Introduction to Dr. Seol Cheol-hwan, Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon at JW Jeongwon Plastic Surgery

Career Profile

Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon

Graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine

Graduated from Yonsei University Graduate School of Medicine

Ph.D. in Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University Graduate School

Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon, Severance Hospital

Instructor, Plastic Surgery, Severance Hospital

Professor, Plastic Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital

Professional Activities

Academic Committee Member, Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group, The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Executive Committee Member, Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group, The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Lifetime Member, The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Regular Member, The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Regular Member, The Korean Society for Craniofacial Plastic Surgery

Regular Member, The Korean Society for Microsurgery

Regular Member, The Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand

Regular Member, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

Former Academic Committee Member, Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons

Former President, Breast Plastic Surgery Paper Study Group

Former Examination Committee Member, The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Research Activities and Lecture Topics

Contributed to the breast plastic surgery sections of the plastic surgery textbook Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 3

Published numerous papers in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,

Archives of Plastic Surgery,

Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and others

Led the planning and development of Hanbiomed's breast implant, 'BellaGel'

2023.03.11-12 Invited to and attended Evolution Summit Seoul 2023 as the Korean representative KOL; Faculty (executive member) of the society, and presented on “Augmentation Mammoplasty in Asymetric Breasts”

2022.04.16-17 Lecture at APS 2022 (Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2022)

Presented on “The Usefulness of Fat Grafting in Complex and Challenging Aesthetic Breast Surgery (Complex Aesthetic Breast Surgery ; When to Use Fat Grathing)”

2021.12.12 Chaired the session “Overcoming Difficulties in Secondary Breast Augmentation” at SBM (Seoul Breast Meeting), led the discussion, and presented on “Correction of Implant Malposition via Transaxillary Approach”

2021.11.12-14 Chair, 2021 The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2021)

2021.08.27 Yonsei University College of Medicine Department of Plastic Surgery “60th Anniversary Academic Lecture,” presented on the high-difficulty procedure of performing augmentation and mastopexy at the same time to correct ptotic breasts (Exploring Augmentation Mastopexy : the Culmination of Aesthetic Breast Surgery)

2021.07.10 As chair at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2021, led a discussion on the characteristics of smooth implants (nanotextured series) / Tips and Pitfalls in Using Smooth(Nano Textured) Type Implant

2021.03.14 2021 Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch Academic Symposium of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, lecture on “Augmentation Mammoplasty in Asymmetric Breasts” (Augmentation mammoplasty in asymmetric breasts)

2020.11.14 Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM) 2020 Breast lift, breast reduction

2020.06.27 Invited lecture at the “KOR-USA Bellagel Global Webinar”

2020.06.20 Invited lecture at the “Beyond The Smooth: Bellagel SmoothFine Webinar” for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

2020.03 Paper titled “A multi-center, retrospective, preliminary observational study to assess the safety of BellaGel® after augmentation mammaplasty” published in the international journal European Journal of Plastic Surgery

2019.12.14 Chair, Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM) 2019

2019.12.6-7 Served as a judge for the 2019 Miss Mimosa Queen held in Bangkok, Thailand, and conducted consultations for local residents

2019.11.24 Live breast augmentation surgery and lecture for local medical staff in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2019.11.11 Live combination breast augmentation surgery using BellaGel implants for Dr. Bradley P. Bengtson, the U.S. key opinion leader for BellaGel implant clinical research

2019.11.08-10 Chair of the session “Framing and Mapping in Reduction Mammoplasty” in the breast plastic surgery session at PRS KOREA 2019, the 2019 international congress of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

2019.11.08-10 At the 3rd Asian Lipoplasty and Stem Cell Forum during PRS KOREA 2019, delivered a lecture on “The Key to Overcome Complicated Breasts: Combination Breast Augmentation (Implant and Fat Graft)”

2019.11.08-10 In the Industrial Session at PRS KOREA 2019, presented the results of a retrospective clinical study on BellaGel implants and clinical experience with BellaGel SmoothFine (BELLAGEL Retrospective Study Review & Experience with the BELLAGEL SmoothFine)

2019.05.25-26 At the 2019 Global Bellagel Academic Symposium, demonstrated breast augmentation surgery using BellaGel micro implants for medical staff from Hong Kong and Mexico, chaired Session 1, and lectured on “Combination Breast Augmentation; Implants and Fat Injection”

