Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Holmium laser enucleation of prostate, HoLEP, Laser surgery, Neurogenic bladder, Lower urinary tract dysfunction, Neurourology, Spinal cord injury, Urodynamic study, Non-invasive urodynamic testing, Urinary stone, Endourology, Interstitial cystitis, Painful bladder syndrome, Medical device, Clinical trials, Questionnaire, Quality of life research

Dr. Seung-June Oh currently holds the position of Professor of Urology at Seoul National University (SNU) College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. Additionally, he is a full-time faculty member of the Department of Urology at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), where he specializes in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Oh has been interested in lower urinary tract dysfunction since his residency. He conducted clinical research on postoperative urinary dysfunctions in rectal cancer patients. He earned his master’s degree at SNU College of Medicine through his research on “The Effect of Intravesical Oxybutynin Instillation in Experimental Rat” using in vivo cystometry. During his research fellowship at SNUH between 1997 and 1999 under the supervision of Prof. Hwang Choi, he was extensively involved in basic physiological research of bladder smooth muscles using an organ bath system for two years to obtain his PhD degree on the topic of ‘Contractile Properties of Adult and Neonatal Bladder Smooth Muscle’ as a result. 

In 1999, Dr. Oh relocated to Asan Medical Center in Seoul as a Clinical Fellow. Under the guidance of Prof. Taehan Park, he received extensive clinical training in the area of endourology. In 2000, Dr. Oh returned to SNU College of Medicine and SNUH where he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Urology with a subspecialty in Neurourology and Endourology. Dr. Oh was the first to specialize in lower urinary tract dysfunction at his institution. Additionally, he has been involved in endoscopic stone surgery, including percutaneous nephrolithotripsy and ureteroscopic lithotripsy.

Dr. Oh went to the United States in 2003 and became a Fellow of Prof. Edward J. McGuire at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. During his two-year fellowship, he received a grant in 2004 from the Paralyzed Veterans of America to create an educational module focused on evaluating and managing urologic complications of neurogenic bladder for healthcare providers. Upon his return to SNUH in 2005, Dr. Oh enhanced the fluoroscopic urodynamic study (UDS) system at his institution and established the Clean Intermittent Catheterization Education Center to offer comprehensive care for neurogenic bladder patients. He also developed the SNUH UDS Database Registry System, which annually encompasses over 1,000 UDS cases and has become the basis for developing various artificial intelligence algorithms using big data. In 2008, Dr. Oh initiated an annual nationwide educational program called the 'Intensive Course on UDS Interpretation' to train residents and medical professionals in Korea.

In 2008, Dr. Oh pioneered the Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) procedure for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in South Korea. Highly experienced in endourological stone surgeries, he gradually established his own sphincter-saving (Early Inverted V-shaped Apical Mucosal Incision, EVAMI) HoLEP techniques, and disseminated his technique to domestic and international university hospitals through literature and surgical demonstrations. As the clinical volume of laser surgery for BPH increased due to his national reputation for BPH surgical technique with a very low rate of postoperative complications, his subspecialty gradually moved more towards BPH. He has performed more than 3,000 cases of HoLEP procedures since 2008. He also continued his practice in the area of neurogenic bladder and complex lower urinary tract dysfunction. He was promoted to tenure Professor in 2010. 

In addition to his clinical practice, he has been in charge of research and development (R&D) of medical devices at SNUH since 2013. In 2013, Dr. Oh took on the position of Chief of the Medical Device Clinical Trials Center, a formal organization that was later expanded and reorganized as the Medical Device Innovation Center, responsible for the R&D on medical devices at SNUH. He held symposiums and seminars on various medical device development-related topics, encouraging clinicians to actively collaborate among engineers, clinicians, government, and medical device industries through translational research or clinical trials of medical devices. He has also played a significant role as a consultant to the Korean government for the development of the national medical device industry. In 2015, he won a national project to create the Medical Device Usability Testing Center in the SNUH, the very first medical device usability test center in Korea. He received the Prime Minister's Award in 2019 for his contribution to the domestic medical device industries by actively mediating between the government, industry, academia, and research institutes. 

Dr. Oh is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Continence Society, American Urological Association, and Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction. He served as the President of the Korean Continence Society for two years between January 2016 and December 2017. In 2017, he also served as the President of the Pan-Pacific Continence Society, which covers the representative formal academic Continence Societies of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. From 2022 to 2023, he was the President of the Korean Spinal Cord Society, a multidisciplinary academic society related to spinal cord injury care.

