Wooridul Spine Hospital

Spine Specialists

Dr. Shin-Jae Kim

DepartmentNeurosurgery
SpecialtySpine Treatment

Consultation Schedule

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
09:30-12:00			●		●
14:00-17:00	●		●		●

Academic Background
- Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital
- Intern, Chung-Ang University Hospital
- M.D., Chung-Ang University College of Medicine
- M.S., Chung-Ang University Graduate School
- Fellow, American Board of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (FABMISS)
- FRCS, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS)
Major Careers
- Neurosurgeon, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Current Chair, Social Contribution Committee, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Current Steering Committee Member, Seoul Medical Tourism Tourism Alliance
- Board member of Institutional Review Board, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Former Director, International Patient Center, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Former Director, Infection Control Office, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Former Director, Research Center, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Former Staff Neurosurgeon / Deputy Director / Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- Former Chief of Neurosurgery, Daejeon Military Manpower Administration / Northern Gyeonggi Military Manpower Administration
- Former Adjunct Professor, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine
- Visiting Professor, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine
- Neurosurgery Department Head, Daejeon Military Manpower Administration / Gyeonggi Northern Military Manpower Administration
- Spine Surgery Fellow, Deputy Director, Department of Spine Surgery, Cheongdam Wooridul Hospital
- Former Director, Infection Control / Research Director, Cheongdam Wooridul Hospital
- Former Director, International Patient Center / Chair of Social Contribution Committee, Cheongdam Wooridul Hospital
- IRB (Institutional Review Board) Member
- Training, Memphis Medtronic Fundamentals Course, USA (2023)
- Education, Korean Neurosurgical Society Myofascial Pain Trigger Point (TPI) Training,
- Ring Doctor, DoubleG FC 02 Tournament
- Holds a patent for 3D bone modeling
Awards
- 2025, Medical Technology Innovation Award, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- 2024, Medical Technology Innovation Award, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- 2023, Medical Technology Innovation Award, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- 2022, Best Paper Award, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- 2021, Best Paper Award, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- 2019, Best Staff Neurosurgen Award, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
- 2012, Best Employee Award, Chung-Ang University Hospital
Professional Memberships
- Member, Korean Neurosurgical Society
- Member, Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society
- Public Relations Committee Member, Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society
- Member, Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Society (KOMISS)
- Member, North American Spine Society (NASS)
- Member, AO Spine
- Memphis Medtronic Fundamentals Course, USA, 2023
- Trigger Point Injection (TPI) Training, Korean Neurosurgical Society
- Ringside Doctor, Double G FC 02
- Patent Holder, Method for Manufacturing a 3D Bone Model Reflecting 2D Images of Target Bone and the 3D Bone Model Manufactured Thereby
Publication
- Textbook: Transforaminal Endoscopy for Lumbar Spine. Springer Singapore; 2023. p.210-216.
  Part 2. Various other disc herniations: Double compartment herniation.
  (Kim SJ, Shin SH)
- Textbook: Transforaminal Endoscopy for Lumbar Spine. Springer Singapore; 2023. p.184-189.
  Part 2. Foraminal disc herniation: Extraforaminal disc herniation_outside-in technique.
  (Kim SJ, Shin SH)
- Textbook: Transforaminal Endoscopy for Lumbar Spine. Springer Singapore; 2023. p.144-148.
  Part 2. Paramedian migrated disc herniation: Low-grade up-migrated disc using target-oriented approach.
  (Kim SJ, Shin SH)
- Textbook: Transforaminal Endoscopy for Lumbar Spine. Springer Singapore; 2023. p.131-136.
  Part 2. Paramedian migrated disc herniation: High-grade down-migrated disc at axillary portion using extreme lateral approach.
  (Kim SJ, Shin SH)
- Textbook: Transforaminal Endoscopy for Lumbar Spine. Springer Singapore; 2023. p.27-32.
  Part 1. Instruments for transforaminal endoscopy and its handling.
  (Kim SJ)
- J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2022 May 16.
  Comparative analysis of ABM/P-15, bone morphogenic protein and demineralized bone matrix after instrumented lumbar interbody fusion.
  (Ashwin S, Lee SH, Kim SJ, Eun SS, Choi YS, Lee SM, Seuk JW, Lee YS, Shin SH, Bae J)
- Textbook: Laser Spine Surgery: Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany pp9-15, 2021.
  Physics and general principle of spinal laser.
  (Kim SJ, Bae J)
- Textbook: Minimally invasive thoracic spine surgery: Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany pp239-242, 2021.
  Ch 26. Management after mini-thoracotomy without chest-tube.
  (Kim SJ, Bae YS, Bae J)
- Neurospine. 2021;18(2):399-405.
  Transumbilical retroperitoneal lumbar interbody fusion: A technical note and preliminary case series
  (Bae J, Kim SJ, Lee SH, Bae YS, Jeon SH)
- AME Medical Journal 2020; 7. DOI: 10.21037/amj-20-14.
  Spindle cell schwannoma in thoracic spinal cord: case report.
  (Kim SJ, Shin SH, Lee SH, Bae J)
- J Spine Res Surg 2020; 2 (2): 045-051. DOI: 10. 26502/fjsrs0015.
  Can Early First Trial of Void after Elective Spine Surgery Reduce the Incidence of Post-Operative Urinary Retention? - Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of 195 Patients.
  (Kim SJ, Lee SH, Eun SS, Chachan S)
- Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Oct 1;44(19):1339-1347. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003081.
  Comparison of Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Treating Single Level Unilateral Cervical Radiculopathy.
  (Kim SJ, Seo JS, Lee SH, Bae J)
- Korean J Neurotrauma. 2019 Sep 2;15(2):204-208. doi: 10.13004/kjnt.2019.15.e21. eCollection 2019 Oct.
  Brown-Séquard Syndrome Caused by Acute Traumatic Cervical Disc Herniation.
  (Kim SJ, Lee SH, Bae J, Shin SH)
- Korean J Spine. 2014 Sep;11(3):145-51. doi: 10.14245/kjs.2014.11.3.145.
  Clinical and radiological outcomes of a new cage for direct lateral lumbar interbody fusion
  (Kim SJ, Lee YS, Kim YB, Park SW, Hung VT)
- Korean J Spine. 2014 Jun;11(2):57-61. doi: 10.14245/kjs.2014.11.2.57.
  Unusual clinical presentations of cervical or lumbar dorsal ramus syndrome
  (Kim SJ, Ko MJ, Lee YS, Park SW, Kim YB, Chung C)
- Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2014; 56(1): 51-54.
  Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis of Gastric Cancer Misdiagnosed as Vestibular Schwannoma
  (Kim SJ, Kown JT, Mun SK, Hong YH)

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