Jun Hwan Yoo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Korea
E-mail: jhyoo@cha.ac.kr
Research Focus: Intestinal fibrosis, Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), intestinal organoid, mesenchymal stem cells
Education
1996. 03 – 2002. 02 M.D. in Medicine, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Korea
2005. 03 – 2007. 02 M.S. in Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Korea
2015. 03 – 2017. 08 PhD. in Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Korea
2002. 03 – 2003. 02 Internship, Ajou University Hospital, Korea
2003. 03 – 2007. 02 Residency, Department of Internal Medicine, Ajou University Hospital, Korea
2007. 03 – 2008. 04 Public health doctor, Incheon Medical Center, Korea
2008. 05 – 2010. 04 Epidemiologic Investigation Service officer, Incheon Metropolitan City Hall, Incheon, Korea
2010. 05 – 2014. 08 Clinical fellowship, Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University Hospital, Korea
2012. 07 – 2013. 11 Postdoctoral scholar, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA (PI: Charalabos Pothoulakis and Hon Wai Koon)
2013. 09 - 2013. 09 Visiting researcher, Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA (PI: Claudio Fiocchi)
2013. 12 – 2014. 06 Visiting assistant researcher, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA (PI: Charalabos Pothoulakis and Hon Wai Koon)
2014. 09 – 2020. 02 Assistant professor, Division of Gastroenterology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Korea
2017. 08 – 2019. 07 Visiting Scientist, Hopkins Center for Epithelial Disorders, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA (PI: Mark Donowitz)
2020. 03 – present Associate professor, Division of Gastroenterology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Korea
2023. 09 – present Chief, Endoscopy Center, Division of Gastroenterology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Korea
2025. 03 – present Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Korea
Certificates
Korean Medical Licensure
Korean Board of Internal Medicine
Korean Board of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Korean Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Honors and Awards
2022 Most Cited Paper Award
Intestinal research, IMKASID 2022, May 12-14, 2022, BUSAN, KOREA
2016 Young Investigator Award, Best Poster Award
Seoul International Digestive Disease Symposium 2016 (SIDDS), Nov 25, Seoul, Korea
2015 Travel grant award
8th International Gastrointestinal Consensus Symposium (IGICS), Feb 14, Japan
2012 Postdoctoral funding award, Faculty cultivation program, Ajou University Hospital, Korea
2010 Poster of Distinction
60th Korean Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Congress, Nov 26, Seoul, Korea
2009 Minister Award
Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare
Memberships in Societies
The Korean Medical Association
The Korean Association of Internal Medicine
The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The Korean Society of Gastroenterology
The Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
Scientific committee (2021-2023)
Information Committee (2023-2025)
Research Committee (2023-present)
The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility