Kyu Hyung Park, MD, is a Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Seoul National University, Korea. He is one of the leading scientists in medical and surgical retina, ocular genetic epidemiology in Korea. He published over 225 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and wrote many book chapter in ophthalmology. He serves as principal investigator on many clinical trials for age related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and retinal vein occlusion. He was a secretary general of Korean Ophthalmology Society, Korean Retina Society and is current Director of Scientific affair of Korean Retina Society.

His main research interests include pathogenesis, new diagnostic and new therapeutic tools for retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and rare retinal diseases. He has been collecting genetic, proteomic and epidemiologic data on age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy and rare genetic diseases, and analyze genetic and proteomic profiles of Korean to elucidate the genetic marker and potential biomarker of the diseases. Currently, he also takes in charge of ophthalmological investigation of Korean National Health and Nutritional Survey (KNHANES) to establish valuable epidemiologic data of ocular diseases including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

He has received numerous awards including the Scientific Achievement Award of Korean Retina Society, Service award of APAO and Minister Award of Health and Welfare Department of Korean Government.

Terms of Appointment: Jan 2020 - Dec 2021