Doo-Sik Kong earned, from Hanyang National University, his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in 1996 and 2001, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. in Medicine from Sungkyunkwan National University in 2008. He undertook his internship (1996-1997), and residency (1997-2001) at Samsung Medical Center and completed his fellowship (2001-2004) at Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital. He was a visiting professor at Stanford University from 2012 to 2014. Currently, he works as a professor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine. Moreover, he is a member of the Korean Neurosurgical Society, Korean Skull Base Surgery Society, and Korean Pediatric Neurosurgery Society.