Profile of Dr. Young-cheol Park, MD

Current Position:

• Director of Global Ubal Eye Center

• Visiting Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Gil Hospital, Gachon University

Former Positions:

• Fellow/Clinical Professor, Department of Retina, Kim Eye Hospital, Konyang University

Academic Memberships:

• Regular Member of the Korean Ophthalmological Society (KOS)

• Regular Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

• Full Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS)

• Full Member of the Korean External Eye Society (KEEDS)

• Regular Member of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (KSCRS)

• Regular Member of the Korean Uveological Society

• Member of the Korean Retina Society

• Regular Member of the Korean Optometry Society

• Regular Member of the Korean Contact Lens Research Association

• Regular Member of the Korean Society of Nutritional Medicine

Specializations:

• Lucid RGP & Ortho-K lens expert

• Retinal/vitreous intraocular injection/laser treatment, vitrectomy

• Cataract/Presbyopia correction surgery

• Glaucoma valve implantation

• Laser surgery, LASIK/LASEK surgery

• Dream Lens/RGP lenses treatment

• Strabismus/Amblyopia treatment

Research Interests & Thesis:

• A case of vitreous sarcoma cured by intravitreal triamcinolone injection

• Effect of oxidative stress on the expression of gelatinase in cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells