M.D., Ph.D. Tae Sung Sohn

Department: Gastrointestinal Surgery
Specialty Groups: Gastric Cancer Center
Clinical Expertise: Stomach Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Stomach Cancer Surgery

2026 - Present: Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Samsung Medical Center
2018 - 2021: Chief Professor, Department of Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
2017 - 2018: Chair, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Samsung Medical Center
2016 - 2017: Manager, Strategy and Planning Team (Chief Planning Officer), Samsung Medical Center
2015 - 2017: Chair, Division of Digestive Surgery, Samsung Medical Center
2015 - 2016: Director, Gastric Cancer Center, Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center
2013 - 2015: Director, Office of Management and Support, Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center
2011 - 2013: Director, Referral & Consultation Center, Samsung Medical Center
2008 - 2011: Head, Medical Planning Team, Office of Planning, Samsung Medical Center
2004 - 2005: Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, USA
2003 - 2009: Associate Professor of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center
1999 - 2003: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center
1997 - 1998: Visiting Scientist, Hyogo Prefectural Institute for Geriatric Diseases, Japan
1997 - 1997: Visiting Scientist, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
1997 - 1997: Visiting Scientist, National Cancer Center Japan, Japan
1992 - 1995: Captain, Republic of Korea Armed Forces (Military Service)