N. Reed Dunnick MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Tae-Hwan Lim MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Jongmin John Lee MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Korea and Korean Society of Radiology (KSR) This session is part of Korea Presents at RSNA 2014.

Korea and Korean Society of Radiology (KSR)  Following dinosaurs, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens, ;our ancestors have inhabited in and around Korean peninsula. In a history of many dynasties for 5000 years, Republic of Korea was established in 1947 AD. In 2013, the population was counted as 51,098,531 (26th / 225 countries) within 100,210 km2(111th / 208 countries). The number of medical doctor per 100,000 population has been increasing continuously up to 214 in 2012. Among 113.000 medical doctors, 3,465 board-certified radiologists are registered in 2014.  KSR was founded in 1945. Korean congress of radiology (KCR) has continued every year till now. From 2010, KCR was organized as an international congress with the official language of English. This year, over 75% of sessions were conducted in English. Topics for only Korean doctors and some basic educational sessions were in Korean. Additional on the regular members (76.0%), 604 resident members (13.3%) and 478 international members (10.5%) are registered in KSR (4,547 in total). During the KCR, about 10% of registrants are usually from abroad.  As a diligent radiology society in Asia-Oceania region, KSR conducts diverse international activities including visiting symposium, KSR fellowship, invited speaker exchange, awarded poster exchange, joint symposium, national delegate exchange, journal collaboration, booth exchange, and visiting professorship. So far, international collaboration has been established between KSR and 20 countries or societies world-wide. The globalization of KSR is on the purpose of giving more opportunities for KSR members to improve themselves through international communication. Also KSR aims for ;a synergic evolution together with our partner societies. As a world leading radiology society, RSNA has been a source of motivation and is a chance of globalization for KSR and its members.

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Dunnick, N, Lim, T, Lee, J, Opening Remarks.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14000997.html