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Lee Kang-young(Korean: 이강영) is the General Director of Severance Hospital.

He is focusing on transforming the hospital system into a specialized medical center for critical and highly complex treatments, led by expert physicians.

He was born in 1967.

He graduated from Kyungmoon High School in Seoul and earned his medical degree from Yonsei University College of Medicine. He received a master’s degree in medicine from Yonsei University Graduate School and a PhD in pathology from Korea University Graduate School.

He completed his residency at Yonsei University's Severance Hospital and later worked as a researcher at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States.

In March 2012, he was appointed as a professor in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Yonsei University College of Medicine.

He has served as the head of the Colorectal Cancer Clinic at Gangnam Severance Hospital and as director of the Medical Quality Management Office at Severance Hospital. He later held key leadership positions at Yonsei University Health System, including Director of Planning and Coordination, Director of Future Strategy, and Head of the Mid-to-Long Term Project Division, where he played a key role in shaping both the present and future management of the hospital.

In April 2024, he was appointed General Director of Severance Hospital for a two-year term.

He is regarded as a pioneer in the field of robotic surgery for colorectal cancer in South Korea.

He currently serves as President of the Korean Surgical Society.