Kang Wonhyoung, M.D., Ph.D.

Director

Q Dermatology Clinic

Seoul, Korea

 

■ e-mail: i4kk@yahoo.com

 

[Academic background & Professional occupations]

Feb. 1976 : Bachelor, Yonsei University College of Medicine (Seoul, Korea)

Aug. 1987 : Ph.D. in Medical Science, Graduate School of Yonsei U. College of Med. (Seoul, Korea)

 

March 1976 : License of Medical Doctor in Korea

March 1976 : Certified in Medical Part of ECFMG

March 1984 : Board of specialty in Dermatology March 1984 ~ Feb. 1990 : Assistant professor, Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine

Oct. 1987 ~ Jun. 1989 : Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Dermatology, The University of Iowa, IA, U.S.A.

April 1993 ~ Aug. 2003 : Professor, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine

March 2007 ~ Feb. 2010 : Professor, Department of Dermatology, Myongji Hospital, College of Medical Science, Kwandong University, Korea May 2010 ~ : Private practice. (Q skin Clinic, Seoul, Korea)

 

[Monographs]

Won Hyoung Kang: Dr. Kang’s Skin Disease Clinic. (Korean). Hanmi Medical Publisher, 2008, p792 Won Hyoung Kang: Dr Kang’s IPL Clinic. (Korean). Hanmi Medical Publisher, 2007, p256

Won Hyoung Kang: Atlas of Skin Disease. (Korean). Hanmi Medical Publisher, 2002, p571

Won Hyoung Kang: Illustrations of Treatment for Facial Color Changes, Korea Medical Publisher, 1998, p378 K Sato, WH Kang, F Sato: Eccrine Sweat Glands in Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology of the skin. Second ed. Lowell A. Goldsmith(editor), Newyork Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 1991, pp741~762

 

[Selected Publications in English]

2009 WON HYOUNG KANG, YUN JEON KIM, WON SIK PYO, SUNG JIN PARK & JIE HOON KIM. Atrophic acne scar treatment using triple combination therapy: Dot peeling, subcision and fractional laser. J Cosmet Laser Ther 2009 Ang 17:1-4

2007 Jeong-Hyun Shin, Gwang-Seong Choi, Won-Hyoung Kang*, Ki-Bum Myung Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Triggers Apoptotic Signal for B16 Melanoma Cells via ERK and Caspase Activation. J Korean Med Sci 2007; 22: 298-304 2006 Kang HY, Hwang JS, Lee JY, Ahn JH, Kim JY, Lee ES, Kang WH. The dermal stem cell factor and c-kit are overexpressed in melasma. Br J Dermatol.

2006 Jun;154(6):1094-9. 2005 Kim S, Kang WH. Treatment of congenital nevi with the Q-switched Alexandrite laser. Eur J Dermatol.

2005 Mar-Apr;15(2):92-6. 2004 Lee B, Kim YC, Kang WH, Lee ES. Comparison of characteristics of acquired bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules and nevus of Ota according to therapeutic outcome. J Korean Med Sci. 2004 Aug;19(4):554-9. Sohn S, Kim S, Kang WH. Recurrent pigmented macules after q-switched alexandrite laser treatment of congenital melanocytic nevus. Dermatol Surg.

2004 Jun;30(6):898-907; discussion 907. Kang HY, Chung E, Lee M, Cho Y, Kang WH. Expression and function of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in human melanocytes. Br J Dermatol. 2004 Mar;150(3):462-8.

2003 Lee JY, Kang WH. Effect of cyclosporin A on melanogenesis in cultured human melanocytes. Pigment Cell Res. 2003 Oct;16(5):504-8. 2002 Kang HY, Jung ES, Cho Y, Kang WH. Lithium chloride increases pigmentation of melanoma cells by interfering with the inositol phosphate pathway. Arch Dermatol Res.

2002 Dec;294(9):426-9. Epub 2002 Nov 5. Kim D, Kang WH. Role of dermal melanocytes in cutaneous pigmentation of stasis dermatitis: a histopathological study of 20 cases. J Korean Med Sci 2002 Oct;17(5):648-54 Im S, Kim J, On WY, Kang WH. Increased expression of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the lesional skin of melasma. Br J Dermatol. 2002 Jan;146(1):165-7. Kang WH, Yoon KH, Lee ES, Kim J, Lee KB, Yim H, Sohn S, Im S. Melasma: histopathological characteristics in 56 Korean patients. Br J Dermatol 2002 Feb;146(2):228-37 Im S, Lee ES, Kim W, On W, Kim J, Lee M, Kang WH. Donor specific response of estrogen and progesterone on cultured human melanocytes. J Korean Med Sci. 2002 Feb;17(1):58-64.

2001 Lee ES, Whang MR, Kang WH. Absence of human papillomavirus DNA in nongenital seborrheic keratosis. J Korean Med Sci. 2001 Oct;16(5):619-22. Lee ES, Kim JH, Im S, Lee KB, Sohn S, Kang WH. Application of computerized image analysis in pigmentary skin diseases. Int J Dermatol. 2001 Jan;40(1):45-9.

2000 Kang HY, Kim NS, Lee CO, Lee JY, Kang WH. Expression and function of ryanodine receptors in human melanocytes. J Cell Physiol. 2000 Nov;185(2):200-6. Kim NS, Cho JH, Kang WH. Behavioral differences between donor site-matched adult and neonatal melanocytes in culture. Arch Dermatol Res. 2000 May;292(5):233-9. Sungbin Im, Eun-So Lee, Wankee Kim, Jisub Song, Jaehyun Kim, Miok Lee, Won Hyoung Kang Expression of progesterone receptor in human keratinocytes. J Korean Med Sci 2000 Dec;15(6);647-54

1999 Kang W, Lee E, Choi GS. Treatment of Ota's nevus by Q-switched alexandrite laser : therapeutic outcome in relation to clinical and histopathological findings. Eur J Dermatol. 1999 Dec;9(8):639-43. 1998 Kang WH, Kim NS, Kim YB, Shim WC. A new treatment for syringoma. Combination of carbon dioxide laser and trichloroacetic acid. Dermatol Surg. 1998 Dec;24(12):1370-4. Kang WH, Chun SC, Lee S. Intermittent therapy for melasma in Asian patients with combined topical agents (retinoic acid, hydroquinone and hydrocortisone): clinical and histological studies. J Dermatol. 1998 Sep;25(9):587-96. Kang HY, Kang WH, Lee C. Endothelin-B receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling in human melanocytes. Pflugers Arch. 1998 Feb;435(3):350-6.