Hee Young, Kim, PhD, MS, DVM
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,
Hee Young Kim received a bachelor degree (1998) and a master science degree (2000) from College of Veterinary
Medicine, Seoul National University (and obtained a PhD degree (2005) from Department of Acupuncture, College of
Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, South Korea.
I had worked for Department of Neuroscience and cell biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Texas, USA from
2006-2011 as Post-doc and Assistant Professor and had been involved in various projects unveiling the mechanism of
acupuncture in pain, that reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as functional signaling molecules in various chronic pains
including neuropathic pain. I came back to Korea as Professor in South Korea 2011 and published more than 100
SCI papers regarding acupuncture mechanisms.