II-Yung Lee
Prof. Il-Yung Lee
Vice President
Korea
Born in 1945 in Korea1969 Graduated from Yonsei University’s College of Medicine
1973~1974 Intern at Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital in New York
1974~1978 Residency & Fellowship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University Medical Center
1978~1984 Fellow & Attending at West-Roxbury Spinal Cord Injury Center, Harvard University
1984 Assistant Professor, Yonsei University
1985~1990 Assistant Chief of PM & R, West-Roxbury VA
1990~1994 Chief of PM & R, Brockton, West-Roxbury VA
1994~2009 Professor of PM & R, Ajou University
Others
2000~ Board member of Research Institute of the Differently Abled Persons’ Right
2002~ Board member of Global Civic Sharing
2004~ President of Korean Spinal Cord Society
2005~2009 Executive Director of Health Cooperative (CBR)
Since his return to Korea in 1994, after 25 years’ further education and practice in USA, he has not only been involved in medical academics but also in a variety of civil society’s works to tackle barriers and to safeguard rights of disadvantaged people both nationally and internationally, embracing social enterprises, rehabilitation hospitals and advocacy & campaigns.
