Kwak, Cheol

Biography

 Dr. Cheol Kwak, Professor of the Department of Urology, is Chief of Urologic Cancer and Prostate Cancer Center in Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, and also Chief of Robot Surgery Center in Seoul National University Hospital. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1991. After completing his postgraduate training as the specialty of urological oncology in 2002 at Seoul National University, Dr. Kwak pursued research fellowship at the Seoul National University Hospital and the University of California, Irvine in the U.S. He has been working for Seoul National University Hospital since 2003, as a faculty, specializing in urological oncology and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Kwak has co-authored more than 170 papers in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to several book chapters. He has also been the Principal Investigator of a number of clinical trials on urological oncology areas. And currently, he is an active member and director of several professional organizations, including the American Urological Association, Korean Urologic Association, Korean Urologic Oncology Society and Korean Prostate Society, etc.

Research Interest

 Urological oncology, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery