Vancouver, Washington, United States
You can call me Kathy. I'm the co-founder and CEO of CyrenCare, transforming clinical workflows by modernizing the medical history taking process and patient-clinician communication. CyrenCare enhances efficiency by engaging patients in their native language to capture triage and HPI notes before they see a provider, streamlining care and improving throughput. A seasoned emergency medicine specialist trained at Samsung Medical Center, I formerly served as an Assistant Professor at Ajou University in South Korea. Specializing in post-cardiac arrest care and resuscitation, I conducted research funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea, resulting in multiple peer-reviewed publications. I spearheaded innovations in physician-to-physician communication within the Emergency Department, which inspired me to tackle fragmented patient-provider interactions. Adaptability and multidisciplinary is my strength, integrating expertise in medicine, digital health, machine learning, and design. Bolstered by digital health, architecture and design studies from MIT, Sungkyunkwan University and Hongik University to drive innovation at CyrenCare.
Clinical duties in the ED and ICU (specialized in post-cardiac arrest care) Trained and educated EM residents and medical school students hands-on and in the classroom. Performed research specialized in post cardiac arrest care with a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea. Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals CPR committee head of emergency medicine (monthly meetings for quality improvement in the hospital, CPR education) Acute stroke committee head (monthly meetings for quality improvement for acute stroke patients in the ED) IRB committee
Involvement in academic activities and external affairs regarding post-cardiac arrest management and care
Planned the academic program for biannual academic conferences by the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine