Dr. Choi is an internationally reputed spine surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive spine surgeries. He has been extensively educated and trained in New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Japan and the USA. He has held many leadership positions in international and regional academic institutions. He is the current Director at Large for SMISS (Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery), Fellowship Director for AO Spine, Reviewer of international spine journals (Neurospine & Asian Spine Journal). He is also the supervisor for AIMS (Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences) Spine Fellowship programme.
He also holds several intellectual patents on spine instrumentation and implants with successful commercial launches with several international device enterprises.
He is committed to the pursuit of best care and most advanced treatments to better the experience for his patients.
Selected publications from PubMed
Fermented Morinda citrifolia extract stimulates hair growth by promoting dermal papilla cell proliferation and modulating the follicular microenvironment.
Kwon HY, Lee H, Choi JS, Lim SH, Kim T, Bae K, Park YS, Kim EM, Lee JY, Park EY, Choi N, Choung SY, Min DS
J Ethnopharmacol. 2027 Jan 10;372:122238 doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2026.122238.
Tissue-derived extracellular matrix hydrogels instruct epigenetic adaptation in metastatic colonization.
Yoon H, Kim D, Jeong HJ, Han H, Kim SJ, Jang J, Jung DB, Myung SJ, Yu CS, Song IH, Choi JH, Corces MR, Kwon T, Myung K, Joo J, Kang JH, Park TE, Cho SW
Bioact Mater. 2027 Jan;67:757-773 doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2026.08.031.
Ergonomic enhancement of a light-guided vocal fold injection device: Addressing usability limitations through usability engineering.
Choi J, Kim G, Lee J, Jung J, Hwang SY, Yang I, Lee S, Lee JC
Appl Ergon. 2027 Jan;138:104859 doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2026.104859.
Lymph node-targeted mRNA delivery of fine-tuned peptide-nanocomplexes for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination.
Jeong H, Yoon G, Lee DW, Yu H, Kim YB, Kim N, Choi J, Shin E, Kim YJ, Jeong HS, Kim HG, Kim D, Nah WS, Lee JY, Chung CP, Park YJ
Biomaterials. 2027 Jan;336:124438 doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124438.
Generating multiple-choice questions using reverse engineering techniques.
Shin S, Choi J, Hong E, Lee M, Lee M
Med Educ Online. 2026 Dec 31;31(1):2611632 doi: 10.1080/10872981.2025.2611632.
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