2019.01.18 Invited as the lead investigator for BellaGel to the “Korea-U.S. Research Discussion on Current Issues and Trends in Breast Augmentation and Breast Reconstruction” held in Seoul

2018.11.14 Invited lecture in Guangzhou, China, at the “2018 International Seminar on Advanced Breast Augmentation and Breast Anatomy,” on “Augmentation and Correction of Asymmetric Breasts”

2018.11.14 Invited lecture at the “2018 Hans Biomed G-BAS Korea-China Breast Plastic Surgery Exchange Conference” in Guangzhou, China, on “BellaGel: The Past, Present, and Future”

2018.11.11 Lecture on “Asymmetric Breasts” at Session 3 of Seoul Breast Meeting during PRS KOREA 2018, the 2018 international congress of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

2018.11.11 Chair, Session 8 “Body Contouring Procedures” at Seoul Breast Meeting during PRS KOREA 2018, the 2018 international congress of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

2018.11.11 Lecture on “BellaGel: The Past, Present, and Future” at Industrial Session 3 during PRS KOREA 2018, the 2018 international congress of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

2018.10.18 Invited to the press conference marking the launch of BellaGel Micro Golden Line; lectured on “The Latest Insights on Breast Implants and the Distinctive Features of the New BellaGel Micro Product”

2018.10.06 Lecture on “Bellagel: Past, Present and Future” at the 2018 Bellagel Academic Symposium

2018.09.07 Invited lecture at the 7th ISAPS CHINA on “Combination Breast Augmentation; Implant and Fat Injection” and “Management of Explanted Breast”

2018.05.19-21 At the Global Bellagel Academic Symposium, lectured and chaired a session on “Combination Breast Augmentation; Implants and Fat Injection,” and performed surgical demonstrations for medical staff from Mexico

2018.05.13 Chair, “Anti-Aging Plastic Surgery” session at the 17th Spring Continuing Education Course of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons

2018.04.07 At Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2018, Round Table 1. Breast, served as a panelist for “Troubled situation in aesthetic breast surgery: What would the expert do?” and chaired the Bellagel Academic Symposium (BAS)

2018.03.24 Invited to the 17th Shanghai International Conference of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; lectured and served as a panelist in the breast plastic surgery forum on “Strategies for Mild Ptotic or Pseudoptotic Breast Augmentation without Mastopexy; Considering Asymmetry in Nipple & IMF Level”

2018.03.03 Chair of the 2018 Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group Symposium of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, and lecture on “Mild Ptotic Breast Augmentation without Mastopexy; Considering Asymmetry in Nipple & IMF Level”

2017.11.11-12 Lecture at the BellaGel session of PRS Korea 2017 on “Characteristics of BellaGel Micro and Early Clinical Application”

2017.11.11-12 Chair, Breast Aesthetic Session 2 and Breast Reconstruction Session 4 at PRS Korea 2017

2017.10.20 Lecture at the 2017 Korea University Plastic Surgery Symposium on “Management of Explanted Breast Implants”

2017.10.15 Chair, 16th Fall Continuing Education Course of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons

2017.09.23 Lecture at the Bellagel Academic Symposium on “Characteristics and Clinical Application of BellaGel Micro”

2017.09.14 Invited as a faculty member to the “World Symposium on Ergonomic Implants” held in Italy, where he shared advanced endoscopic revision surgery techniques

2017.04.02 At Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017, Motiva session, presented surgical methods and outcomes using Motiva implants under the topic “Motiva: How useful is it?”

2017.04.02 Chair, BellaGel session at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017

2017.04.01 Chair, breast plastic surgery session at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017, and lecture on “Augmentation Mammoplasty in Asymmetric Breasts”

2017.02.22 Lecture and surgical demonstration with Marcos Sforza (Dolan Park Hospital, U.K.) on “Combination Breast Augmentation Using Motiva Implants”

2017.02.18 BellaGel Round Meeting, “The Characteristics of BellaGel Breast Implant & The Clinical Application of BellaGel”

2016.11.17-20 At PRS KOREA 2016, the international congress of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, chaired the BellaGel symposium on “The Characteristics and Clinical Application of BellaGel Breast Implants” and lectured in the breast revision surgery session on “Management of Implant Malposition”

