Education

• 2004.02

  Doctor of Medicine : Inha University

• 2002.02

  Master of Medicine : Yonsei University

• 1993.02

  Bachelor of Medicine : Yonsei University

Career

• 2022.12 ~ present

  Cheif of Translational Research Center, Inha University Hospital

• 2022.02 ~ present

  Department Chair of Urology, Inha University Hospital

• 2013.09 ~ present

  Professor in Urology, Inha University Hospital

• 2008.03 ~ present

  Executive Director of The Korean Urological Association

• 2007.01 ~ present

  Ethics and Compliance Directror, Korean Soceity of Sexual Medicine and Andrology

• 2019.08 ~ 2021.07

  Director of Industry-Acadmic Research Institute Collaboration Bio-Medical Research

• 2008.01 ~ 2013.08

  Associate Professor in Urology, Inha University Hospital

• 2008.03 ~ 2010.02

  Executive Director of Korean Soceity of Sexual Medicine and Andrology

• 2001.05 ~ 2002.02

  Fellow, Inha University Hospital

• 1994.03 ~ 1998.02

  Resident, Severance Hospital

• 1993.03 ~ 1994.02

  Intern, Severance Hospital

Professional Activities

Honors

Research & Publications

• 2010

  Transforming Growth Factor-β Type I Receptor Kinase (ALK5) Inhibitor Alleviates Fibrosis in Fibroblasts Derived from Peyronie’s Plaque

• 2010

  A Mouse Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury-Induced Erectile Dysfunction: Functional and Morphological Characterization of the Corpus Cavernosum. J Sex Med

• 2010

  Intracavernous delivery of synthetic angiopoietin-1 protein as a novel therapeutic strategy for erectile dysfunction in the type II diabetic db/db mouse

• 2010

  Increased Cavernous Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and Activation of the Smad Signaling Pathway Affects Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Spinal Cord Injury

• 2009

  IN-1130, a novel transforming growth factor-β type I receptor kinase (ALK5) inhibitor, promotes regression of fibrotic plaque and corrects penile curvature in a rat model of Peyronie’s disease

• 2009

  Derangement in endothelial cell-to-cell junctions involve in the pathogenesis of hypercholesterolemia-induced erectile dysfunction

• 2009

  Functional and morphologic characterizations of the diabetic mouse corpus cavernosum: Comparison of a multiple low-dose and a single high-dose streptozotocin protocols

• 2008

  Efficient gene expression system using the RTP801 promoter in the corpus cavernosum of high-cholesterol diet-induced erectile dysfunction rats for gene therapy

• 2008

  Role of increased penile expression of  transforming growth factor-β1 and activation of the smad signaling pathway in erectile dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

• 2007

  Repeated intratunical injection of adenovirus expressing transforming growth factor-β1 in a rat induces penile curvature with tunical fibrotic plaque: a useful model for the study of Peyronie’s disease