Tempered by crisis, Lee Wang-jun seeks to lead Int'l Hospital Federation into AI-driven future

Lee Wang-jun, the incoming president of the International Hospital Federation and chairman of the Myongji Medical Foundation, says true leadership reveals itself only in moments of crisis. That belief has been shaped by more than three decades of overcoming major challenges in the Korean health care sector. The year after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Lee acquired a bankrupt hospital in Incheon and built it into a 400-bed institution within a decade. In 2020, Myongji Hospital successfully treated the first Korean COVID-19 patient just five days after it opened the nation’s first emergency response center for the virus. Drawing on those crisis-tested credentials, Lee now seeks to guide the IHF’s push into artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health care. Founded in 1929, the IHF is a nonprofit association that connects about 30,000 hospitals worldwide, with more than 170 member organizations across over 70 countries. Elected in November as president-designate of the International Hospital Federation, Lee is only the second leader from both Korea and Asia to helm the body, succeeWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times