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Gwak, Hyun Wook
Orthopedic Surgeon · View full profile
Clinical Expertise
- Degenerative Spine Disorders: Spinal stenosis, cervical myelopathy, and cervical and lumbar disc herniation
- Spinal Fractures & Trauma: Osteoporotic vertebral fractures and spinal trauma
Education
- M.D., Yonsei University College of Medicine, graduated with highest honors
Current Positions
- Certified Sports Medicine Specialist, Korean Society of Sports Medicine
- Member, Korean Orthopaedic Association
- Member, Korean Society of Spine Surgery
- Member, Korean Society of Sports Medicine
Previous appointment
- Medical Officer, 6th Infantry Division Recruit Training Center, Republic of Korea Army
- Chief, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Armed Forces Pocheon Hospital
Training
- Internship, Severance Hospital
- Residency in Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center
- Clinical Fellow, Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center
- Clinical Fellow, Scoliosis Center, Asan Medical Center
- AO Trauma Basic Course
- Medtronic Spine Fellow Surgical Skills Workshop
- Specialized Training Program in Pain Rehabilitation (TPI), Korean Pain Society
Selected Research and Publications
Publication and presentation titles appear as originally published in English.
- Which Is More Reliable for Selecting the Distal Fusion Level in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis with a Structural Thoracolumbar/Lumbar Curve: Static or Dynamic Criteria?
- 61st Annual Congress of the Korean Orthopaedic Association, 2017
- Preoperative Radiographic Parameters for Predicting a Higher Rate of Pseudarthrosis After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017;42(23):1772-1778.
- Does Resection of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Affect Clinical or Radiographic Outcomes in Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement?
- 50th Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), 2022
- Could the type of allograft used for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion affect surgical outcome?: A comparison between tricortical allograft and corticocancellous allograft?
- KOSASS, 2022
- Can Lateral Shoulder Balance Be Controlled by Correction of the Proximal Thoracic Curve in Lenke Type 2 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? J Pediatr Orthop. 2024;44(1):28-36.