School of Medicine - School of Medicine

  • Professor Emeritus Neonatology
  • PARK, WON SOON

Research Interest

mesenchymal stem cells, exosomes, prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage

Education

  • 1982 M.D., 1985 M.S., 1992 Ph.D. Seoul National University College of Medicine

Experience

  • 1982-1983 Rotating internship, Seoul National University Hospital
  • 1983-1986 Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital
  • 1989-1990 Clinical Fellow, Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Seoul National University, Children’s Hospital
  • 1990-1992 Director of Nursery and NICU, Cha Women’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • 1992-1994 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Southern University, USA(Division of Neonatology, LAC-USC Medical Center, Women’s Hospital / Division of Infectious Disease, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles)
  • 1994-present Staff Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
  • 1997-2002 Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
  • 2002-present Professor, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea
  • 2007-2009 Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
  • 2012-present Professor, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2012-2016 Vice president, Korean Society of Perinatology, Korea
  • 2013-2019 Principal Investigator,Korean Neonatal Network(KNN), Korea
  • 2017-2018 President, Korean Society of Perinatology, Korea

Journal Articles

  • (2022)  Intratracheal Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuates Hyperoxia-Induced Microbial Dysbiosis in the Lungs, Brain, and Gut in Newborn Rats.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES.  23,  12
  • (2022)  Efect of levothyroxine supplementation in extremely low birth weight infants with transient hypothyroxinemia of prematurity.  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.  12,  1
  • (2022)  Thrombin Preconditioning Improves the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage Induced Neonatal Rats.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES.  23,  8
  • (2022)  Increased Risk of Meconium-Related Ileus in Extremely Premature Infants Exposed to Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate.  NEONATOLOGY.  119,  1
  • (2021)  Bdnf-overexpressing engineered mesenchymal stem cells enhances their therapeutic efficacy against severe neonatal hypoxic ischemic brain injury.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES.  22,  21
  • (2021)  Cesarean section was not associated with mortality or morbidities advantage in very low birth weight infants: a nationwide cohort study.  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.  11,  1
  • (2021)  Stem cell restores thalamocortical plasticity to rescue cognitive deficit in neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage.  EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY.  342, 
  • (2021)  Stem cells for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants: A randomized controlled phase II trial.  STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE.  10,  8
  • (2021)  Early pulmonary hypertension is a risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated late pulmonary hypertension in extremely preterm infants.  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.  11,  1
  • (2021)  Mortality and Morbidities according to Time of Birth in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants.  JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE.  36,  13
  • (2021)  Brain-derived neurotropic factor mediates neuroprotection of mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles against severe intraventricular hemorrhage in newborn rats.  STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE.  10,  3
  • (2021)  Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for intractable neonatal disorders.  PEDIATRICS AND NEONATOLOGY.  62, 
  • (2020)  Conservative Non-intervention Approach for Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Preterm Infants.  FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS.  8, 
  • (2020)  Antenatal magnesium sulfate treatment and risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestation (vol 10, 12826, 2020).  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.  10,  1
  • (2020)  Survival rate dependent variations in retinopathy of prematurity treatment rates in very low birth weight infants.  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.  10,  1
  • (2020)  Fish Oil Monotherapy for Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease on SMOFlipid in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE.  9,  11
  • (2020)  Mortality rate-dependent variations in antenatal corticosteroid-associated outcomes in very low birth weight infants with 23-34 weeks of gestation: A nationwide cohort study.  PLOS ONE.  15,  10
  • (2020)  Comparison of Respiratory Outcomes between Less Invasive Surfactant Administration and the Intubation- Surfactant-Extubation Technique in Premature Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome.  Neonatal medicine.  27,  3
  • (2020)  Effect of Nonintervention vs Oral Ibuprofen in Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants A Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA PEDIATRICS.  174,  8
  • (2020)  Sedation for Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Preterm Infants: Using Propofol under Anesthesiologist Supervision.  Neonatal medicine.  27,  3

Publications

  • (2016)  Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.  Springer.  Co-author

