JW Garden Plastic Surgery | Plastic Surgery Specialist :: Introduction to Director Seoman Gun

Brief Profile

Plastic Surgery Specialist

Graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine

Graduated from Yonsei University Graduate School of Medicine

Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Training at the Plastic Surgery Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Plastic Surgery Specialist, Severance Hospital

Social Activities

Lifetime member of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

President of the Rhinoplasty Research Society of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (2018~2020)

Regular member of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Executive Director of Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum 2012 (Seoul International Rhinoplasty Forum)

Executive Committee Member for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of the Chinese Society of Reconstructive Medicine (first foreign member)

Asia Education Chair of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

Co-founder of the Rhinoplasty Society of Asia (RSA)

Visiting professor of ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) (2020~present)

Research Activities and Lectures

Wrote the rhinoplasty section in the 2019 2nd edition of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (published by the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)

Published numerous papers in SCI-indexed journals

Research committee member at the Human Tissue Restoration Research Institute affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine

Academic director of the Rhinoplasty Research Society of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Reviewer for the journal of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Reviewer for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a leading international journal

Contributed many papers to plastic surgery journals

Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Aes Plastic Surgery, a world-renowned international journal

Cosmetic Plastic Surgery (co-author, 2014)

Asian rhinoplasty (English edition) (2012)

The Latest Techniques in Rhinoplasty Surgery for Koreans (Chinese edition) (2012)

Latest Perspectives on Rhinoplasty Surgery for Asians (co-author, 2011)

Chinese edition of Asian Rhinoplasty, Peking University Medical Press (2015)

Rhinoplasty textbook Atlas of Asian Rhinoplasty (English edition) (2018)

2022.11.17-18 Invited lecture and symposium presentation at the 40th meeting of the Japanese Society of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery on <Secondary tip derormities; pinched tip and external valve insufficiency> 'Revision surgery for the nasal tip: correction of pinched tip and reconstruction of the nasal valve'

2022.11.11-13 Presented on <Secondary septal correction> at PRS Korea (International Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)

2022.08.10-13 Invited to the 25th academic symposium of the Indonesian Society of Plastic Surgeons <InaPRAS> and presented on '1. Innovative technique of augmentation rhinoplasty (latest perspectives on 3D-printed implants and nasal tip augmentation), 2. Correction of nasal tip deformity, 3. Correction of crooked nose'

2022.07.16 Invited lecture at the Severance Hospital Plastic Surgery Symposium <Master Series: My Ultimate Solution> program, 'My rhinoplasty surgical technique'

2022.04.16-17 Chair and lecturer at APS 2022 (Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2022)

Presented on Correction of pinched tip deformity 'Revision surgery for a pinched nasal tip'

2022.02.12 Lectured on the rhinoplasty session at the Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (OSAPS: Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) Virtual OSAPS Masterclass, on the topic <Title: Tips and pitfalls of stable nasal tip projection>

2022.01.10 Published through Springer, a world-renowned medical and scientific book publisher, as editor and lead author of <State of the Art Rhinoplasty Techniques> : Perspectives from Korean Masters 1st ed. 2022 Edition

2021.10.28 Invited lecture and symposium presentation at the Thai Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Thai Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

<Tips and tricks for better rhinoplasty results>

2021.08.27 Yonsei University Department of Plastic Surgery 60th Anniversary Academic Symposium

<Innovation of augmentation rhinoplasty>

2021.08.22 Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum 2021 <Cases from masters: Disaster relief>

2021.07.11 At the international aesthetic plastic surgery congress hosted by the Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, lecture on correction of saddle nose (reconstructive correction for septal collapse) (correction of saddle nose(septal collapse))

2021.05.27 Invited lecture by the Emirates Plastic Surgery Association <Rhinoplasty revision surgery>

2021.05.26 Lecture for plastic surgery residents at Hallym University Medical Center <Augmentation rhinoplasty>

2021.05.21 Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons master class lecture <Lecture on crooked nose correction for young plastic surgery specialists>

2021.05.07 Mevos lecture (virtual), China <rhinoplasty master class>

2021.04.24 World Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) master class lecture <A to Z of short nose correction>

2021.04.15 Invited lecture at the 67th Japanese Society of Plastic Surgery session for Asian experts <Innovation of augmentation rhinoplasty>

