Launching a New Section ‘Biomedical Engineering’

On July 1, 2016, the Executive Board of the Journal of Korean Medical Science (JKMS) decided to make a new section of subspecialty “Biomedical Engineering” in addition to 36 present sections. A few articles in the field of biomedical engineering have been published every year in JKMS under several subspecialty categories. The new section was reported to the Board of Trustee of the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. I asked president of the Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (KSMBE) to recommend section editor. The board of KSMBE discussed this affair and the president recommended Prof. Young Bin Choy, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine. Based on the recommendation, JKMS invites Prof. Young Bin Choy as the section editor from October 1, 2016.