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Park Seung-il is the President of Asan Medical Center.

He was appointed as hospital president in 2021 and succeeded in being reappointed for a third term in 2025. With this milestone, he plans to focus on organizational innovation to lead new challenges.

He was born on July 14, 1954.

He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in medicine and earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees in medicine from the university’s graduate school.

He completed his residency at Seoul National University Hospital and worked as a fellow at Asan Medical Center.

In 1994, he was appointed to the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine. He later served as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, and held various positions at Asan Medical Center including Director of the Tissue Bank, Director of Inpatient Services in the Medical Support Division, Director of Planning and Coordination, and Vice President for Medical Affairs.

He became President of Asan Medical Center in 2021 and was reappointed in 2023 and 2025.

He is a renowned authority in lung transplantation, having successfully performed Korea’s first living-donor lung transplant surgery in 2017. He is also credited with contributing to the advancement of Asan Medical Center’s IT systems.

He serves as Vice President and Chair of the Public Relations Committee for the Korean Hospital Association.

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