2021.04.09 Invited lecture at the Gwangju-Jeonnam Branch Academic Conference <Tips for better result of rhinoplasty>

2021.03.27 ISAPS World panel presentation <What should be avoided in Asian tip plasty>

2020.12.22 Paper 'Correction of the deviated tip and columella in crooked nose' published in Archives of Plastic Surgery, the international journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

2020.10.09 Lecture at the 89th PSTM (Plastic Surgery The Meeting) symposium, invited by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, on 'Tips and pitfalls of contracted short nose correction'

2020.09 Invited to the ISAPS Olympiad, lecture on 'Tips and pitfalls of contracted short nose correction'

2020.09 Selected by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) as one of the 'World's Top 50 Plastic Surgery Experts,' the only Korean selected

2020.04 Paper 'Multilayered Costal Cartilage Graft for Nasal Dorsal Augmentation' published in the SCI-level international journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

2019.12.7-8 Invited lecture at the 4th Vietnam Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Society International Congress on the topic 'Tips and tricks of secondary short nose correction'

2019.11.08-11 Invited lecture on rhinoplasty at the master class of the 2019 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2019), on the topic 'Do’s and don’ts in Asian rhinoplasty'

2019.11.08-11 Speaker in the septal adjustment session for revision noses at the 2019 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2019), on the topic 'Role of the septum in secondary tip and columella correction'

2019.11.08-11 Chair of the session 'Aesthetic consideration for rhinoplasty : personal strategy' at the 2019 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2019)

2019.10.03 Lecture at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery on 'Know-how of augmentation rhinoplasty using costal cartilage'

2019.07.21 Lecture at Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum 2019 on 'Mesh-related Septal Complication'

2019.05.03-04 Lecture and video presentation on the latest surgical methods for correction of upturned nose and crooked nose correction at Mevos International Congress of Aesthetic Surgery & Medicine, Hangzhou, China

2019.04.12-14 Invited lecture on six rhinoplasty topics at the Annual Congress of the Malaysian Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2019.04.06-07 Surgical method enabling immediate revision in infected noses at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2019, Seoul, Korea

2018.11 Interview on French terrestrial channel TMC

2018.11.11 Lecture at the 2018 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2018), Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum Session 6, on 'Key tips for dorsal augmentation using costal cartilage'

2018.11.11 Lecture at the 2018 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2018), Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum Session 10, on 'Maintaining balance between scar tissue and structural grafts'

2018.11.11 Panelist at the 2018 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons International Congress (PRS KOREA 2018), Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum Session 11, 'Conversation with experts on secondary nose surgery, Q&A: the best way to achieve good results'

2018.11.04 Lectures at the 24th International Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) on 'How to Overcome the Pitfalls of the Contracted Short Nose Correction' and 'Asian rhinoplasty'

2018.10.25 Lecture at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Aesthetic Surgery on 'Mid-vault complication of the nose: saddle nose'

2018.09.06 Invited lecture at the 7th ISAPS CHINA on 'A Novel Technique of Asian Nasal Tip Projection : Rein-Shaped Columellar Strut Graft' and 'Bulbous Tip Correction : Harmonious Volume Reduction'

2018.09 Publication of the English book Atlas of Asian Rhinoplasty

2018.07.18-21 Invited lecture at the 16th joint symposium of the Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (OSAPS) and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

2018.08 Paper 'Augmentation Rhinoplasty Using Autologous Tissue' published in the SCI international journal Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

2018.06 Paper 'Rein-shaped Columellar Strut Graft for Tip Projection' published in the SCI-level international journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

2018.06.03 Lecture at the 14th Korea-Japan Plastic Surgery Meeting on 'Rein-shaped Columellar Strut Graft for Tip Projection'

2018.04.07-08 Lecture at 'Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2018' on 'Creation of dorsum-lobule-ala aesthetics in bulbous tip correction of Asians' and chair of 'Unfavorable Result: causes and solutions'

2018.03 Paper published in an SCI-level journal, the International Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

2018.02 Interview in the French women's magazine 'ChEEK Magazine'

2017.11.10 Lecture on 'Tips for avoiding poor rhinoplasty outcomes' at the PRS Korea 2017 Secondary Rhinoplasty session

2017.09 Interview on French terrestrial channel TF1

2017.07.13-16 Invited to the forum of the Chinese Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery to lecture and give a video demonstration on crooked nose and contracted nose

