Nam Cho
Professor Nam H. Cho
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Oct 2000 – Present Professor of Preventive Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine
June 1997- Present Director of Clinical Epidemiology, Ajou University Hospital
March 2002 – Feb 2006 Chairman of Department of Preventive Medicine.
Dec. 1989 – Aug. 1994 Research Assistant Professor / Director of Biometry, Center for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago USA
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
2018-2019 President of the International Diabetes Federation
2016-2017 President Elect of the International Diabetes Federation
2017 Program chairman of Abu Dhabi World Diabetes Congress
2013-2017 Chairman of the IDF diabetes Atlas committee
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
- Written More than 10 textbook chapters in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Osteoporosis, and Metabolic Syndrome, as well as co-author of Clinical Guidelines Task Force, Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes and Global Guideline for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
- Over 200 SCI peer reviewed publications and 100 non-SCI publications.
- Founder and President of Jeremiahs Hope Korea-humanitarian Medical service to Cambodia and Founder of Cambodia-Korea National Diabetes Ceneter in Kossamak Hospital, Phnom Penh Cambodia.
- Received the Chivalic Royal order with Mahasena Grade (Grand Officer) Insignia from the King of Kingdom of Cambodia in July 2015 for 15 years of humanitarian medical services.
- Receive Korea ministry of health outstanding scientific award in April 2017.
- Recipient of the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes Outstanding Epidemiologist Awards in November 2018.
- Appointed as Korea honorary ambassdor in September 2017.
