BIOGRAPHYCAL SKETCH

BIOGRAPHYCAL SKETCH

Yun Sik Kwak

POSITION TITLE

Visiting Professor of Medical Informatics EDUCATION AND TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR FIELD OF STUDY Kyungpook National University School of

Medicine, Daegu, Korea M.D. 1961 Medicine

Albany Medical College of Union University,

Albany, NY Ph.D. 1972 Molecular Biology and Pathology Residency at Albany Medical Center,

Albany, NY 1975 Pathology (AP & CP)

A. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

1961-1964 2nd _{Lt (Flight Surgeon), Republic of Korea Air force}

1964-1969 Fellow and Instructor of biochemistry, Kyungpook Nat’l University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

1969-1969 Assistant Professor of biochemistry, Kyungpook Nat’l Univ Sch Med 1969-1975 Research Instructor of Pathology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 1975-1978 Assistant Professor of Pathology, Albany Medical College

1977-1979 Assistant professor of Pathology, Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

1979-1981 Associate Professor of Pathology, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

1981-1995 Assistant Professor of Pathology, Case Western Univ Sch Med

1994-1999 Professor and Chairman of Clinical pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

1999-2002 Professor and Founding Chairman of Medical Informatics, Kyungpook Nat’l Univ Sch Med

2002-Present Visiting Professor of Medical Informatics, Kyungpook Nat’l Univ Sch Med Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1973-1975 Chief Resident of Pathology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 1975-1977 Staff Pathologist at VA Hospital, Albany, NY

1977-1979 Chief, Clinical Pathology at VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 1979-1981 Chief, Pathology Service at VA Medical Center, Dayton, OH 1981-Present Fellow, American College of Pathologists

1981-1995 Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1983 Chairman, Laboratory Sharing Subcommittee, Task Force for Sharing VA Medical District 13

1986-1988 Chairman, Laboratory Cost Effectiveness Task force, VA MD 13

1986-1991 Consultant, VA Decentralized Hospital Computer Program(DHCP) Laboratory Special Interest User Group

1988-1992 Chairman, Technical Advisory Group on Transfer of Laboratory Specimens and Results, VA MD 13

1988-1990 Member, VA Department of Medicine and Surgery, Region 4 Planning Board

Information Management Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1989-1994 Clinical Coordinator, Decentralized Hospital Computer Program at Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

1990-1992 Director, VA National Reference Center for Cholesterol Standardization 1991-1993 Alternate Member, VHA DHCP Clinical Applications Requirements Group 1991-1995 Founding Member, VHA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service

Quality Assurance Expert Council

1992-1993 Advisor, NCCLS, Subcommittee on Matrix Effects 1992-1995 Member, VHA DHCP Laboratory Program, Expert Panel

1992-1995 Member, VHA DHCP Laboratory Program, Interface Expert Panel

1992-1995 Founding Director, VA National Center for Laboratory Accuracy and Standardization

1995-1999 Chief Information Officer, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon. Korea 1997-1998 Vice Chair, MedInfo98 Organizing Committee

1999-2002 Chief Information Officer, Kyungpook University Hospital, Daegu, Korea 2001-Present Chairman, HL7-Korea

2001-Present Deputy Regional Commissioner, CAP Far Eastern Civilian Laboratories 2003-Present President, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Informatics(APAMI) 2003-Present Chairman, APAMI Working Group Standards

2003-Present Representative of Asia Pacific Region, IMIA Board 2003-Present Chairman, ISO Technical Committee, Health Informatics 2004 President, Korean Society of Medical Informatics 2004-Present Member, Korean Standard Review Board

2004-2005 Chairman, Korean eHealth Planning Review Committee

2004-2005 Vice-Chair/Acting Chair, Korea Health and Biomedical Research Policy Review Committee

2006-Present Member, Korea Health and Biomedical Research Policy Review Committee

Honors

(Awards selected from 20 awards)

1986 Excellence of Service Recognition Award by the Department of Medicine Residents of the University Hospitals of Cleveland and VA Medical Center

1987&1989 Special Contribution Awards for a unique contribution to the mission (Acting Chief of Staff) of the VA Medical Center, Cleveland

1991 The US Army Commendation Medal, Third Oak Leaf Cluster 1994 The Third US Army Achievement Medal

1994 Department of Veterans Affairs Commendation for exceptional contribution in developing Regulations and Policies within the VA to implement Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment 1988