2017.07.02 Invited lecture at Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum 2017 on 'Dorsal irregularity and saddle nose: camouflage or anatomical correction'

2017.04.20 Invited as a faculty member to the ISAPS_JSPRS Joint Symposium, held in Osaka, Japan, and lectured on 'Daviated Nose Correction' and 'Short Nose Correction : Tips and Pitfalls'

2017.04.01-02 Invited lecture at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017, held in Seoul, on 'Tips and pitfalls in managing deviated nasal dorsum'

2016.11.23-25 Invited lecture at the rhinoplasty master class session of the 70th anniversary symposium of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS 2016) on 'Current techniques of nasal dorsal augmentation and short nose correction in Korea'

2016.11.17-20 Invited lecture at PRS KOREA 2016 on 'Crooked Dorsal Septum'

2016.10.23-27 At the 23rd International Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS 2016), invited lecture in the Asian rhinoplasty session on 'Correction of Hump Nose in Asians,' and in the master class session on 'Asian Rhinoplasty: Tips and Pitfalls of Dorsal Augmentation & Asian Tip Plasty'

2016.09.02-03 Invited to the Singapore Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium to present six rhinoplasty topics, and appointed Visiting Academician of Singapore Academy of Medicine

2016.06.11 At the 13th Asan Plastic Surgery Symposium in 2016, chair and invited lecturer for the video session on current and future directions in rhinoplasty techniques: <Current & Future Trends in Modern Rhinoplastic techniques : Video Session> and lecture on <Tips and pitfalls of deviated nose correction>

2016.03.12-13 At Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016, lectured for domestic and international plastic surgeons on <Revisional corrective rhinoplasty> and <Pitfalls of Gore-Tex implant>, and presented for clinic directors and coordinators on short nose, crooked nose, and hump nose correction

2015.11.13-15 Invited lecture at 2015 PRS Korea (International Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons) on 'Asian tip plasty, principle and techniques'

2015.08.23 Invited lecture at Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum 2015

2015.03.29 Presented the latest surgical methods in the 33rd Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium on 'Effective correction of hump nose'

2015.02.25 Invited lecture at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine on 'Open structure rhinoplasty in Asians, logic & misconception'

2014.11.07-11 At the 72nd International Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons & the 2nd Seoul International Rhinoplasty Forum, presented as a panelist on 'Deviated nose: tip management' and 'IHCC (Irradiated Homologous Costal Cartilage) for rhinoplasty', and gave a paid educational lecture for plastic surgeons on 'Instructional course lecture: Asian tip plasty, principles and technique'

2014.10.27-29 In Pattaya, Thailand, at the International Congress of Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, gave education on short nose correction and performed a live surgery demonstration

2014.09.19-22 Invited lecture at ISAPS 2014 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 'How to overcome small septal cartilage in Asian tip plasty (Asian Rhinoplasty)'

2014.08.01-03 Invited lecture in Hong Kong at IMCAS (International Plastic Surgery and Dermatology Symposium) on three rhinoplasty topics

2014.04.26-27 Invited lecture at the International Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium, COEX, Seoul, on 'Correction of asymmtric nasal tip and nostril'

2014.03.02-04 Lecture on three rhinoplasty topics at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Instructional Course and the 1st Philippine Plastic Surgery Congress

2013.11.24 Lectured on two rhinoplasty topics at the invitation of the education center of Cipto Mangukusmo Hospital, the largest university hospital in Indonesia

2013.11.23 Lectured on three rhinoplasty topics at the invitation of the Thailand Plastic Surgeons Association

2013.10.19 Lectured on five rhinoplasty topics at IMCAS (International Plastic Surgery and Dermatology Symposium) held in Shanghai, China

2013.10.11-15 Lectured at ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons) in San Diego, USA, on [Surgical methods for correcting short noses in Asians]

2013.09.01 Lectured on 'Tip plasty' at the 50th Hanyang Symposium

2013.08.04-05 Lectured on 'Correction of deviated nose' at the International Society of Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Surgery and the Chinese Society of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, held in Harbin, China

