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Kim Young-sik selected for South Korea’s Primary Care Academic Award
Doctor Kim Young-sik has been named the 12th Primary Care Academic Award winner by HanDok and the Korean Academy of Family Medicine in South Korea.
The award recognizes doctors and organizations that have contributed to family medicine and the development of primary care.
Kim has served as a professor of family medicine at Asan Medical Center and as president of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine.
His work has contributed to the development of family medicine and primary care in South Korea.
The award ceremony is scheduled for Oct.
25 in Yeosu, during the academy’s autumn conference.
The sources do not give further details about the award or any next steps beyond the ceremony.
Kim Young-sik has been selected for the 12th Primary Care Academic Award.
HanDok and the Korean Academy of Family Medicine announced the selection on October 23.
The award recognises contributions to family medicine and the development of primary care.
Kim has contributed to those fields as a professor at Seoul Asan Hospital and as president of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine.
The ceremony is scheduled for October 25 at the academy’s autumn conference in Yeosu.
- Who
- Kim Young-sik, director of Seoul Asan Kim Young-sik Clinic.
- What
- He was selected for the 12th Primary Care Academic Award.
- When
- The selection was announced on October 23, 2026. The award ceremony is scheduled for October 25.
- Where
- The ceremony will take place in Yeosu, at the Korean Academy of Family Medicine’s autumn conference.
- Why
- He was recognised for contributions to primary care and family medicine.
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HanDok and the Korean Academy of Family Medicine announced Kim Young-sik as the award recipient.
The award ceremony is scheduled to take place at the academy’s autumn conference in Yeosu.
- Award
- 12th Primary Care Academic Award
- Recipient
- Kim Young-sik
- Announcing organisations
- HanDok and the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
- Ceremony location
- Yeosu