Patent/Intellectual Property

  • 트롬빈 처리 줄기세포에서 유래된 엑소좀을 포함하는 만성폐질환 치료용 조성물(Compositions for Treating Chronic Lung Diseases Comprising Exosome Derived from Stem Cell Treated with Thrombin).  2018-551233.  20201117.  JAPAN
  • 기관지 폐 이형성증 (BPD) 예방 또는 치료용 물질 스크리닝 방법(Method for screening substances for the prevention or treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)).  10-2173-6730000.  20201028.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • WKYMVm 펩타이드를 유효성분으로 포함하는 과산소성 폐질환의 예방 또는 치료용 조성물 (composition for preventing or treating hyperoxia-induced lung injury comprising WKYMVm peptide as an active ingredient).  16/207,441__-____-_______.  20200908.  UNITED STATES
  • 트롬빈 처리 줄기세포에서 유래된 엑소좀을 포함하는 만성폐질환 치료용 조성물(Compositions for Treating Chronic Lung Diseases Comprising Exosome Derived from Stem Cell Treated with Thrombin).  16/091,656.  20200728.  UNITED STATES
  • 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 유효성분으로 포함하는 뇌혈관 질환 치료용 약학적 조성물.  14868825.2.  20200415.  GERMANY
  • 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 유효성분으로 포함하는 뇌혈관 질환 치료용 약학적 조성물.  14868825.2.  20200415.  EU
  • 트롬빈을 이용한 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀의 생성 촉진 방법.  14869537.2.  20200219.  EU
  • 신생아 HIE 치료용 조성물.  10-2017-0142236.  20190422.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 포함하는 뇌혈관 질환 치료용도.  15/103663.  20190101.  UNITED STATES
  • Method for promoting generation of stem cell-derived exosome by using thrombin (트롬빈을 이용한 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀의 생성 촉진 방법).  15/103,726.  20180529.  UNITED STATES
  • 트롬빈을 이용한 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀의 생성 촉진 방법.  2016-539061.  20180525.  JAPAN
  • 트롬빈 처리 줄기세포에서 유래된 엑소좀을 포함하는 피부상처 치료용 조성물(Compositions for Treating Skin Wound Comprising Exosome Derived from Stem Cell Treated with Thrombin).  10-2017-0080366.  20180515.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • Thrombin 처리 줄기세포에서 유래된 exosome을 포함하는 만성폐질환 치료용 조성물.  10-2016-0046197.  20180323.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • Method for treating an inflammatory brain disease comprising administering a stem dell-derived exosome (줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 유효성분으로 포함하는 뇌염증성 질환의 치료용 조성물).  15/126,053.  20180320.  UNITED STATES
  • 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 유효성분으로 포함하는 뇌염증성 질환의 치료용 조성물.  2016-557971.  20180223.  JAPAN
  • 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 유효성분으로 포함하는 뇌혈관 질환 치료용 약학적 조성물.  2016-539062.  20170810.  JAPAN
  • Composition for treating intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants comprising mesenchymal stem cells.  13/655,356.  20170110.  UNITED STATES
  • Meothod of treating lung diseases using cells separated or proliferated from umbilical cord blood.  12/184,695.  20161122.  UNITED STATES
  • Composition for treating developmental and/or chronic lung diseases comprising cells separated or proliferated from umbilical cord blood.  제 2,640,728 호.  20161018.  CANADA
  • 줄기세포 유래 엑소좀을 유효성분으로 포함하는 뇌혈관 질환 치료용 약학적 조성물(Pharmaceutical composition for treating cerebrovascular disease comprising stem cell-derived exosome).  10-2014-0179541.  20160927.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Honors / Awards

  • 2014.12 Commendation of Minister of Health and Welfare from Commendation for the Promotion Healthcare Technology
  • 2014.03 The 10th Bayer Clinical Medicine Award from Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
  • 2010.11 Namyang Award from Korean Society of Perinatology
  • 2009.10 Jinam Academic Award from Korean Society of Neonatology
  • 2002.10 The second Jinam Academic Award from Korean Society of Neonatology
  • 2001.10 The first Jinam Academic Award from Korean Society of Neonatology
  • 2001.06 The thirty-fourth Yuhan Medical Award from Seoul Medical Association
  • 1999.04 The fourth Sokchon Academic Award from Korean Pediatric Association

Conference Paper

  • (2021)  Early pulmonary hypertension is a risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia‑associated late pulmonary hypertension in extremely preterm infants.  제71차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  Prevalence of hyperthyrotropinemia in the newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.  제71차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  초미숙아 생존율에 따른 출생 체중 500g 이하 아기의 예후 비교.  제71차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  출생체중 1,000-1,499 g 신생아에게 조기장관영양 프로토콜 적용 후 나타난 성장의 변화.  제71차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  Stem cell therapy for neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage.  대한신생아학회 제12차 교육세미나.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  Umbilical cord blood-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell for intraventricular hemorrhage(IVH).  PAS 2021 VIRTUAL.  UNITED STATES
  • (2021)  Clinical trial results of stem cells therapy for bronchopulmonary dysplasia and intraventricular hemorrhage.  The 65th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development.  JAPAN
  • (2021)  Road to the Clinic of Stem Cell Therapy for Neonatal Intractable Disorders.  The 65th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development.  JAPAN
  • (2020)  출생체중 1,000-1,500 g 신생아에서 완전장관영양에 도달하는 시기와 신생아 괴사장염의 발생 (Time to reach full enteral feeding and necrotizing enterocolitis among infants 1,000-1,500 g weight at birth).  제70차 대한소아청소년과 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2019)  신생아중환자실에서 주요 선천성 기형 신생아의 조기 진단을 위한 전장 염기서열 분석 적용.  제 69차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2019)  신생아중환자실에서의 소아진정관리.  제 69차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2019)  극소저체중출생아의 출생시간에 따른 사망률 및 예후.  제 69차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2019)  재태연령 25주 미만에 발생한 조기 양막 파수 산모에게서 출생한 극소 저출생 체중아의 단기 결과; 한국 신생아 네트워크.  제 69차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2019)  초미숙아에서 동맥관 개존의 치료 방침에 따른 급성 신손상의 발생률 및 예후 비교.  제 69차 대한소아청소년과학회 추계학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2019)  Conservative management of PDA in extremely preterm infants.  8th Annual Blue Mountains TINY TOTS Neonatal Conference.  AUSTRALIA
  • (2019)  Stem cell therapy for neonatal intractable disorders-a new hope for cure.  8th Annual Blue Mountains TINY TOTS Neonatal Conference.  AUSTRALIA
  • (2019)  Human umbilical cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cells: Magic cure for neonatal brain injuries?.  ISCT-CBA Cord Blood Series-pre conference workshop.  AUSTRALIA
  • (2019)  Thrombin preconditioning enhances therapeutic efficacy of human Wharton's jelly derived mesenchymal stem cells in severe neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.  Pediatric Aademic Societies(PAS) 2019 Meeting.  UNITED STATES
  • (2019)  Mesenchymal stem cells: Magic cure for crerbral injury of preterm infants?.  2nd World Congress on Maternal Fetal Neonatal Medicine.  UNITED KINGDOM
  • (2019)  초미숙아 생존율 향상을 위한 실제적 방안.  삼성 신생아 심포지엄 2019.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF