Youngkyu Moon, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 1021, Tongil-ro, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul 03312, Republic of Korea

With more than 10 years of industry experience, Dr. Moon has worked as an assistant professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital at the Catholic University of Korea since 2019. Prior to this appointment, he was a clinical assistant professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital from 2017 to 2019. Previously, he was a clinical fellow at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital from 2013 to 2017.

Before embarking on his professional path, Dr. Moon pursued an education at the Catholic University of Korea, earning a Doctor of Medicine in 2005. He followed this accomplishment as a diplomate with the Korean Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in 2010. Dr. Moon concluded his studies in 2015, graduating from the Catholic University of Korea with a Doctor of Philosophy.

In addition to his work in the field, Dr. Moon has contributed to numerous endeavors in his professional circles. From 2015 to 2019, he contributed numerous articles to such journals as the World Journal of Surgery, the Journal of Thoracic Disease, Respirology, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the World Journal of Surgical Oncology, and the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Recently, Dr. Moon’s research focuses on the minimally invasive surgery (Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and non-intubated thoracic surgery) with special dedication to lung cancer surgery.

Articles Published in the Journal of Thoracic Disease

The prognostic utility of the histologic subtype of stage I lung adenocarcinoma may be diminished when using only the invasive component to determine tumor size for tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging

Is the size of the lepidic component negligible when measuring the size of the tumor to determine the stage of lung adenocarcinoma?

Long-term prognosis in patients with end-stage renal disease after coronary artery bypass grafting

Prognosis of wide wedge resection in patients with stage IA1 and IA2 lung adenocarcinoma with total tumor size including the lepidic component greater than 2 cm: a single center retrospective study

The prognosis of stage I non-small cell lung cancer with visceral pleural invasion and whole pleural adhesion after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: A single center retrospective study

Initial experience with uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of lung cancer performed by a surgeon who did not have previous experience performing multiportal thoracoscopic surgery: a single center retrospective study

Prognostic factors in stage IB non-small cell lung cancer according to the 8th edition of the TNM staging system after curative resection

Prognosis after wedge resection in patients with 8th edition TNM stage IA1 and IA2 non-small cell lung cancer

Prognosis of upstaged N1 and N2 disease after curative resection in patients with clinical N0 non-small cell lung cancer

Predictive factors for invasive adenocarcinoma in patients with clinical non-invasive or minimally invasive lung cancer

Non-intubated thoracoscopic surgery: initial experience at a single center

Prognostic prediction of clinical stage IA lung cancer presenting as a pure solid nodule

The prognosis of invasive adenocarcinoma presenting as ground-glass opacity on chest computed tomography after sublobar resection

Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of non-lepidic invasive adenocarcinoma presenting as ground glass opacity nodule

The effectiveness of mediastinal lymph node evaluation in a patient with ground glass opacity tumor

Risk factors for recurrence after sublobar resection in patients with small (2 cm or less) non-small cell lung cancer presenting as a solid-predominant tumor on chest computed tomography

Pure ground-glass opacity on chest computed tomography: predictive factors for invasive adenocarcinoma

Differing histopathology and prognosis in pulmonary adenocarcinoma at central and peripheral locations

Clinicopathologic correlates of postoperative N1 or N2 nodal upstaging in non-small cell lung cancer