Professor Park Jung-yul is the president of the World Society...Representatives of 10 million doctors worldwide
Oct 13, 2025
Professor Park Jung-yul of Neurosurgery at Korea University Anam Hospital has been elected as the next president of the World Medical Association (WMA). With this election, Professor Park Jung-yul will serve as the president of the World Society and the president of the world for the first time in Asia.
Professor Park Jung-yul will take office as chairman in October 2026 and lead the world's medical society for a year. Prior to that, he will serve as the next chairman for one more year and as the chairman immediately before his term, serving as a key leader of the world society for a total of three years.
The World Congress is an international organization that represents doctors around the world. Since its establishment in 1947, it has provided a place for cooperation for doctors' professional autonomy, medical ethics, and global health policy discussions. Currently, about 10 million doctors from more than 118 countries are affiliated, playing a central role in international cooperation to improve the medical environment and the quality of patient care.
Professor Park Jung-yul said, `Now that the global health care environment is rapidly changing, it is of paramount importance that countries cooperate to find new solutions.' We will do our best to create an environment in which doctors' professionalism and roles are properly respected and to actively contribute to solving global health problems," he said.
Meanwhile, Professor Park Jung-yul was elected as the chairman of the World Society in 2023 and served for two years. Since 2019, he has served as the chairman of the World Medical Association's Finance and Planning Committee and served as a director of dispatching the World Medical Association. He graduated from Korea University School of Medicine and obtained a master's and a doctorate from the same graduate school, and is currently specializing in brain stereotactic function, spinal disease, and geriatric disease at Korea University Anam Hospital.
Professor Park Jung-yul will take office as chairman in October 2026 and lead the world's medical society for a year. Prior to that, he will serve as the next chairman for one more year and as the chairman immediately before his term, serving as a key leader of the world society for a total of three years.
The World Congress is an international organization that represents doctors around the world. Since its establishment in 1947, it has provided a place for cooperation for doctors' professional autonomy, medical ethics, and global health policy discussions. Currently, about 10 million doctors from more than 118 countries are affiliated, playing a central role in international cooperation to improve the medical environment and the quality of patient care.
Professor Park Jung-yul said, `Now that the global health care environment is rapidly changing, it is of paramount importance that countries cooperate to find new solutions.' We will do our best to create an environment in which doctors' professionalism and roles are properly respected and to actively contribute to solving global health problems," he said.
Meanwhile, Professor Park Jung-yul was elected as the chairman of the World Society in 2023 and served for two years. Since 2019, he has served as the chairman of the World Medical Association's Finance and Planning Committee and served as a director of dispatching the World Medical Association. He graduated from Korea University School of Medicine and obtained a master's and a doctorate from the same graduate school, and is currently specializing in brain stereotactic function, spinal disease, and geriatric disease at Korea University Anam Hospital.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
