Young-Soo Shin, MD, has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. The news was announced on December 11, 2017, from Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Marquis picks the people it profiles for their reference value, based on their position, their achievements and how visible and respected they are in their field.
Shin is a physician in the department of orthopedic surgery at Veterans Health Service Medical Center. He is board certified in orthopaedics and sports medicine. He has also held a medical license for more than 10 years.
His research record is broad. He has written more than two dozen articles, and several recent ones appeared in leading journals. One meta-analysis, in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, compared two ways to fix fractures above a knee replacement. A systematic review in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research looked at two methods of PCL reconstruction. It found no clinically important difference in knee scores or instability between them.
Other work dealt with fractures around hip implants treated with locking plates, which he published in the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. He also compared medial and lateral meniscal allograft transplants in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Shin earned his bachelor’s degree at Wonkwang University in 2007. He then interned at Seoul National University Hospital in 2008 and finished his residency at Veterans Health Service Medical Center in 2012. After that came a fellowship at Korea University Anam Medical Center in 2013. Korea University also awarded him a master’s degree in 2014 and a PhD in 2017.
While still studying, he briefly served as an associate professor at Korea University Anam Medical Center. Later, he spent two years in the same role at Ewha Woman’s University Medical Center. He returned to Veterans Health Service Medical Center as a physician in 2016.
In 2017, Shin also received the LG Travelling Fellowship Award, which recognized his commitment to health care and medical education.
