Myongji Hospital names new president

Kim Hyung-soo

By Chung Hyun-chae

Myongji Hospital in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, promoted its Vice President Kim Hyung-soo to president, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday.

The promotion came immediately after hospital President Kim Sae-chul was named vice president for health sciences at Seonam University in Namwon, North Jeolla Province.

The hospital forged partnership ties with the university on Feb. 25.

Kim Sae-chul once served as president of Chung-Ang University Hospital. He graduated from Kyungpook National University School of Medicine.

“Myongji Hospital’s new president has served as vice president at the hospital for nine years and I believe he will make a new leap forward for the hospital,” Myongji Medical Foundation Chairman Lee Wang-jun said.

After graduating from the Medical College at Hanyang University, Kim Hyung-soo received his master’s degree and doctorate in medicine from the university.

He was also an orthopedics professor at Inha University Hospital and the Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine. He has served as vice president of Myongji Hospital since 2007.

The inauguration ceremony will be held at the hospital on July 8.

Established in 1987, Myongji Hospital has been striving to establish a high-tech medical system to lead the medical services sector.