Departments/Faculties

KNU School Of Medicine

Department

Basic Science
Department Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Introduction

The Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is in charge of the treatment, education and research pertaining to allergic diseases and infectious diseases. The subdivision of allergic diseases researches the diseases that result from excessive or abnormal immunologic reaction towards foreign antigens. The subdivision covers both common allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and urticaria, and less common ones such as anaphylaxis. The allergy clinic performs allergic skin test, bronchial provocation test, pulmonary function test and allergen-specific immunotherapy.

The subdivision of infectious diseases treats infectious diseases of various organs, such as urinary tract, central nerve system, skin and bone, and fever of unknown origin, and has the largest number of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) patients in the region. Moreover,​ it provides consultation services for other departments with regard to hospital acquired infections and infections in immunocompromised patients. It also supports hospital infection control to prevent nosoconmial infection. Cooperating with the infection control team, it is involved in the investigation of hospital infection outbreak, the result of which facilitates the management and prevention of infectious diseases. Other responsibilities include the surveillance of antibiotic usage, the treatment of legal infectious diseases and the operation of travel medicine clinic. The Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases performs national research projects, including Community Acquired Pneumonia Study and Korean HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, and operates the counseling system for HIV patients and Regional Pharmacovigilance Center. It also contributes to the accumulation of national resources by participating in National Pathogen Resource Bank research. Moreover, it takes part in many international phase 3 clinical trials.​

 

 

Professors

Chairman: Hyun-Ha Chang, MD, PhD
Jong Myung Lee, MD, PhD
Shin-Woo Kim, MD, PhD
Soo Joeng Kim, MD, PhD
Han Kee Park, MD, PhD