Kim Taek-woo, new chairman of the Korean Medical Association, does his best to normalize the medical environment
Jan 09, 2025
Candidate Kim Taek-woo (Chairman of the Council of Social Chiefs of 16 metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide/Chairman of the 40th Gangwon-do Special Self-Governing Province) was elected as the 43rd president of the Korean Medical Association.
The National Election Commission of the Korean Medical Association (Chairman Ko Kwang-song) announced on the 8th that candidate No. 1 Kim Taek-woo was elected chairman with 17,007 votes (60.38% of the total votes) out of 28,167 votes at the grand auditorium on the basement floor of the Korean Medical Association Hall at 19:00 a.m. on the 8th. Joo Su-ho, the candidate for No. 2, was finally counted with 11,160 votes (39.62% of the vote).
Kim Taek-woo, the new chairman of the Medical Association, is a surgeon who graduated from Gyeongsang Medical University in 1990 and began his full-fledged medical association activities in 2000, starting with a member of the Medical Reform Struggle Committee during the drug division struggle in 2000. After serving as the chairman of Chuncheon City Medical Association, the chairman of Gangwon-do Medical Association, the chairman of the emergency committee for preventing nursing law, and the chairman of the emergency committee for preventing medical hospitals from increasing, he currently serves as the chairman of the social chair council of 16 metropolitan cities and the chairman of the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Medical Association.
Chairman Kim Taek-woo has been highly supported by medical members as he took the lead in the government's struggle against medical schools last year, along with an intensive police investigation and an administrative disposition of suspending his license for three months.
After receiving the certificate of election from the Central Election Commission of the Korean Medical Association, Chairman Kim Taek-woo said in his speech that `Although I feel heavy responsibility for being elected president at a serious time, I feel the members' earnestness to resolve the current medical crisis' and that `I will raise the status of the Korean Medical Association as an organization dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of 140,000 members and putting public health as the top priority", he expressed his feelings.
Chairman Kim then said, "The government must present a master plan to ensure proper medical education in 2025" and added, "We will do our best to normalize the abnormal medical environment."," he said, expressing his ambition to win the election.
The runoff was held over two days from the 7th to the 8th, and 28,167 out of a total of 50,185 electronic voters participated in the vote, recording a final turnout of 54.28%.
Meanwhile, Chairman Kim Taek-woo will start his term immediately from the election date on the 8th and serve as chairman until April 30, 2027.
The National Election Commission of the Korean Medical Association (Chairman Ko Kwang-song) announced on the 8th that candidate No. 1 Kim Taek-woo was elected chairman with 17,007 votes (60.38% of the total votes) out of 28,167 votes at the grand auditorium on the basement floor of the Korean Medical Association Hall at 19:00 a.m. on the 8th. Joo Su-ho, the candidate for No. 2, was finally counted with 11,160 votes (39.62% of the vote).
Kim Taek-woo, the new chairman of the Medical Association, is a surgeon who graduated from Gyeongsang Medical University in 1990 and began his full-fledged medical association activities in 2000, starting with a member of the Medical Reform Struggle Committee during the drug division struggle in 2000. After serving as the chairman of Chuncheon City Medical Association, the chairman of Gangwon-do Medical Association, the chairman of the emergency committee for preventing nursing law, and the chairman of the emergency committee for preventing medical hospitals from increasing, he currently serves as the chairman of the social chair council of 16 metropolitan cities and the chairman of the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Medical Association.
Chairman Kim Taek-woo has been highly supported by medical members as he took the lead in the government's struggle against medical schools last year, along with an intensive police investigation and an administrative disposition of suspending his license for three months.
After receiving the certificate of election from the Central Election Commission of the Korean Medical Association, Chairman Kim Taek-woo said in his speech that `Although I feel heavy responsibility for being elected president at a serious time, I feel the members' earnestness to resolve the current medical crisis' and that `I will raise the status of the Korean Medical Association as an organization dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of 140,000 members and putting public health as the top priority", he expressed his feelings.
Chairman Kim then said, "The government must present a master plan to ensure proper medical education in 2025" and added, "We will do our best to normalize the abnormal medical environment."," he said, expressing his ambition to win the election.
The runoff was held over two days from the 7th to the 8th, and 28,167 out of a total of 50,185 electronic voters participated in the vote, recording a final turnout of 54.28%.
Meanwhile, Chairman Kim Taek-woo will start his term immediately from the election date on the 8th and serve as chairman until April 30, 2027.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
