Director of MLC
Byung-In Lee / Neurology
Yonsei Univ. Medical Center
Educational Background
Undergraduate Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Final Degree (University, Major) MD Yonsei University College of Medicine
Overseas Training (Institute, Supervisor)
NEUROLOGY RESIDENT TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINEESOTA HOSPITALS IN USA
FELLOWSHIP IN EPILEPSY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY IN CLEVELAND CLINIC
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY IN INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOOL OF MEDICINE
Professional Societies and current positions
KOREAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
KOREAN EPILEPSY SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY
KOREAN NEUROCRITICAL CARE SOCIETY
Research Area(s): Translational research, Clinical research, Medical devices, Drug trial
Research Field: EPILEPTOLOGY, EEG AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
Diseases: EPILEPSY, NEUROPROTECTION, EPILEPTOGENESIS
Possible Collaboration: VARIOUS FIELD RELATED TO EPILEPSY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Dr. Byung In Lee is a professor of Neurology at Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Korea. He served as the president of Korean Epilepsy Society from 1998 to 2002 and CEO of Korean Neurological Association from 2006-2008. He is now the chair of Commission of Asian Oceanian Affairs in ILAE and president of Korean Neurocritical Society. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine in 1974 and got residence training in University of Minnesota, USA between 1980 and 1983. He served as a fellow of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology in Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA between 1983 and 1984. His research interests include pharmacotherapy, surgical management and pathological basis of epilepsy. He has published numerous articles in journals topics including Neurology, Epilepsia, Neuroscience and many others.
Dr Byung-In Lee is a key opinion leader in epilepsy in Asia; pioneer of clinical epileptology in Korea and instrumental in the promotion of Asian epilepsy communities. In 1986 he applied SPECT, combining both interictal and ictal studies to the protocol of pre-surgical evaluation of refractory epilepsy, which pioneered work for image based localisation of epileptogenic region
