Dr. Hantai Kim
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Biography
Hantai Kim graduated from Yonsei University in South Korea in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Applied Statistics. He earned his MD from Ajou University School of Medicine in 2014 and later obtained his PhD from the same university, with a research focus on inner ear organoids. After serving as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Ajou University Hospital where he was honored with the AJOU Young Investigator Award for his research contributions, he joined Konyang University College of Medicine / Konyang University Hospital in 2022 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Prof. Dr. Kim is actively involved in clinical practice, surgery, education, and research within the field of otology and neurotology. His dedication to research, clinical care, and teaching was recognized in 2024 when he received the Professor of the Year award from Konyang Education Foundation. His accolades from both Ajou University and Konyang University underscore the broad recognition of his research achievements across institutions. He is working at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong starting from October 2025.
Affiliations
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Hong Kong, China
Department of ORLHNS
Honors and Awards
Excellent Paper Award
International Congress of ORL-HNS 2017
Excellent Paper Award for Residents at the 91st Annual Congress of the Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, International Congress of ORL-HNS 2017 (Seoul, Korea) (Apr 21-23, 2017), “Efficacy of Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy for Treating Chronic Otitis Media in Patients With Mastoid Cavity Opacification in Temporal Bone Computed Tomography Findings”
AJOU Young Investigator Award
Ajou University
Awarded by the President of Ajou University to a young investigator in the biomedical sciences and at the 2020 Ajou Bio Health Science Research Fair (Ajou Medical Center, Suwon, Korea) (Nov 2-6, 2020)
Best Poster Presentation Award
The Korean Otological Society
Best Poster Presentation Award at the 62nd Korean Otological Society Meeting, “Predicting Speech Discrimination Scores from Pure-Tone Thresholds – A Machine Learning-Based Approach using Data from 12,697 Subjects” (Apr 3-4, 2021)
Best Poster Award
The Organoid Society
Awarded at 2022 Annual Meeting of the Organoid Society, “Enriched Proliferation of Auditory Hair Cells in Otic Organoids Using the Notch Pathway Inhibitor” (Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea) (Nov 9-10, 2022)
Professor of the Year
Konyang Education Foundation
Awarded by the Konyang Education Foundation to a professor affiliated with Konyang University Hospital who has achieved outstanding achievements in research over the past year, presented at the hospital's opening anniversary event (May 3, 2024).