Section Editor

Prof. Han graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1984, and finished internship and residency of department of Surgery at Seoul National University Hospital in 1989. Full time Professor of Seoul National University, College of Medicine. The present position is the Professor of Department of Surgery. The field of interest is hepatobiliary surgery and laparoscopic surgery. World first performed laparoscopic right posterior sectionectomy, central bisectionectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma by laparoscopy. Has also performed laparoscopic liver resection in pediatric patient and succeeded in total laparoscopic right side donor hepatectomy as world-first. Has performed more than one thousand cases of laparoscopic liver resection until 2017. Has performed laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy first in Korea. Has also reported world first series of laparoscopic surgery for gallbladder cancer. Immediate Past President of Korean Society of HBP Surgery, President of Korean Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Study Group, Ex-Chairman of Korean Society of Endoscopic &Laparoscopic Surgeons, President of Korean Society of Surgical Oncology. Play an important role as editors of renowned journals, such as Ann Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Oncology, JHBPS, etc. Associate Editor of Digestive Surgery. Has contributors for atlas and textbooks and invited speakers in many international conferences.

minimal invasive HBP surgery; HCC; pancreas cancer; biliary tract cancer