Departments/Faculties
KNU School Of Medicine| Department | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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| Introduction | After Korean liberation in 1945, associate professor Ki-Mok Lee, the first Dean of the Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, opened the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and became the first chairman of the department. At present, there are five full-time professors and three assistant professors actively involved in the research and clinical works. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University is mainly divided into three fields: gynecologic oncology, reproductive endocrinology, and maternal fetal medicine. The subdivision of gynecologic oncology involves the study of daVinci robot surgery for surgical treatment of uterine cervical cancer, particularly for the purpose of keeping pelvic autonomic nervous system, uterine artery and uterus intact. The efficacy of da Vinci robot surgery has also been studied for the treatment of endometrial cancer and early-stage ovarian cancer. Moreover, surgical resection of uterine adenomyoma exploiting robot surgery instead of conventional total hysterectomy has been evaluated. The subdivision of reproductive endocrinology involves the study of infertility and assisted reproductive techniques. Basic research has been extensively performed for better understanding of the pathogenesis of polycystic ovarian syndrome, uterine endometriosis, and uterine myoma. The subdivision of maternal and fetal medicine currently involves the clinical study of proBNP for investigating the cardiovascular dysfunction observed in patients with pre-eclampsia. This study has also been extended to the pregnancy with preterm labor or to the fetus with growth retardation. Amniotic fluid from pregnant women with preterm labor has also been evaluated to study the relationship between inflammation or infection and preterm labor.
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| Professors | Chairman: Taek Hoo Lee, MD, PhD
Yoon Soon Lee (Gynecological oncology and Endoscopic surgery)
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