Research Team
The doctors who perform surgery and the researchers who process the cells work as one team. They look at the same records and analyze the same data.
Performing surgery and tracking graft retention
Biography as listed on SC301 Clinic's medical staff page.
Dr. Shin Dong-jin
- Medical License No. 44215 · Medical reviewer of all articles on this site
- PhD in Medicine, Korea University
- Began performing SVF breast augmentation in 2007; 19 years in practice · Former director of Apgujeong Tiara Clinic
- Founded the Korean Society of Stem Cell Plastic Surgery in 2009 · Served as president for 10 years
- Full member, Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery · Full member, Korean Surgical Society
- Judge, UNESCO International Invention Patent Olympiad · Judge, Asia LOHAS Certification · Director, Korea University Invention Association
- About 9,000 SVF procedures, mean graft retention rate of 77.48% (Annals of Plastic Surgery 2023) · Published in Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum (2020)
- A principle of performing no more than 2–3 surgeries a day
Researchers with master's or doctoral degrees
SVF isolation is done by hand, following a protocol, by researchers with master's or doctoral degrees and more than 10 years of experience. The research center is run by research staff with master's or doctoral degrees in biology.
- SVF activity measurement, cell viability analysis
- Management of cryogenic storage (cell banking)
- Quantifying and analyzing graft retention data
- Biology [master's / doctoral degree]
Why we answer "How many went in?" with a number
The senior researcher on what cell counting and record-keeping mean. Available as video and text.
Read the interview
Three things the research team holds to
Records
For every surgery, cell counts and viability are recorded and kept for each patient. Figures without records are not published.
Sources
Every figure, including graft retention rates, is given together with the paper, the subjects and the measurement method.
Scope
We do not use expressions beyond the scope of our licenses and designations, and we do not guarantee results. Individual results vary with constitution and fat condition.