinyl macrolactin A tromethamine salt in the mouse glioma model. Oncol Lett. 2017 May;13(5):3767-3773. 16. Kim CW, Joo JD, Kim YH, Han JH, Kim CY. Heath-Related Quality of Life in Brain Tumor Patients Treated with Surgery: Preliminary Result of a Single Institution. Brain Tumor Res Treat. 2016 Oct;4(2):87-93. 17. Cho MJ, Joo JD, Kim BH, Choe GY, Kim CY. Hypothalamic Extraventricular Neurocytoma (EVN) in a Pediatric Patient: A Case of EVN Treated with Subtotal Removal Followed by Adjuvant Radiotherapy. Brain Tumor Res Treat. 2016 Apr;4(1):35-9. 18. Kim CW, Hwang K, Joo JD, Kim YH, Han JH, Kim CY. Spontaneous Involution of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts without Visual Symptoms. Brain Tumor Res Treat. 2016 Oct;4(2):58-62. 19. Kim YH, Kim T, Joo JD, Han JH, Kim YJ, Kim IA, Yun CH, Kim CY. Survival benefit of levetiracetam in patients treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy with temozolomide for glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer 2015 May 14 20. Kim CY, Kim DG, Joo JD, Kim YH. Clinical outcome and quality of life after treatment of patients with central neurocytoma. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2015 Jan;26(1):83-90. 21. Hwang JY, Bang JS, Oh CW, Joo JD, Park SJ, Do SH, You YJ, Ryu JH. Effect of Scalp Blocks with Levobupivacaine on Recovery Profiles After Craniotomy for Aneurysm Clipping: A Randomized, Double-Blind, and Controlled Study. World Neurosurg, 2015 Jan;83(1):108-13. 22. Kim HS, Joo JD, Kim YH, Kim CY. Development of a small solid cerebellar haemangioblastoma into a large pseudocyst with a mural nodule in a patient without VHL; the importance of regular follow-up. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Nov 26;2014 pii: bcr2014207149. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-20714