1994 Commendation for setting up Veterans Affairs Medical Center Clinical Chemistry Testing National Quality Assurance Policy-given by the National Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Central Office

1995 Commendation for establishing VA National Center for Laboratory Accuracy and Standardization-given by the Acting National Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Central Office

1995 Special Contribution Award for meritorious service to the VA System 1998 Special Contribution Award for meritorious service to the 9th World Congress of

Medical Informatics as the Vice Chair of Organizing Committee

1999 Special Contribution Award for the excellence of service in developing and implementing and integrated hospital information system in Ajou

B. Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications (In chronological order)

1. Kwak YS: Evolution of medical informatics, J Korean Med. Assoc., 38: 1068, 1995

2. Kwak YS, Jeon HS and Kim HS: Impact of implementation of LIS with Order Communication System to the clinical laboratory business, J Clin. Pathol. Quality Control, 18: S171, 1996 3. Jeon HS, Kwak YS, Cho H, Lee HR, Kim HS, Song SH and Han KH: Evaluation of efficiency

of computerized materiel management system in Ajou University Hospital by business process simulation (BPS), Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 189, 1996

4. Kwak YS, Jeon HS, Cho H and Kim HS: Laboratory test result reporting system for electronic medical record system, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 152, 1996

5. Jeon HS, Kwak YS and Choi YS: An additive effect of continuous quality improvement (CQI) activity to hospital information system in reducing laboratory test turn-around-time, Korean

J Med. Infor., 2: 9, 1996

6. Jeon HS, Kwak YS, Park IJ, Hyun BH, Diamond WD and Nguyen DT: Usefulness of a hematology diagnosis decision support system, FACULTY, in a university hospital laboratory, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 447, 1996

7. Jeon HS, Kwak YS, Cho H, Kim HS and Jang SY: The superiority of M-Technology for the hospital information system: II. Comparison of system performance between Ingres and Open M, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 502, 1996

8. Kwak YS, Jeon HS, Lee SM and Kim SW: Simulation modeling of impact of order communication system to clinic patient waiting time, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 465, 1996 9. Park JW, Kwak YS, Kim YS and Cho H: Study of hospital employee attitude toward hospital information system, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 379, 1996

10. Cho H, Kwak YS, Han KT and Kim YH: Development and implementation of hospital Materiel management system, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 357, 1996

11. Cho H, Kwak YS, Kim YK, Lee SJ and Suh JH: Development and implementation of the cost analysis system module as a part of integrated hospital information system, Korean J Med.

Infor.,2: 360, 1996

12. Kwak YS, Cho H and Kim DJ: Cost improvement of conversion of hospital information system from Ingres database management system to M-technology, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 469, 1996

13. Cho H, Kwak YS, Kim SJ and Bae IS: Implementation of group order entry system for Improving efficiency of human-computer interface, Korean J Med. Infor., 2: 472, 1996 14. Jeon HS, Kwak YS, Lee SM and Kim SW: Study of impact of hospital information system to

out-patient waiting time using simulation modeling, J Korean Hospital Association, 26: 16, 1997

15. Shin OH, Kwak YS, Chae YM and Kim JR: Effects of computerization of laboratory in terms of STAT test turnaround time and its utilization, Korean J Clin. Lab. Science, 29: 15, 16.Jeon HS, Kwak YS, Cho H and Kim HS: The superiority of M-Technology for the hospital

information system: III. Comparison of system performance between relational database management system and M-technology, Korean J Med. Infor., 4: 43, 1998

17.Lee JO, Kwak YS, Min WK, Choi JW and Cho HI: The analysis of mass physical screening using the concept of data warehousing: Data warehousing and mass screening, Korean J Med. Infor., 4: 111, 1998

18.Cho H, Kwak YS, Noh YS, Yang MO and Kim DJ: Toward clinical end-user computing: Programmable order protocols for efficient human computer interaction, Cesnik B, McCray AT and Scherrer-R eds, Proc. of the 9th World Congress on Medical Informatics, IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp 900-903,1998