2016.11.12 Invited lecture in China at the “2016 Weihai International Seminar on Plastic and Aesthetic Medicine and the Weihai Medical Association Medical Aesthetics and Beauty Annual Meeting” on “Breast Augmentation”

2016.10.22 Invited lecture in the breast plastic surgery session of the “13th Chinese Medical Association Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Doctors Association” on “Decision on Inclusion Site and Implant Pocket”

2016.10.21 Invited lecture at the BellaGel China Launch Symposium on “Decision on Inclusion Site and Implant Pocket”

2016.08.30 Chair, Allergan physician education program “AMI (Allergan Medical Institute)”

2016.05.15-17 Chair, Breast Surgery Session 2 at the 13th Japan-Korea Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; invited lecture in the Breast Augmentation Session on “Combination Breast Augmentation : Implants and Fat Injection”

2016.03.20 Invited lecture at the 2016 Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch Symposium of The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Approach”

2016.03.12-13 Invited lectures at the academic conference of The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery [“Intermammary Span and Internipple Distance,” “The Result of Breast Augmentation with ‘BellaGel’ and the Characteristics of ‘BellaGel’”]

2016.02.20-21 Invited lecture at the BellaGel implant launch symposium on “The Characteristics and Clinical Results of BellaGel Implants”

2015.11.13-15 At PRS Korea 2015 (international symposium of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons), planned and chaired the Breast Augmentation Planning program (Breast session 1 ; Planning of Augmentation Mammoplasty), and presented “Instructional Course ; Decision on Incision Site & Implant Pocket in Augmentation Mammoplasty”

2015.08.09 Invited chair for the “Breast Augmentation” session at the 12th Continuing Education Course of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons, Sacred Heart Hall, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea

2015.06.06 Invited presentation at the 12th Asan Plastic Surgery Symposium on “Decision on incision site and implant pocket in breast augmentation”

2015.03.28 Invited to Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2015 and delivered a lecture on “Management of Explanted Breast”

2014.12.06 Lecture at the 2014 Congress of the Korean Society for Plastic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery on “Mastopexy after Massive Weight Loss”

2014.11.07-09 Presentation at the 2014 KSPRS International 72nd Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on “Managing Patient's Expectation in Augmentation Mammoplasty”

2014.10.18-21 Lecture at the 6th ASBPRS (Asian Society of Breast Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) in Indonesia on “Minimizing The Gap between Outcome and Expectation”

2014.10.11 Invited lecture at the 30th anniversary academic conference of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, on “Coping with patients` expectations in breast augmentation”

2014.08.01 Invited lecture at the 17th ASEAN-IPRAS 2014 on “Combination Breast Augmentation: Implants & Fat Injection” and “Management of Breast Implant Malposition”

2014.06.08 Lecture, anatomy dissection, and surgical demonstration at Seoul Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, at the 3rd Severance Breast Cadaver Workshop on the topic of Combination Breast Augmentation 'Implant & Fat'

2014.05.20 Lecture at Soonchunhyang University Department of Plastic Surgery - 91st Aesthetic Case Conference on “Revisional Breast Augmentation”

2014.05.16 Presentation at the 12th Korean-Japan Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery on “Endoscopic transaxillary revisional breast augmentation”

2014.04.26-27 Invited lecture at the International Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium, COEX, Seoul, on “Management of Breast Implant Malposition”

2013.10.19 Chair of the Breast Remodeling Session at the 2013 International Society of Plastic Surgery and Dermatology Symposium (IMCAS; International Master Course on Aging Skin) held in Shanghai, China; presented “Combination Breast Augmentation,” “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation,” and “Endoscopic Transaxillary Revisional Breast Augmentation”

2013.10.16-18 Invited to the 5th Asian Symposium of Breast Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASBPRS) in Singapore and presented four topics on breast plastic surgery: “Periareolar Augmentation Mastopexy,” “Strategy for Correction of Capsular Contracture,” “Management of Breast Implant Malposition,” and “Endoscopic Transaxillary Revisional Breast Augmentation”

2013.09.14 Invited to the Congress of the Korean Society for Plastic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery and lectured on “Augmentation Mastopexy”

