Education

• 10/2016-11/2019 Ph.D. in Biotechnology at University of Strasbourg, France Thesistitle: “Interventional MR Elastography for the monitoring of thermal ablations”
• 03/2014-02/2016 M.Sc. In Biomedical Engineering at Kyung Hee University, South Korea
• 03/2008-02/2014BS in Biomedical Engineering at Kyung Hee University, South Korea Compulsory Military Service in South Korea 2010-2012

Experience

• 09/2024-CURRENT Assistant Professor
  in Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea

Key Publications

1. K. Kim, P. Gupta, K. Narsinh, C. Diederich, E. Ozhinsky. Volumetric hyperthermia delivery using the ExAblate body MRgFUS system. International Journal of Hyperthermia 2024;41(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/02656736.2024.2349080

2. K.Kim, K. Narsinh, E. Ozhinsky. Technical advances in motion-robust magnetic resonance thermometry: a review. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2024 doi: 10.1002/mrm.30057

3. K. Kim, C. Diederich, K. Narsinh, E. Ozhinsky. Motion-robust, multi-slice, real-time MR Thermometry for MR-guided thermal therapy in abdominal organs. International Journal of Hyperthermia 2023;40(1):2151649. https://doi.org/10.1080/02656736.2022.2151649

4. K. Kim, M. Zubair, M. Adams, C. Diederich, E. Ozhinsky. Sonication strategies toward volumetric ultrasound hyperthermia treatment using the ExAblate body MRgFUS system. International Journal of Hyperthermia 2021;38(1):1590-1600 https://doi.org/10.1080/02656736.2021.1998658

5. K. Kim, E. Breton, A. Gangi, J. Vappou. Simultaneous fat-referenced proton resonance frequency shift thermometry and MR elastography for the monitoring of thermal ablations. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2019;00:1-9. doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28130

Honors

1. 2023: Bruce Hasegawa Award from the 20th Annual Imaging Research Symposium, University of California, San Francisco, USA

2. 2020: Best poster Award from the 17th Annual Imaging Research Symposium, University of California, San Francisco, USA

3. 2020: Young investigator Award from 7th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound by FUS foundation

4. 2019: Magna Cum Laude Merit Award from ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada

Academic Activites

1. 2024-Current: Academic Editor, PloS One

2. 2024: Co-Chair Moderator, Focused Ultrasound Session, Society of Thermal Medicine (STM) 2024, Houston

3. 2024-2025: Trainee Representative, the Interventional MR Study Group of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

4. 2024-Current: Active Reviewer, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

5. 2022-Current: Active Reviewer, International Journal of Hyperthermia

6. 2023-Current: Active Reviewer, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, Print ISSN 2223- 4292; Online ISSN 2223-4306;

7. 2023-2024: Guest Editor, Methods Collection ”Magnetic Resonance Imaging Monitoring of Focused Ultrasound Treatments: Advancements and Techniques”, Journal of Visualized Experiments, ISSN: 1940-087X

8. 2023: Invited SpeakerL, MR Engineering study section, 11th International Congresson MRI, Seoul

9. 2022: Invited Speaker, The Korean Society of medical sonographers, Virtual

10. 2022: Invited Speaker, MR Engineering study section, 10th International Congresson MRI, Seoul

Sun Ha Paek, M.D. Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul National University College of Medicine

Subspecialty

Stereotactic functional neurosurgery, Neurooncology,
Gamma knife radiosurgery

Training & Academic Carrier

• 2009 - Professor
• 2004 - 2008 Associate professor
• 2003 - 2004 Research fellow (postDoc) Department of Neurosurgery
  , Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
• 2002 - 2003 Research fellow (postDoc), Department of Neurology,
  Cornell University Weill Medical College, NY
• 1999 - 2004 Assistant professor, Department of Neurosurgery,
  Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• 1996 - 1999 Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery
  Gyeongsang University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
• 1995 - 1996 Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery
  Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• 1992 - 1995 Military service (Captain), Department of Neurosurgery
  Jeju Medical Center, Jeju island, Korea
• 1988 - 1992 Residency, Department of Neurosurgery
  Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
• 1987 - 1988 Internship
  Seoul National University Hospital

Education

• Feb 1999 Ph.D. in Neurosurgery
  Seoul Nat’l University College of Medicine
• Feb 1992 M.S. in Neurosurgery
  Seoul Nat’l University College of Medicine
• Feb 1987 M.D.
  Seoul Nat’l University College of Medicine

Membership

The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (Active International member)
The Korean Neurosurgical Society
The Korean Brain Tumor Society
The Korean Skull Base Society
The Korean Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

SCI(E) Publications : total 373 publications as of July, 2025
SCI citation number: 14377, H-index: 56