(Public Health Specialist, Academician, Researcher and Korean DRG Casemix Expert, Catholic University of Korea, South Korea)
Professor Sukil Kim graduated from college of medicine, the Catholic University of Korea. He was trained as a specialist in preventive medicine at the Yonsei University. He got Ph.D. degree in public health at the Yonsei University and additional Master of Science degree in medical informatics at the University of Utah.
He has been involved in the WHO activities since 2006. He is a former co-chair of WHO Family of International Classification (WHO-FIC) Asia-Pacific Network and a current member. He is a former co-chair of ITC (Informatics and Terminology Committee) and a current member.
He has been chairing the research committee on the patient classification of the Korean Medical Association since 2018. He is also a member of committee of Patient Classification and also a member of consultative group on the New Korean DRG.
He played an active role in developing the recent version (4.x) of the Korean DRG which was conducted by the Korean Medical Association since 2012. He pointed out several issues that should be rectified for the proper implementation of DRG in Korea. Some of them were published in both Korean and international scientific journals.