YejiX Appoints Seoul National University Professor Park Chang-min as Scientific Advisory Committee Member

Medical artificial intelligence startup YeziX announced that it has hired Professor Park Chang-min of Seoul National University College of Medicine as a scientific advisor.

Professor Park Chang-min is an expert in thoracic radiology and medical artificial intelligence. He served as the AI Program Chair of the Asia-Oceania Congress of Radiology and currently serves as President of the Korean Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. He also led the joint development and clinical validation study of Lunit Insight CXR, a domestic medical AI solution that has achieved commercial success in the global market. For his contributions, he has received numerous awards, including the Medical Device Industry Award, the Minister of Health and Welfare Award, the President's Award of the National Academy of Medicine of the Republic of Korea, and the Seoul National University Academic Research and Education Award.

With this appointment, YeziX will establish a consulting team of experts in the fields of electronic health records (EHRs) and medical imaging, key pillars of multimodal AI technology, alongside Professor Yoonjae Choi of KAIST. The company's solution for predicting readmissions in heart failure patients features integrated analysis of EHRs and medical imaging to enhance predictive accuracy. Professor Park will advise on the advancement of medical image analysis models and the development of clinical validation strategies in hospital settings.

Professor Park Chang-min evaluated that a multimodal approach combining imaging and electronic health records could be effective in managing complex diseases such as heart failure, and announced that he would support the expansion of the technology into overseas markets based on his research and clinical experience.

Jeong Seong-hyeon, CEO of YejiX, said that he expects that with the addition of medical imaging AI expertise, both technological perfection and clinical reliability will be strengthened simultaneously.

YeziX was recently selected for the TIPS Global Track by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and is preparing to establish a U.S. corporation and enter the local healthcare market.

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