Kim Sunmin Explained

Office:President of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service
Termstart:21 April 2020
President:Moon Jae-in
Alma Mater:Seoul National University
Birth Date:24 May 1964
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Minister:Park Neung-hoo
Kwon Deok-chul

Kim Sun-min (; born 24 May 1964) is a South Korean health care expert currently serving as the President of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) from April 2020.[1] She is the first woman to lead HIRA since its creation in 2000.[2] Before promoted to its 10th president, Kim was its Executive Director of Planning, its de facto vice-president.[3]

Kim has wealth of experience of working for inter-government and government institutions. She was a senior researcher at Korea Health Industry Development Institute from 1999 to 2001 and human rights researcher at National Human Rights Commission from 2001 to 2004.[4] She took numerous roles in HIRA since 2006 when she was first joined the institution as a member of its Review and Assessment Committee. She also worked as a senior technical officer at World Health Organization's Department of Service Delivery and Safety from 2016 to 2018.

Kim represented HIRA and Korea at OECD Health Care Quality and Outcome (HCQO) Working Group from 2009 and became its chair in 2018 becoming the first Asian-country-national and first woman to lead the HCQO Working Group.[5] [6]

She holds three degrees from Seoul National University - M.D and master's and doctorate in preventative medicine. She was previously an assistant professor at Hallym University[7] and affiliate professor at Catholic University of Korea.

References

  1. Web site: 건강보험심사평가원 김선민 원장 임명. www.korea.kr. ko. 2020-04-21.
  2. Web site: 심평원 설립 20년만에 첫 여성 원장 임명 '눈앞'...14일 '김선민 이사' 내정 알려져 - 데일리메디팜. www.dailymedipharm.com. ko. 2020-04-18.
  3. Web site: 심평원 김선민 기획이사 임명이 주목되는 이유는?. 2018-04-04. 의사신문. ko. 2020-04-18.
  4. Web site: 사이언스엠디뉴스. sciencemd.com. 2020-04-18.
  5. Web site: 2019-07-23. OECD puts people at center of healthcare; assesses quality from patients' viewpoint - Korea Biomedical Review. 2020-04-18. Korea Biomedical Review. ko.
  6. Web site: 2020-05-14. Seoul shares Covid-19 response experiences with OECD members. 2020-11-11. KBR. ko.
  7. News: 이. 창진. 심평원 차기원장 김선민 기획이사-김윤 교수 '경합'.