• Korea University, College of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2004 (Ph. D.)
• Korea University, College of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000 (M.S.)
• Korea University, College of Medicine, 1996 (M.D.)

• Image-guided precision thoracic cancer surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery
• Inhalation lung cancer therapy
• Nano-medicine
• Sustained drug release
• Liquid biopsy (exosome, CTCs)

• Chair, Korea University, College of medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: 2016-current
• Adjunct Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Korea University: 2016-current
• Professor, Korea University, College of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: 2015- Current
• Associate Professor, Korea University, College of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: 2010-2015
• Assistant Professor, Korea University, College of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: 2007-2010
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Korea University, College of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: 2005-2007

• The Korea University Seok Tap Research Award: 2024
• The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea Minister’s Award: 2024
• Selected as EBS ‘Best Doctors’ : 2023
• EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award: 2023
• Murok Nam Kyung-Ae Korea University Alumni Association Medical Award: 2023
• The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea Minister’s Award: 2022
• The Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Research Award: 2022
• The Korea University Seok Tap Research Award: 2021
• Korean Association for Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Best Oral Presentation Award: 2018
• 6th ASPVS, The Past, Present and Future of Single Port VATS- Withstanding the Test of Time: 2018
• The Korean Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, A best presentation Award: 2017
• The Korea University Seok Tap Research Award: 2016
• ESTS-GRILLO Award, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons:2015
• The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society, Dong A best presentation award: 2015
• The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society, Dong A best presentation award: 2014
• Best Surgical Movie Award: 2013
• The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society, Dong A best presentation award: 2012
• 10th International Conference of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society, Merit Award: 2012
• The Korean Cancer Association GSK Award: 2011
• The Korean Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Dong A best presentation Award: 2010
• The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society, Dong A best presentation award: 2010
• The Korea University Medical College Alumni, The best article: 2005

• - Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (No. RS-2024-00466887)
• - Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (No. RS-2024-00436472)
• - Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (No. 1711195429)
• - H-(Reverse) Train, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Commercialization Support Team(2023)
• - Korea National Enterpraise for Clinical Trials(2022)
• -Korea Medical Device Development Fund grant funded by the Korean government (the Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) (Project Number: 1711138151, KMDF_PR_20200901_0094_02)
• -Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (NO. HI19C0166)
• -National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NO. 2018R1D1A1B07048721)
• -Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (No. HI17C0654)
• -National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2015R1A2A2A04005760)
• -Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (No. A121074)
• -National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2012012166)
• -Technology Innovation Program, Ministry of Trade, industry & Energy (No. 10049039)
• -National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2012012166)
• -Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (A070001)

Professor Hyun Koo Kim is a professor and chief of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Korea University Guro Hospital. He is a specialist and pioneer in the field of minimally invasive image-guided surgery and robotic thoracic surgery. He is one of the first surgeons in Asia who used robotic lung cancer surgery and the world's first performed two ports approach in robotic thoracic surgery. In 2015, he was the first Korean to receive the Grillo Award from the European Thoracic and Cardiovascular Society for developing a technology that accurately distinguishes lung cancer from normal tissue using an ICG fluorescent dye. He has published many research papers, such as International Journal of Surgery(2024), Advanced Healthcare Materials (2023), JAMA Surgery (2020), and Annals of Surgery (2021), etc., through research on developing lung cancer-targeted molecular fluorescence contrast agents and fluorescence imaging systems for minimally accurate resection of lung cancer. He has recently been researching blood-derived exosomes for non-invasive with an early lung cancer diagnosis and published many research papers, such as Small(2024), Nature Communications (2023) and ACS NANO (2020).