Doctors and Research
Six licensed Korean medicine doctors practise at this clinic. All hold a national licence issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea.
Juyoung Lee (이주영) — Director
Korean medicine doctor. PhD in Korean Medicine (herbal formula science) and PhD in Medicine (pathology). Chair of the Myeongkwae Korean Medicine Pharmacopuncture Society, an association of around 470 member clinics in Korea. Holds two Korean patents for pharmacopuncture compositions. Completed the Harvard Medical School executive programme "Leading Digital Transformation in Health Care" (2026).
Verifiable profiles: ORCID · Google Scholar · Wikidata
Hyeonsik Jeong (정현식) — Senior Clinical Director
Korean medicine doctor, PhD in Medicine. Former director of the Korean Medicine Cancer Center at Dankook University and former clinical professor at the Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong. Research on standardised allergen-removed Rhus verniciflua Stokes extract (aRVS) published in international journals.
Verifiable profiles: ORCID · Google Scholar
Youngeun Yoo (유영은) — Co-Director
Korean medicine doctor, MSc in Medicine (preventive medicine, Kosin University). Oversees the external herbal dispensary, including preparation and quality control of pharmacopuncture.
Other practising doctors
Byeongjun An (안병준), Minkyeong Kim (김민경), and Heeyoon Kim (김희윤) are licensed Korean medicine doctors practising at the clinic, covering musculoskeletal care, dermatology, women's health, paediatrics, and weight management.
Selected peer-reviewed publications
- Pharmacopuncture Improves the Lipid Profile in Patients under Statins — Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (2024), PMID 39212512
- Pharmacoacupuncture for Lowering HbA1c in Korean Adult Patients With Hyperglycemia — Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research (2025)
- Association of Low Urine pH as a Metabolic Feature with Abdominal Obesity — Journal of International Medical Research (2020)
- Protective effect of Sam-Hwang-Sa-Sim-Tang against hepatic steatosis in mice fed a high-cholesterol diet — BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2013)
- Effect on Human Sperm of Adding Allium sativum to Ojayeonjonghwan Prescription — 대한한의학방제학회지 (Journal of Herbal Formula Science) (2009)
The full list with plain-language summaries is on the research page (in Korean).