Team

Organization Chart

Leadership

CEO
Jung Ho Park, M.D., Ph.D.

CEO, CSO, Founder

-Yonsei University, internal medicine, Ph.D.
-Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Professor of Internal Medicine

+Peri-tumor administration of 5-fluorouracil sol-gel using a hollow microneedle for treatment of gastric cancer. Jung YS, Koo DH, Yang JY, Lee HY, Park JH, Park JH. Drug Deliv. 2018 Nov;25(1):872-879. 
 
+Potential anticancer effect of sodium caprate on human gastric cancer cells. Kim NH, Park JH, Koo DH, Lee T, Yang JY, Lee HY. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2022 Aug 1;117(8):1255-1263.
 
+A Pilot Study of Peritumor Administration of 5-FU for Preventing Bleeding in Advanced Gastric Cancer. Kim NH, Park JH, Koo DH, Jung YS, Yang JY, Lee HY. Korean J Gastroenterol. 2022 Dec 25;80(6):273-280.

Team Members

NamHee Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

CTO, Director

-Sunggkyunkwan University, internal medicine, Ph.D.
-Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

+Impact of metabolic unhealthiness and its changes on the risk of erosive esophagitis: a cohort study. Kim NH, Chang Y, Ryu S, Sohn CI. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jun;39(6):1099-1106.
 

+Impact of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease on the risk of gallbladder polyps in lean and non-obese individuals: A cohort study. Kim NH, Kang JH, Kim HJ. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2024 Jan 30:S1499-3872(24)00006-7. 

+ Scope position is a determining factor for diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for mass lesions in the pancreatic head Kim NH, Kim HJ. International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention 2023; 12(4): 163-168.

SungHun Kang, Ph.D.

Head / Endocura Research Laboratory

-Hallym University, Biomedical Science, Ph.D.

+Graphene quantum dots-loaded macrophages as a biomimetic delivery system for bioimaging and photodynamic therapy. Kang SH, Lee JY, Kim SK, et al. JDDST 2023; 85: 104620

+Oral vaccine delivery for intestinal immunity-biological basis, barriers, delivery system, and M cell targeting. Kang SH, Hong SJ, Lee YK, Cho SP. Polymers 2018; 10(9): 948

+ Oral siRNA delivery to treat colorectal liver metastases. Kang SH, Revuri V, Lee SJ, et al. ACS NANO 2017; 11(10): 10417-10429

JeongYoon Yang, M.S

Senior Researcher / Endocura Research Laboratory

-Ulsan University, Medical science, Master degree

+Emerging Vascular-Targeted Strategies for Gastric Cancer: A Novel Local Delivery Approach. Jeong-Yoon Yang, Seo Lyn Choi, Chang-Whan Yoon, Jung Ho Park. Healthcare Research and Practice. 2025;1(2);22-30

+Peri-tumor administration of 5-fluorouracil sol-gel using a hollow microneedlefor treatment of gastric cancer. Yoon Suk Junga , Dong-Hoe Koo a , Jeong-Yoon Yang a , Hee-Young Lee a , Jung-Hwan Park b andJung Ho Park.DRUG DELIVERY2018, VOL. 25, NO. 1, 872–879

JiAe Lee, RN

Senior Researcher, RA

-Yonsei University, Nursing, bachelor’s degree
-Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Clinical Trial Center

SungJin Bae, M.S.

Researcher / Endocura Research Laboratory

-Yonsei University, Division of Medical Sciences, Master degree

+Cholesterol Synthesis Is Important for Breast Cancer Cell Tumor Sphere Formation and Invasion. Kim, H.Y.; Bae, S.J.; Choi, J.-W.; Han, S.; Bae, S.-H.; Cheong, J.-H.; Jang, H. Biomedicines 2022, 10, 1908.

Sojin Gil, M.S.

Researcher / Endocura Research Laboratory

– The Catholic University of Korea, Immunology and Microbiology, Master degree

+Mesenchymal stem cells preconditioned with a TLR5 agonist enhanced immunoregulatory effect through M2 macrophage polarization in a murine graft-versus-host disease model. Gil S, Im KI, Kim N, Lee J, Na H, Min GJ, Cho SG. Int J Med Sci 2024; 21(9):1649-1660.

YoonGyeong Choi, RN

Researcher / Endocura Research Laboratory

– Chungang University, Nursing, bachelor’s degree

+Eight-year trajectories and predictors of cognitive function in community-dwelling Korean older adults with cardiovascular diseases. Son, Y. J., Kim, D. Y., Choi, Y. G., & Kim, E. Y. 2024. Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 56(1), 153–163.