Organizing Committee Member
CHOI HONG SHIK
Professor
Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine
Korea
Biography
Dr Choi mainly care laryngeal diseases and voice disorders, head, neck and thyroid tumours. Especially he is recognized as a leader of ‘laryngology, logopedics, and phoniatrics’ in Korea. He developed the bio vocalization model, the laryngeal transplantation, and the artificial larynx. Also he showed an excellent treatment result from the first Botox injection into the vocal cord for ‘convulsive dysphonia’ in Korea. He was voted as the best doctor in the field of laryngeal disease by Donga Ilbo in 2005. In addition, He was introduced on TV (EBS, in 2007) by the program named ‘Best Doctor (for larynx and the voice disorders)’. Moreover, from 1998 to 2003, He already worked as a consulting otolaryngologist for the Korean president and his family. He worked as a chairman of the Korean Society of Logopedics & Phoniatrics and Phonetic Society of Korea; also he worked as a promotion chairman of 4th World Voice Congress in 2010.These days, he is studying on the artificial larynx development (Project G7) for voice rehabilitation of the larynx extracted people.
Research Area
Head and Neck Surgery