
Chief Director
Kang KD
An ophthalmologist with a D.Phil. in ophthalmology from the University of Oxford who served as professor and department chair of ophthalmology at The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital.
Research papers 31 · viewCurriculum vitae
- Hansung Science High School
- M.D., M.S., College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
- UK medical license (GMC No. 6027110)
- D.Phil., University of Oxford
- Clinical lecturer, Oxford Eye Hospital
- Visiting researcher, KIST
- Professor of biomedical and health science (neurobiology), College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea
- Director, Ophthalmology Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital
- Professor and department chair of ophthalmology, The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital
Society activity
- Full member, European Society of Retina Specialists
- Full member, Korean Glaucoma Society
- Full member, Korean Ophthalmological Society
- Full member, AAO, ARVO, ASCRS, ESCRS
- Editorial board, Neural Plasticity, IJOR
- Peer reviewer for international journals including Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging, European Journal of Ophthalmology, and Acta Ophthalmologica
Awards
- UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarship (Chevening Scholarship)
- Europe-Korea Foundation Scholarship
- UK ORSAS (Oversea Research Student Awards Scheme) award
- Academic award, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology (University of Oxford)
- Multiple academic awards through research activity (35 SCI papers, 8 Korean papers)
Publications
Research papers
- Published papers
- 31 papers
- Journals of publication
- 22 titles
- Years of research
- 2006–2022
Nature2022
A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height (opens in a new window)
Sci Rep2021
J Glaucoma2020
2022
2021
Short-term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Cataract-combined Surgery with iStent versus iStent Inject
2020
Short-term Results of Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant Combined with Bevacizumab versus Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Treatment-naive Diabetic Macular Edema
2015
2014
2013
2011
2010
Economic evaluation of different initial treatments for primary open angle glaucoma: A Markov model
Baerveldt tube implantation after bleb dysesthesia: Case report
2009
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children with glaucoma








