Dr. Kyu Hwan Jung Consultant Otolaryngology
Years of Experience : 21
Nationality : South Korea
Languages Known : English, Korean
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Dr. Kyu Hwan Jung is a Korean board-certified consultant ENT surgeon and an expert in Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He performs all aspects of ENT surgeries, including complex ear diseases, nasal obstruction or snoring, and head and neck masses. Dr. Kyu Hwan Jung has 21 years of experience as an ENT surgeon. He completed his MD at Seoul National University in South Korea and then obtained his Korean ENT Specialist certification at Seoul Samsung Medical Center (SMC). He finished a four-year residency program and a two-year Otology-Neurotology Clinical Fellowship at SMC. As part of his training and research program, he conducted hearing research at the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington in the USA, as a research scientist under Professor J. T. Rubinstein, MD, PhD. He was particularly involved in cochlear implant advanced signal processing and psychoacoustic research. To further his interest in hearing research, he spent a year as a research scholar at the University of Iowa Speech and Hearing Center in the USA, working under Professor Ruth Bentler, PhD, focusing on hearing-aid signal processing research. Dr. Kyu has performed more than 1,200 diverse ENT surgeries, including complicated tympanomastoidectomy, ossicular reconstruction, hearing restoration surgeries such as stapedotomy, and cholesteatoma surgery. He has also conducted septorhinoplasty for difficult cases of nasal breathing and pediatric surgeries for adenoid and tonsil issues, as well as chronic middle ear effusion. Additionally, he has experience in head and neck surgeries, particularly for the salivary glands, thyroid, and upper airway obstruction.
Awards & Achievements
- Best Research Presentation Award, Korean ORL-HNS Society Congress in Autumn 2005.
- Reviewer and Editor, Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
- Reviewer, Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology.
- Research Scholar, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington WA, USA.
- Research Scholar, University of Iowa, Speech and Hearing Center IA, USA.
Research & Publications
- Jung KH, Won JH, Drennan WR, Jameyson E, Miyasaki G, Norton SJ, Rubinstein JT. Psychoacoustic performance and music and speech perception in prelingually deafened children with cochlear implants. Audiol Neurootol. 2012;17(3):189-97.
- Jung KH, Kim YW, So YK, Choi SI, Baek MJ. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor involving the ear lobule. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2012 Dec;39(6):631-3.
- Jung KH, Cho YS, Hong SH, Chung WH, Lee GJ, Hong SD. Quality-of-life assessment after primary and revision ear surgery using the Chronic Ear Survey. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Apr;136(4):358-65.
- Jung KH, Cho YS, Cho JK, Park GY, Kim EY, Hong SH, Chung WH, Won JH, Rubinstein JT. Clinical assessment of music perception in Korean cochlear implant listeners. Acta Otolaryngol. 2010 Jun;130(6):716-23.
- Kim CH, Chung KW, Kong DS, Nam DH, Park K, Kim JH, Hong SH, Cho YS, Chung WH, Lee JI. Prognostic factors for hearing preservation after gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Feb;17(2):214-8.
Expertise
- Head & Neck surgery including thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
- Refractory nasal Obstruction.
- Recurrent Sinus diseases.
- voice change and laryngeal microsurgery.
- Endoscopic myringotomy with ventilation tube insertion.
Membership
- Fellow of Middle East Academy of ORL-HNS.
- Member of Korean Medical Association.
- Member of Korean Society of ORL-HNS.
- Member of Korean Otological Society.
- Member of Korean Audiological Society.
- Member of Korean Balance Society.
- Member of Korean Rhinologic Society.
- Member of Korean Society of Head and Neck surgery.
Blogs
Why Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery is Crucial | Burjeel Hospital
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