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South Korean medical professor

Jin-Suck Suh
Born Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korean
Alma mater Yonsei University (MD) & Ajou University (PhD)
Awards Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea (2007)[1]Award At Science Yonsei University (2007)Gey-Hyun Scholar Award, Yonsei Medical College (2008)Avison Distinguished Professor (2011)
Scientific career
Fields Department of Medicine
Institutions Yonsei University
Doctoral advisor Suh Jung-ho
Suh Jin-suck
Hangul 서진석
Revised Romanization Seo Jin-seok
McCune–Reischauer Sŏ Chinsŏk

Jin-Suck Suh is a South Korean medical professor. He graduated with MD from Yonsei University in 1979. He received PhD in 1999 from Ajou University. He is the Avison Distinguished Professor, 2011 at Yonsei University. Suh is a director as well as a principal investigator in imaging development projects of medical convergence research institute at Yonsei University.

Suh graduated with MD from Yonsei University in 1979. He received PhD in 1999 from Ajou University. His PhD thesis has focused on metal induced MR imaging artifacts. Suh took the residency 4-years training and 2 years fellowship in department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University.

Suh's subspecialty is the imaging for the musculoskeletal diseases and he continued to study on the MR contrast agent (iron oxide nanoparticles) development since 1996 and MR perfusion and molecular imaging. He proved the concept of targeted cancer molecular imaging using high sensitive antibody conjugated magnetic nanoparticle agents. He could improve the sensitivity for the detection of a tumor of very small size and then revealed the possibility of personalized therapy. For this work he was awarded South Korea's highest scientific technical award in 2007. He has been working as Avison Distinguished Professor, 2011 in Yonsei University. Suh is a director as well as a principal investigator in imaging development projects of medical convergence research institute in Yonsei university and Korea's Frontier Research Scientist, named by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) 2011,

  1. ^ "권욱현 교수, 대한민국최고과학기술인상 수상". Epetimes (in Korean). 22 April 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2023.