2013.07.07 Lecture at the 11th Academic Symposium of the Rhinoplasty Research Society of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons on 'Dorsal augmentation with various materials'

2013.05.10-12 Lectured at the 12th China Plastic Surgery Congress in Wuhan on 'Corrective surgery for tip and columella deformities caused by postoperative complications'

2013.04.27-28 Lectured on 'Short nose correction' at the 31st Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the 11th Korean Society of Plastic Surgeons International Congress

2013.03.15 Invited lecture on correction of a contracted short nose at the 2nd Shanghai Plastic and Aesthetic Forum and the 12th Shanghai International Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Conference

2012.12.17-19 Keynote lecture in Beijing, China, at the 4th Korea-China High-Level Medical Exchange Seminar on [Methods of correcting a deformed nose after rhinoplasty]

2012.12.07-09 As the Korean representative speaker at the International Lecture Series on Modern Clinical Techniques in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery held in Beijing, China, lectured on [Correction of deformities of the nasal tip and columella]

2012.11.11 At the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, lectured in the Basic Educational Course on "dorsal augmentation" (nasal bridge augmentation)

2012.10.07 At OSAPS 2012 (Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), invited lecture on [Correction of deviated tip and columella in deviated nose]

2012.09.13 Invited lecture at the Plastic Surgery Academic Lecture of Gwangmyeong Seongae Hospital [Rhinoplasty]

2012.06.13 Lecture at the 2012 Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum SECONDARY RHINOPLASTY [Problem Solving II : Lengthening the foreshortened nose using allograft with autograft], [Instructional Course 3. Open structurerhinoplasty]

2012.05.23 Invited lecture at the Southern Medical University, China [Latest techniques in challenging rhinoplasty]

2012.04.13 At the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery International Congress Instructional Course, lectured on [Short nose correction], [Secondary rhinoplasty: capsule management]

2011.11.27 Invited lecture at Medical Korea Vietnam Conference 2011 [Latest perspectives on Korean rhinoplasty]

2011.10.19 Invited lecture at the 36th Hanyang University Symposium [How to overcome troublesome obstacles in short nose correction]

2011.08.26 Invited lecture at the academic symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine [Trends, controversies and futures of Asian rhinoplasty]

2011.06.26 Lecture at the 8th Rhinoplasty Research Society Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons [Role of the capsule in the revisional rhinoplasty]

2011.05.28 Plastic Surgery Gangnam Conference (Grand Auditorium, Gangnam Severance Hospital) [Surgical methods for achieving good results in short nose correction]

2011.04.01 At the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Academic Conference Instructional course, lectured on [Short nose correction:Basic & advanced]

2010.11.06 At the autumn academic conference of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, lectured on [Rhinoplasty using homologous costal cartilage]

2010.10.19 Rhinoplasty Research Society conference [Correction surgery for pinched nasal tip]

2010.06.27 7th Academic Symposium of the Rhinoplasty Research Society of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons [Implants for dorsal augmentation : Silicone, Gore-Tex, Silitex]

2009.11.21 Autumn academic conference of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons [Demonstration of correction for contracted short nose]

2009.09.19 Invited by the Vietnam Medical Association [Short nose correction surgery]

2009.06.21 Rhinoplasty Research Society symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons [Septal cartilage]

2009.05.09 Spring academic conference instructional course of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons [Correction methods by type of secondary rhinoplasty]

2009.03.20 Yonsei University College of Medicine Aesthetic Plastic Conference [Correction procedures for short nose (upturned nose)]

2008.11.17 Rhinoplasty Research Society conference [Interactive video review of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery]

2008.03.30 Korean Society of Plastic Surgeons Symposium [Revision surgery for the nasal tip]

2007.11.10 Autumn academic conference of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons [Correction surgery (osteotomy, crooked nose and hump nose correction)]

2007.10.21 Severance Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium [Rhinoplasty revision using autologous tissue] Live surgery (surgical demonstration)

2007.10.20 Severance Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium [Secondary rhinoplasty]

2005.09 44th Anniversary Academic Symposium of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine [Rhinoplasty revision]

2005.06 Grand Round, Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine [Latest perspectives on rhinoplasty revision]