Young-Yul Kim is a Professor at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. He earned his MD from the same university. He earned the Best Research Award from Korea Spine Society Meeting in 2009 and 2016, respectively, the Best Basic Research Award from Pacific Asian Spine Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (PASMISS) in 2011, and the Best Research Poster Award from Biospine Ap in 2018. His main research interests focus on orthopedics, spinal diseases, and biomaterials.