19.Kwak YS, Jeon HS, Choi YS and Cho H: Study of user preference of Graphic User Interface in laboratory information system, Cesnik B, McCray AT and Scherrer J-R eds, Proc. of the 9th World Congress on Medical Informatics, IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp 904-906, 1998 20.Kwak YS, Cho H and Jeon HS: A favorable experience with M-Technology for the hospital

information system, Proceedings of the First China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Medical Informatics, p 161,Academy Press, Beijing, October, 1999

21.Kwak YS, Cho H, Woo SG and Kim BW: Experiences with a computerized hospital cost analysis system, Proceedings of APAMI-MIC 2000 Conference, Hong Kong, 2000

22.Cho H and Kwak YS: Medical Informatics education in medical school in Korea, Proceedings of APAMI-MIC 2000 Conference, Hong Kong, 2000

23.Kwak YS, Kim BW, Cho H, Woo SG, Yoo KT and Chung MS: Implementation of a computerized hospital equipment utilization review system, Korean J Med

Informatics,6(3):65-71, 2000

24.Kwak YS, Park HA and Cho H: Current status of health informatics standardization, Korean J Med Informatics,6(3):97-107, 2000

25.Cho H and Kwak YS: First year teaching experience of medical informatics in school of medicine, Korean J of Med Informatics, 7(2): 83-91, 2001

26.Chang HJ and Kwak YS: Introduction of the communication standard Health Level Seven and HL7-Korea, Korean J of Med Informatics, 7(2): 161-172, 2001

27.Um KS, Cho H, Kim IK and Kwak YS: Development of HL7 message browser based on web environment, Korean J of Med Informatics, 8(3):1-9, 2002

28.Zheng XH, Cho H and Kwak YS: Use of Arden Syntax in computerized prescription support of anticancer agents, Korean J of Med Informatics, 8(S1):S123-6, 2002

29.Um KS, Cho H, Kim IK and Kwak YS: Development of verifying algorithm for segment structures of HL7 message event types using tree data structure and event type database, Korean J of Med Informatics, 8(S1):S134-5, 2002

30.Cho H, Beom HS, Kim IK, Um KS, Park SH and Kwak YS: Web-based exchange of HL7 messages for discharge summary, Korean J of Med Informatics, 8(S1):S136-9, 2002

31.Kwak YS : Electronic Health Record : Definition, Categories and Standards, Korean J of Med Informatics, 11(1):1-15, 2005

32.Kwak YS : International Standards for building Electronic Health Record, HealthCom2005 Proceedings, 18-23, 2005

33.Kim IK, Lee JY, Kim IK, Cho H, and Kwak YS : Clinical document repository system for electronic health record, Korean J of Med Informatics, 11(2):199-211, 2005

34.Um KS, Kwak YS, Cho H, and Kim IK : Development of an HL7 interface engine, based on tree structure and streaming algorithm, for large-size messages which include image data, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 80(2) : 126-140, 2005

35.Kim SC, Cho H, Kim IK, and Kwak YS : Design and implementation for optimized medical image searching program, J Korean PACS Society, 11 : 25-29, 2005

C. Research Support

Ongoing Research Support

Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (MOHW)

Investigation of Special Policy for Integrated Health Information Systems for national and public health centers and health service centers

Role : Co-investigator

Samsung Research and Development Institute Standardization of e-Health

Role : PI MOHW

Intelligent Health Information Sharing System Development Center Grant Role : Investigator

Completed Research Support

Role : Recipient

American Heart Association Up-State New York Chapter Research in Aid Grant Study of lysosomes in regressing rabbit atherosclerotic aorta

Role : PI

Academy and Industry Joint Research from Daewoo Information Systems, Co.,Ltd Study of Business Process Simulation applicable to management of healthcare Organizations

Role : PI

Ministry of Information and Telecommunication, Republic of Korea

Study of impact of physician order entry to outpatient waiting time using Business Process Simulation Modeling

Role : PI

MOHW Special Policy Development Research Grant

Development and implementation of clinical laboratory inspection and accreditation in Korea Role : Subject PI

Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea Point of care information system development Role : PI (Academic side)

Korean Agency for Technology and Standards Research Contract Development of Korean medical informatics draft standards Role : PI

Research Grant from Kyungpook National University

Study of applicability of Reference Information Model for medical informatics in Korea Role : PI

Research Aid Grant from Kyungpook National University for Study of Health Informatics standardization

Role : PI MOHW

Development of Interface engine for exchange of patients’ discharge summaries between Kyungpook and Chonnam National University Hospitals