Present Academic Appointments: Emeritus Professor of Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine,

Academic Activities: President, Korean Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 2024

Chairman (President), Board of Directors, Korean Society of ORL-HNS, 2018~2019

Board member, International Society of Inflammation and Allergy of the Nose, 2020~present

Member of Councilors, Korean Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 2011.11~present

Board member, Korea-Japan Joint Meeting, 2018~present

Member of Councilors, Asian Facial Plastic Surgery Society, 2009. 06 ~present

Congress president, Korean Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017.

President, Korean Society of Sleep Medicine, 2012-2013

Deputy secretary general/ Director of Rhinology, Facial Plastic and Sleep Medicine, IFOS 2013 Seoul.

Director of Planning Committee, Korean Rhinologic Society, 2002-2008

Dr. Joseph K Han is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery at Old Dominion University (Eastern Virginia Medical School).

He is currently the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Administration. He was the Chief for the Division of Rhinology & Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery. He is the Chief for the Division of Allergy. Previously Dr. Han was the Director for the Division of Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Dr. Joseph Han was the President for the American Rhinologic Society, the Virginia Society of Otolaryngology, Tidewater Otolaryngology & Ophthalmology Society, Korean American Otolaryngology Society, Chair of the Rhinology and Paranasal Sinus Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, and Chair for the Rhinitis, Rhinosinusitis, and Ocular Allergy Committee for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

Dr. Han is on the Editorial Board for the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. Dr. Han was an examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Han is the Editor for two books including the book, Practical Medical and Surgical Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis. He is the Rhinology Section Editor for the Ballenger’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. He is the Associate Editor for Allergy and was an Associate Editor for the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology and American Journal of Allergy and Rhinology. He has over 185 scientific publications, over 307 national and international scientific presentations, and over 214 guest lectureships. He has published in the top 3 medical journal (NEJM, JAMA, and Lancet) as either the first or senior author for these publications.

He is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), American Rhinologic Society (ARS), Triological Society, and American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI). Dr Han was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA). He was involved in the national Guideline Task Force. Dr. Han has received numerous awards including Best Doctors of America, Castle Connelly Top Doctors, and Top Doctors by US News & Report.

Dr. Han is very active in both basic science research and clinical research studies and has been awarded over seventy funded clinical studies and research grants. His thesis was on Subclassification of Chronic Rhinosinusitis, which is the endotyping and phenotyping CRS. He has been awarded NIH funding for the bench research study of chronic sinusitis. Recently he has spearheading the use of monoclonal antibodies and nanobodies for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. He has been the international and national lead investigator for several multi-national, multi-institutional, prospective randomized clinical trials for chronic rhinosinusitis.

After finishing his Otolaryngology training from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Dr Kornkiat Snidvongs obtained a PhD degree together with a fellowship in Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Dr Kornkiat Snidvongs is currently the Chief of Endoscopic Nasal and Sinus Surgery Excellent Center of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and he is a Professor at Division of Rhinology and Allergy, Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He has been involving in research in Rhinology and writing over 100 publications and 10 book chapters. Most of his works are Rhinosinusitis and Endoscopic sinus surgery.