Kwang-Yul Cha
Cha Kwang-Yul(born 23 December 1952) is a South Korean medical doctor, an internationally known fertility specialist. Cha Kwang Yul received his medical degree from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, and performed his postdoctoral fellowship in endocrinology and infertility at the University of Southern California.
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http://kwangyulcha.blogspot.com/Kwang Yul Cha's History
He also served as a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York. He was the first president of the Pochon Cha University and is presently an active scholar in the field of alternative medicine at Columbia University in the US. Also, he is leading the CHA Medical Group in Korea now.
CHA Medical Group-World Prestigious Specialized Hospital for women
CHA Medical Group is led by
Kwang Yul Cha. The CHA Medical Group has received world reputation for 40-year clinical experience in the medical field. Founded in 1960 as the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, CHA Medical Group grew to be one of the respected and trusted medical and health care providers in the nation and continues to strive to integrate global medical technology into CHA Health System as we strive also to export novel medical technology of CHA Health System out to the world.CHA Medical Group, a combined Western and Oriental medical service, provides the best patient-focused healthcare services and is operated by the skilled medical staff with the most up-to-date medical equipments. We are ceaselessly committing ourselves to advancing the medical technology and to providing quality patient care customized for each individual under the foundational principle of CHA Health System. CHA Medical Group has many branch hospitals and affiliated organizations throughout the nation and overseas.
1)nation: Gangnam CHA General Hospital, Bundang CHA General Hospital, Gumi CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University
2)Overseas: CHA Fertility Center in Los Angeles, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, CHA Columbia Infertility Research Center in New York.Also, they are aiming to undertake 20 or more hospitals in the U.S. and Japan within 5 years to widen our excellent medical service worldwide.
Dr. Cha Kwang-yul's Medical Achievement
1986: Nation’s first GIFT (Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer)
First IVF produced in a private hospital.
1987: Asia’s first pregnancy in a woman without ovaries.
Sperm bank established.
1988: World’s first pregnancy from in vitro culture of immature oocytes collected from
unstimulated ovaries.
1989: Winning of the best paper awared by the American Society for Reproductive
Medicine - the first birth, in the world, from the embryo transferred in the
fallopian tube.
1991: TIME, the American weekly news magazine, introduces the outcome of Cha Kwang-Yul ’s
studies on infertility and reproductive medicine on the cover topic.
1994: Korea’s first ICSI baby delivery. Cha Kwang-Yul’s research on infertility introduced to
public through TIME magazine Agreement with Monash University of Australia to
establish infertility clinic in the USA, Japan and China.
1996: Kwang-Yul Cha ’s research on infertility and immature oocyes reported as feature story in TIME magazine.
Pan Pacific Infertility Society founded with UCI Infertility Center and first joint international
symposium held in Hawaii.
1998: Wimming of the best paper award by the International Federation of Fertility Societies
and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine - restoration technique of minute fallopian
tube using laparoscope.
Winning of the excellent paper awarded by the International Federation of Fertility Societies
and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine - development of oocyte vitrification.
2000: Winning of the best paper award in image by the American Society for Reproductive
Medicine.
2002: The New York Times adopts Dr. Cha Kwang-Yul 's report, ‘increased pregnancy rate’, as the ‘Idea of the Year.’
Receipt of research funds amounting to 5 billion won from the Ministry of Health and
Welfare for the ‘study on infertility and reproductive medicine and genital disease
genetics’ of the Human Genetics Research Center of CHA General Hospital, led by Kwang-Yul Cha.
