Jang Jaechil of Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital to Become Korean Neurosurgical Society Chairman
Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital announced on October 26 that neurosurgery professor Jang Jaechil will take office as chairman of the Korean Neurosurgical Society on November 1. His two-year term will run through the end of October 2028.
Jang, the incoming chairman, graduated from Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine and earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Soonchunhyang University. He also completed training at the Johns Hopkins University Cancer Center and the Spine and Peripheral Nerve Center at Stanford University, both in the United States. He has served as membership director, secretary-general and insurance director of the Korean Neurosurgical Society; auditor of the Korean Neurosurgical Research Foundation; secretary-general of the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society; and president of the Korean Society of Peripheral Nerve.
Founded in 1961, the Korean Neurosurgical Society currently has more than 3,500 members leading world-class academic activities in a range of fields through 13 subspecialty societies, eight regional chapters and five research groups.
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"I feel the weight of this responsibility as I take on the demanding role of chairman at a difficult time," Jang said. "I will do my utmost to advance the society's eight policy goals: introducing public-policy reimbursement rates for severe emergency conditions; securing government support for fellows in essential medical care; establishing a dedicated neurocritical care system; reflecting the severity of spinal surgery in reimbursement rates; improving standby on-call reimbursement rates and systems; promoting early dementia diagnosis and multidisciplinary collaboration; strengthening cooperation in neurosurgical care across medical institution types; and establishing legal protections for medical accidents."
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