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Sung K. Moon, MD, PhD

Education

MD, Yonsei University School of Medicine, South Korea, 1989
Otolaryngology Residency, Yonsei University Medical Center, South Korea, 1994
PhD, Yonsei Universtiy Graduate School, South Korea, 2000
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, House Ear Institute, 2001

Research Area

Molecular immunology of inflammatory ear diseases
Signal transduction involved in regulation of immune molecules

Research Interests

Role of spiral ligament fibrocytes in cochlear inflammation
Role of antimicrobial molecules in middle ear infection
Role of endolymphaticsac epithelial cells in endolymph homeostasis

Academic Appointment

Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Professional Membership

American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
American Association of Immunologists
International Society for Otitis Media
American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Awards and Recognitions

• Award for Outstanding Pre-doctoral Scholar, Korean Research Foundation (1998)
• Panelist,Post-Symposium Conference of International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media (2007, 2011)
• Chair, Basic & translational Researches on Hearing Loss, 20th IFOS World Congress (2013)
• Co-Chair, Innate Immune Mechanisms,7th Extraordinary International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media (2013)
• Reviewer (Ad Hoc), Translational Research Initiative for HearingRoyal National Institute for Deaf People, UK (2013)

Research Grants

• 2011 – 2016 NIDCD R21/33 Grant (Co-Investigator): Role of Spiral Ligament Fibrocytes in Immune-Mediated Inner Ear Damage
• 2009 – 2014 NIDCD R01 (Co-Investigator): Innate Immunity in Otitis Media Pathogenesis
• 2011- 2013 AmericalOtological Society Research grant (Principal Investigator): Role of dexamethasone-induced aquaporin 3 regulation in endolymphatic hydrops
• 2010 – 2012 Hearing and Balance Science Research Grant (Co-Investigator): Role of Vasopressin-AQP2 System in Endolymph Regulation of ES epithelial cells
• 2008 – 2012 NIDCD R03 Grant (Principal Investigator): Role of Spiral Ligament Fibrocytes in Inner Ear Inflammation
• 2007 – 2008 American Society for Pediatric Otolaryngology (Principal Investigator): Role of Spiral Ligament Fibrocytes in Otitis Media-induced Cochlear Inflammation

Publications

Link to my PubMed publications