Dr. Young Joon Ahn

Young Joon Ahn, M.D., is Surgical Oncology consultant of Oncology Center and Director of Division of Intensive Care Medicine.

Major areas of interests are surgery of Biliary tract, Pancreas and Liver, especially with Laparoscopic skill.

He has overall 27 years of professional experience.

After receiving medical degree from Seoul National University College of Medicine, he had 6 years of residency and fellowship training in the Department of General Surgery at Seoul National University Hospital.

Areas of Interest

• Surgery of Biliary tract
• Surgery of Pancreas
• Surgery of Liver
• Laparoscopic surgery

Education

• MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• MS, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Specialty Training

Fellowship

• Research fellow, Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of medicine
• General Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Residency
General Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Internship
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Working Experience

• Consultant, Department of Surgical Oncology, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, RAK, UAE
• Head of Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, RAK, UAE
• Professor, Department of General Surgery, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Academic Activities

Associations

• ELSA Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia
• Public Relations Committee, Korean Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
• Korean Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons
• The Accreditation & Certification Committee, Korean Surgical Society
• Korean Surgical Society
• KSCCM (Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine)
• IHPBA: International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association

Publication

• Kim HB, Chung JK, Ahn YJ, Lee HW, Jung IM. The 13-year experience of performing pancreaticoduodenectomy in a mid-volume hospital. Ann Surg Treat Res 2017;92(2): 73-81.
• Lee DH, Ahn YJ, Lee HW, Chung JK, Jung IM. Prevalence and characteristics of clinically significant retained common bile duct stones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis. Ann Surg Treat Res. 2016 Nov;91(5):239-246. Epub 2016 Oct 31.
• Chang YR, Ahn YJ, Jang JY, Kang MJ, Kwon W, Jung WH, Kim SW. Percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis in patients with high comorbidity and re-evaluation of treatment efficacy. Surgery. 2014 Apr;155(4):615-22.
• Lennon AM, Victor D, Zaheer A, Ostovaneh MR, Jeh J, Law JK, Rezaee N, Molin MD, Ahn YJ, Wu W, Khashab MA, Girotra M, Ahuja N, Makary MA, Weiss MJ, Hirose K, Goggins M, Hruban RH, Cameron A, Wolfgang CL, Singh VK, Gurakar A. Liver transplant patients have a risk of progression similar to that of sporadic patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Liver Transpl. 2014 Dec;20(12):1462-7.
• Yoon YS, Lee KH, Han HS, Cho JY, Jang JY, Kim SW, Lee WJ, Kang CM, Park SJ, Han SS, Ahn YJ, Yu HC, Choi IS. Effects of laparoscopic versus open surgery on splenic vessel patency after spleen and splenic vessel-preserving distal pancreatectomy: a retrospective multicenter study. Surg Endosc. 2014 Jul 9. [Epub ahead of print]
• Park JS, Han HS, Hwang DW, Yoon YS, Cho JY, Koh YS, Kwon CH, Kim KS, Kim SB, Kim YH, Kim HC, Chu CW, Lee DS, Kim HJ, Park SJ, Han SS, Song TJ, Ahn YJ, Yoo YK, Yu HC, Yoon DS, Lee MK, Lee HK, Min SK, Jeong CY, Hong SC, Choi IS, Hur KY. Current Status of Laparoscopic Liver Resection in Korea. J Korean Med Sci. 2012 Jul;27(7):767-771.
• Lee SE, Jang JY, Lee YJ, Choi DW, Lee WJ, Cho BH, Kim SW; Korean Pancreas Surgery Club. Choledochal cyst and associated malignant tumors in adults: a multicenter survey in South Korea. Arch Surg 2011;146(10):1178-84.
• Lee SE, Ahn YJ, Jang JY, Kim SW. Prospective randomized pilot trial comparing closed suction drainage and gravity drainage of the pancreatic duct in pancreaticojejunostomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2009;16(6):837-43.
• Gwak GY, Yoon JH, Shin CM, Ahn YJ, Chung JK, Kim YA, Kim TY, Lee HS. Detection of response-predicting mutations in the kinase domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in cholangiocarcinomas. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2005;131(10):649-52.
• Jang JY, Kim SW, Ahn YJ, Yoon YS, Choi MG, Lee KU, Han JK, Kim WH, Lee YJ, Kim SC, Han DJ, Kim YI, Choi SH, Cho BH, Yu HC, Yoon DS, Lee WJ, Lee KB, Kim YC, Lee KS, Kim MW, Kim HJ, Kim HJ, Park YH. Multicenter analysis of clinicopathologic features of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas: is it possible to predict the malignancy before surgery? Ann Surg Oncol 2005;12(2):124-32.
• Jang JY, Kim SW, Park DJ, Ahn YJ, Yoon YS, Choi MG, Suh KS, Lee KU, Park YH. Actual long-term outcome of extrahepatic bile duct cancer after surgical resection. Ann Surg 2005;241(1):77-84.
• Park YH, Park SJ, Jang JY, Ahn YJ, Park YC, Yoon YB, Kim SW. Changing patterns of gallstone disease in Korea. World J Surg 2004; 28: 206-10.
• Yoon YS, Kim SW, Her KH, Park YC, Ahn YJ, Jang JY, Park SJ, Suh KS, Han JK, Lee KU, Park YH. Management of postoperative hemorrhage after pancreatoduodenectomy. Hepatogastroenterology 2003;50(54):2208-12.
• Jang JY, Kim SW, Han JK, Park SJ, Park YC, Ahn YJ, Park YH. Randomized trial of the effect of induced hypergastrinemia on the prevention of pancreatic atrophy after pancreatoduodenectomy in humans. Annals of surgery.2003;237(4):522-29.
• Park YC, Kim SW, Jang JY, Ahn YJ, Park YH. Factors influencing delayed gastric emptying after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2003;196 (6):859-65.
• Ahn YJ, Kim SW, Park YC, Jang JY, Yoon YS, Park YH. Duodenal-preserving resection of the head of the pancreas and pancreatic head resection with second-portion duodenectomy for benign lesions, low-grade malignancies, and early carcinoma involving the periampullary region. Arch Surg 2003;138(2):162-8.
• Yun KW, Ahn YJ, Lee HW, Jung IM, Chung JK, Heo SC, Hwang KT, Ahn HS. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in patients with previous upper abdominal operations. Korean J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2012;16:154-9.
• Kim JY, Ahn YJ, Lee HW, Jung IM, Chung JK, Heo SC, Hwang KT, Ahn HS. Lessons from the Initial Experience of Laparoscopic Liver Resection. Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 2012;15(4):93-9.
• Hwang DW, Jang JY, Lim CS, Lee SE, Yoon YS, Ahn YJ, Han HS, et al. Determination of malignant and invasive predictors in branch duct type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: a suggested scoring formula. J Korean Med Sci. 2011;26(6):740-6.