Won Chul Cha

2008~2011: Public Health Physician, Jeju Hallim Hospital / Seogwipo Medical Center
2025~: Director, Healthcare Digital Transformation Research Institute (HTRI), SAIHST. (HTRI evolved from the Smart Health Lab established in 2017)
2021~: Director, Data Innovation Center, Digital Innovation Division, Samsung Medical Center
2015~2021: Associate Director, Information Strategy Office, Samsung Medical Center
2018~: Adjunct Professor (currently Associate Professor), Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology
2022~: Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
2017~2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center
2014~2017: Assistant Professor, Clinical Track, Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center
2013~2014: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center
2018~: Adjunct Professor (currently Associate Professor), Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology
2021~: Director, Data Innovation Center, Digital Innovation Division, Samsung Medical Center
2022~: Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

2019~2020: Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
2012~2013: FELLOWSHIP
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center
2011~2012: FELLOWSHIP
Clinical Instructor, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
2004~2008: RESIDENCY
Residency, Seoul National University Hospital
2003~2004: INTERNSHIP
Internship, Seoul National University Hospital
2011~2021: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine
2006~2008: Master of Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine
1996~2003: Doctor of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine

Awards & Honors: BIT Medical Informatics Award, Korean Society of Medical Informatics (2023); Minister of Health and Welfare (Contribution to ICT-based Healthcare MyData Expansion) (2022)

: Full Member, Korean Council of Emergency Medical Directors
: Full Member, Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
: Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB)
: Editorial Committee Member, AI for Health - Adopt AI (Editorial Committee 2026)
: Editorial Board Member, SIGNA VITAE
: Expert Review Board Member, Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
: Committee Member, Healthcare MyData Promotion Committee, Korea Health Industry Development Institute
: Special Director, Korean Society of Health Informatics and Statistics
: Director of Education, Korean Society for Medical Metaverse
: Director of International Cooperation, Korean Society of Medical Informatics
: Member, Education Committee, National Academy of Medicine of Korea
: Committee Member, Science Division, National AI Strategy Committee under the President
: Vice President, Korean Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
: Vice President, Big Data Clinical Application Research Society
: President, Emergency Medical Information Research Society
: President, Generative Model Research Society

M.D. Won Chul Cha