ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.




July 28, 2003


Sook Hee Yoo
Senior Attending Staff & Director of Older Adult Unit
Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment (formerly Philadelphia Psychiatric Center)



to speak at

ICAS Summer Symposium 2003: The Korean Diaspora
Challenges and Issues facing The Korean-American Community (KAC)
- identification, critical examination, goal & vision, and strategy

August 9, 2003 10:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Montgomery County Community College ( http://www.mc3.edu )
Science Center Room 214
340 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422


Dear Friend:

We are pleased to share with you that Sook Hee Yoo MD will address at the ICAS Summer Symposium 2003 with her lecture (ICAS Lectures No 2003-0809-SHY), "Raising An All-American Child: Challenges and Issues."

Below is her brief vitae:

Present Positions:

Director, Older Adult Unit, Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment (formerly Philadelphia Psychiatric Center), 1981 to present
Senior Attending Staff, Active Medical Staff, Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, 1975 to present
Active Staff, Psychiatric Department, Jefferson Park Hospital, 1987
Active Staff, Psychiatric Department, Lankenau Hospital, 1985 to present

Professional Experience:

Unit Director, Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, 1976
Staff Psychiatrist, Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, 1975
Assistant Unit Director, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, St. Lukes Hospital Division, Hahnemann Hospital, 1974
Assistant Director, Dermatology Department, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, 1967

Medical Training:

Completed residency in psychiatry, Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, 1974
Completed rotating internship, St. Josephs Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 1971
Completed residency, Dermatology & Venereology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, 1967
Completed rotating internship, Hospital of Medical College Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1964

Education:

Medical College of Korea University, Seoul Korea: M.D., Summa Cum Laude, 1963
Premedical College of Korea University, Seoul Korea: B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1959
Chonju Girls High School, 1957

Teaching Appointments:

Department of Psychiatry, Temple University: Assistant Professor, 1985
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania: Clinical Associate in Psychiatry, 1978
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, 1976
Hahnemann Medical College: Clinical Instructor, 1974

Licenses:

New Jersey and Pennsylvania in FLEX (1971)

Boards:

Board certified in psychiatry and neurology, 1977
Qualifications in geriatric psychiatry, 1991
Re-certification, 2001

Special Interests:

To develop comprehensive Geropsychiatric programs and teaching medical students and residents in psychiatry

Other Appointments and Honors:

Mentioned as one of the Top Docs for the Aging by Philadelphia Magazine, 1998
President of medical staff at Belmont Center, 1999-2001
Member of Board of Directors at Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1999-2001



Sincerely,

Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS




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