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45th Annual Convention & Scientific Program

Korean American Medical Association (KAMA)

Friday, July 19th, 2019
 
07:00

Registration & Information Desk  
              
07:55

Welcome Remarks

James Park, MD, President of KAMA

08:00–08:45

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine: Now and Future
Moderator: Joo Heung Yoon, MD

Artificial Intelligence in medicine, history and current applications - focused on critical care medicine:                                         
Joo Heung Yoon, MD Instructor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Artificial Intelligence and evidence-based medicine:   
Joong-Heum Park, MD   Department of Bioinformatics, Columbia University


08:45–09:45

Advances in Management of Dermatologic Malignancy
Moderators: Jennifer Choi, MD and Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD

Improving care with patient-reported outcome measures in dermatologic surgery: 
Erica Lee, MD, Associate Director, Mohs Micrographic and Dermatologic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center


Personalized medicine for dermatology              
Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Biochemistry   Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine


Interesting dermatologic reactions due to cancer therapies
Jennifer Choi, MD, Chief of Onco-dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

09:45-10:00 

Updates on KAMA and AMA Membership
John Yun, MD, Member of the Board of Directors, KAMA
                                
10:00 – 10:15 Murray Hill Suite

Coffee Break
 
10:15-11:15

New treatment modalities in cancer treatment (Medical Oncology)
Moderators: 
William Oh, MD, Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hyunseok Kang, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

Cellular therapy in cancer treatment         
Jae H Park, MD, Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 


Immunotherapy in cancer treatment        
Taewoong Choi, MD, Medical Instructor, Duke University School of Medicine


Precision oncology: targeting genomic alteration
Joseph W Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University Medical School
 
11:15-12:15     

Advances in Surgical Oncology                    
Moderator: Dennis Chi, MD, FACOG, FACS   Ronald O. Perelman Chair in Gynecologic Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

Advances in the surgical treatment of invasive bladder cancer:
Eugene Cha, MD, Assistant Attending Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center


Advances in surgical approach to colorectal Cancer:      
Alex Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center


Advances in surgical approach to gastric Cancer:  
Yanghee Woo, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, City of Hope

12:20-13:10 Nassau Suite

Lunch (Non-CME Education Program)

13:15–14:45

Women in Medicine
Moderator: Michelle Kim, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical School

  • Mary E. Choi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Amanda, Rhee, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical School

  • Linda Lee, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

  • Yanghee Woo, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, City of Hope

14:45-15:00 Murray Hill Suite

Coffee Break
 
15:00-16:45  

Advances in Medicine in Korea: 
Moderator: Sung Wu Sun, MD, Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New surgical robotics 2019                    
Koon Ho Rha, MD, Ph.D., FACS, Professor of Urology, 
Director, Yonsei Robotic Training Center, Yonsei University Medical College


Application of 3D printing in orthopedics

Min Wook Joo, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Catholic Medical College (Seoul)


Treatment of lymphedema with super-micro-surgery      
Hyunsuk Peter Suh, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Ulsan Medical College, Asan Medical Center 

 

Development of hospital medicine in Korea        
Jennifer I. Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Hansung Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Yonsei Medical College


 
17:00-18:00

KHIDI Program (Non-CME)
Care of international patients and the roles of the International Health Section in Tertiary Korean Medical Centers                    
Joong Haeng Choh, MD, Director of International Health Care Center, 
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital


18:00-19:00 Herb's n Kitchen

Presidential Reception 
 

 
Saturday, July 20th, 2019
 
07:00 -18:00

Registration & Information Desk              
 
07:00-07:45

Breakfast (non-CME Education Program)

07:45-08:00 

Break
 
08:00-09:00

Dr. Waun Ki Hong Memorial Symposium

Advances in surgical treatment of lung cancer             
Bernard Park, MD, Attending Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

Prostate cancer in an era of precision medicine          
William Oh, MD, Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 
09:00-10:00

Liver Disease in Korean Americans: Future is Now
Moderator: W Ray Kim, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Medicine, Stanford University


Management of chronic hepatitis B in Korean Americans:
Albert Min, MD, Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

 

Hepatocellular carcinoma: Tailored care for Korean Americans
MinSig Choi, MD, Director, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
 
10:00 – 10:30 Murray Hill Suite

Coffee Break and Poster Session
 
10:30-11:15

Keynote Speech:

Physician Leadership and the Urgency of the Moment in Medicine 

Patrice Harris, MD

President American Medical Association
                             
11:15-12:00

Oh Chang Yul Award lecture: Predicting the Future: Has artificial intelligence delivered on precision medicine?
Dr. W Ray Kim, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 
Department of Medicine, Stanford University
 
12:00-12:15

Break
                   
12:15-13:30

Lunch Non-CME Education
 
13:30-13:45

Break


13:45-15:15    

Leaders’ Forum: Recognizing the Influential Korean American Physician Leaders


Education:                        

Augustine M.K. Choi, MD, Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine, Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University


Clinical Services:               

W Ray Kim, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Medicine, Stanford University
 

Research:                          

Mary E.Choi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine


Entrepreneurship:            

Richard Park, MD, Chief Executive Officer, CityMD


Administration:

Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital


Innovation:                              

Samuel Ahn, MD, FACS, Founder and CEO of  Ahn Surgical Innovation, LLC


15:15-15:45

Coffee Break and Poster Session
 
15:45-17:00        

Improving Patient Care with Technology and Science
Moderator: Sung Wu Sun, MD, FACP, Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center


Use of routine healthcare database to generate evidence to inform medical therapy in older adults with frailty          
Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School    

 
Driverless Cars and Passenger Drones: Transportation for older Americans in the 21st century                               

Theodore Suh, MD, Ph.D., MHS, AGSF, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School


The Identification of novel antibodies for different phenotypes of demyelinating disease: how demyelinating disease in many Asians may prove to be distinct from 'traditional' multiple sclerosis                             
Edward Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University
                
 
18:00 - 22:00      

Gala Dinner


Sunday, July 21st, 2019
  
07:00-12:00

Registration & Information Desk  

              

7:00-8:00

Breakfast Non-CME Education


8:00 - 9:00

KAMRAF meeting


9:00 - 10:00

KAMRAF/KAMSA Award Ceremony


10:00 - 11:15

Joint KAMRAF and KAMSA Speakers session


1.    David Hong MD, North Korea Outreach, Stanford Pediatric Neurosurgery
2.    Hyunseok Kim MD/MPH, NIH/academic grants, Baylor GI Fellow-1
3.    Joseph Lee MD, Policy and Advocacy, UChicago Pediatrics PGY-4
4.    Jang Won Yoon MD, CEO/Founder MedCyclops, UPenn Neurosurgery


11:15-12:00

Joint KAMRAF and KAMSA Mentorship session


12:00 

KAMA 2019 Convention Adjourn

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