2013.09.08 Lecture at The Busan Aesthetic Plastic Symposium on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation with Anatomic Implant”

2013.08.30 Lecture on breast reconstruction (Two-stage expander/implant reconstruction) at the 40th Anniversary Symposium of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine

2013.06.09 Lecture, anatomy dissection, and surgical demonstration at the 2nd Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group Symposium on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation using Anatomic Implant”

2013.06.08 Lecture at the 2nd Severance Breast Cadaver Symposium, Yonsei University College of Medicine [Implant based Breast Reconstruction]

2013.04.05 Lecture at the Spring Scientific Meeting of the Busan-Gyeongnam Branch of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on “Transaxillary Endoscopic Breast Augmentation using Anatomic Implants”

2012.11.10 Lecture at the Secondary Revisional Breast Augmentation session of the 70th Academic Meeting of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on “Management of malposition”

2012.10.05-06 Invited lecture at OSAPS (Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) 2012 on “Augmentation Mastopexy for Breast Ptosis”

2012.06.10 Invited lecture at the 1st Severance Breast Cadaver Workshop on “[Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation]”

2012.06.09 At the 2nd Severance Breast Cadaver Workshop, gave a lecture, anatomical dissection, and surgical demonstration on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation using Anatomic Implant”

2012.06.09 Invited lecture at the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group Symposium of The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine on “[Breast Augmentation Using Fat Grafting]”

2012.06.08 Lecture at the 2nd Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group Symposium on “Implant based Breast Reconstruction”

2012.04.13 Lecture at the Complications and Management of Breast Session [Strategy for correction of capsular contracture], Augmentation Mastopexy Session [Techniques and Results in Augmentation Mastopexy] at the international congress of The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

2012.04.18 Invited lecture at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch Symposium of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on [Strategy for capsular contracture]

2012.03.18 Invited lecture at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch Symposium of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on [Strategy for capsular contracture]

2011.11.12 Lecture at the academic meeting of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on [Tissue expander breast reconstruction]

2011.10.09 Presented four topics at the 3rd Asian Breast Plastic Surgery Symposium

2011.10.09 Lecture at the 3rd Asian Breast Plastic Surgery Symposium on [secondary endoscopic transaxillary breast augmentation]

2011.06.19 Invited speaker at the 8th Asan Plastic Surgery Symposium held at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, and lectured on [Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation]

2011.04.24 Served as an overseas invited speaker and chair of the breast plastic surgery presentation session at the International Symposium of Minimal Invasive Plastic Surgery & Dermatology in Bangkok 2011 in Thailand

2011.04.01 Lecture at the academic meeting of The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery on [Correction of breast ptosis]

2010.11.07 At the fall academic meeting of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, presented, with video, a new revision surgery method directly developed by Dr. Seol Cheol-hwan under the title [Endoscopic Transaxillary Revisional Breast Augmentation]

2010.06.05 Presentation at the 1st Korea-China Chengdu Aesthetic Academic Conference in Sichuan Province, China on “Endoscopic Breast Augmentation via Minimal Axillary Incision”

2009.11.21 Invited as a panel speaker at the fall academic meeting of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and lectured on [Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation]

2009.09.19 Invited by the Vietnam Medical Association to present [Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation] and [Facial Bone Contouring Surgery]

2009.03.06 Paper published in Volume 15, Issue 1 of the journal of The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, special issue on breast augmentation: “Endoscopic transaxillary breast augmentation using cohesive gel implants”

2008.11.08 At Allergan Academy Asia of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, “Live Breast Surgery” and live broadcast of the society during “Minimal axillary incision endoscopic breast augmentation surgery”

2008.09.21 Presentation at the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Group Academic Conference of The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on “The Correction of Implant Malposition”

2008.05.29 - 05.30 Presentation at the Central Asian Plastic Surgery Conference on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation with Cohesive gel implant”; chaired the craniofacial plastic surgery session

2008.03.29 Presentation at the 26th Academic Conference of The Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery on “Endoscopic Minimal Incision Breast Augmentation and Revision Surgery”

2007.09.21 Presentation at the Severance Aesthetic Conference on “Endoscopic Breast Augmentation via 3 cm Minimal Axillary Incision Using Cohesive Gel Implants”