Over the last 30 years, Dr. Oh has authored or co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to 33 book chapters, including the chapter on ‘Pubovagical Sling’ in the 9th edition of Campbell-Walsh’s Urology textbook as the first author. He has also been the principal investigator (PI) in around 130 research projects funded by the government or industries. His main areas of interest include BPH, overactive bladder, and neuropathic lower urinary tract dysfunction. He is particularly interested in researching the urodynamic aspect of bladder outflow obstruction associated with BPH, as well as the HoLEP procedure for BPH. Dr. Oh is still actively involved in research. Out of his 250 papers, he has authored 137 papers as the first author or PI. He has also published 32 papers on HoLEP, establishing himself as a leading clinician in this field.

ACADEMIC & CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
July 13, 2018- July 2020. Chairman, Department of Urology, Seoul National University (SNU) College of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Urology, SNUH
Sep. 1, 2010 - present. Professor, Department of Urology, SNU College of Medicine, SNUH
Oct. 2005 - Aug. 2010. Associate Professor, Department of Urology, SNU College of Medicine, SNUH
Sep. 2000 - Sep. 2005. Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, SNU College of Medicine, SNUH

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Sep. 2003 - Aug. 2005. Fellow, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (advisor: Prof. Edward J. McGuire)
Mar. 1999 - Feb. 2000. Fellow, Department of Urology (Section of Endourology / Pediatric Urology), Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
May. 1997 - Feb. 1999. Fellow, Department of Urology (Section of Pediatric Urology) SNUH, Seoul, Korea (full-time research activity at the Smooth Muscle Research Laboratory in the Department of Physiology, SNU College of Medicine)
Mar. 1990 - Feb. 1994. Residency in the Department of Urology, SNUH, Seoul, Korea
Mar. 1989 - Feb. 1990. Internship in the SNUH, Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION
Mar. 1997 - Feb. 1999. SNU College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Ph. D. degree, Thesis: The mechanism and characteristics of urinary bladder smooth muscle contractions: comparative study in neonatal and adult rats)
Mar. 1991 - Feb. 1993. SNU College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Master degree, Thesis: The effect of intravesical oxybutynin instillation on rat voiding cycle)
Mar. 1983 - Feb. 1989. SNU College of Medicine (Bachelor degree)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member, Korean Continence Society
Member, International Continence Society
Member, Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (2014-present)
International Member, American Urological Association (2001-present)
Member, Endourological Society
Member, Societe Internationale d'Urologie (2018-present)
Member, Korean Spinal Cord Society
Member (past), Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urology
Member (past), Korean and Japanese Society of Pediatric Urologists
Member, Korean Endourology Society
Member (past), Korean Society of Pediatric Urology
Member (past), Korean Children’s Continence and Enuresis Society
Member, Korean Urological Association
Member, Korean Medical Association

ACTIVITIES IN SOCIETIES
Mar. 2022 - Feb. 2023. President, Korean Spinal Cord Society
Sep. 2016 - Aug. 2017. President, Pan-Pacific Continence Society
Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2017. President, Korean Continence Society
Oct. 2013 - Dec. 2015. Vice President, Korean Continence Society
Dec. 2012 - Nov. 2017. Trustee, Korean Urological Association
Dec. 2012 - Nov. 2014. Committee Member, Education and Training Committee, Korean Urological Association
Dec. 2012 - Dec. 2015. Associate Editor, Korean Journal of Urology
Jan. 2010 - Sep. 2013. Board member, Editorial Board, International Neurourology Journal, International Neurourology Journal
May 2012 - May 2013. Medical Consultant, Ministry of Defense
Sep. 18-19, 2009. Secretary-General, Organizing Committee, The 26th Korea-Japan Urological Congress, Seoul, Korea
Sep 7, 2009. Committee Member, Local Organizing Committee, The 9th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society, Seoul, South Korea
Jun. 2009 - May 2011. Secretary-General, Korean Continence Society
Feb. 2009 - present. Board member, Editorial Board, LUTS, Wiley-Blackwell, LUTS, Wiley-Blackwell
Nov. 2008 - Nov. 2010. Committee member, Coding and Reimbursement Committee, Korean Urological Association
Mar. 2012 - Feb. 2014. Auditor, Korean Spinal Cord Society
Mar. 2010 - Feb. 2012. Board Member, Korean Spinal Cord Society
Mar. 2008 - Feb. 2010. Secretary-General, Korean Spinal Cord Society
Dec. 2007 - May 2009. Chair of Academic Committee, Korean Continence Society
Nov. 2006 - Nov. 2008. Committee Member, Education and Training Committee, Korean Urological Association
Nov. 2006 - Nov. 2008. Secretary, Coding and Reimbursement Committee, Korean Urological Association
Jan. 2006 - Nov. 2007. Deputy Secretary-General, Korean Continence Society
Dec. 2002 - Dec. 2004. Member, Information Committee, Korean Urological Association