About The Korean Menopause Society
Since its inception in 1992 with its 1st annual academic conference, the Korean Society of Menopause has exerted a staunch effort in the research of menopause. It aims to foster camaraderie among its members, enhance international exchanges with foreign societies, and conduct the following initiatives:
- Organize research presentations and academic conferences.
- Publish academic journals and books, among others.
- Facilitate the exchange of domestic and international scholarly literature.
- Establish connections with international menopause societies.
- Undertake other necessary endeavours to attain the society’s objectives
Contact Email: ksm1992@empas.com
Website: https://www.koreanmenopause.or.kr/
Executive
President
Mee-Ran Kim, MD, PhD
Dr. Mee-Ran Kim is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, at the Catholic University of Korea. She is also the vice president of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital.
She was certified as a menopause practitioner by the North American Menopause Society in 2003.
She is a specialist in menopausal medicine, female osteoporosis, uterine fibroid, and endometriosis.
Vice President
Kyungjoo Hwang, MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea
Vice President, The Korean Society of Menopause
Past President, The Korean Society of Developmental Biology
Vice President
Sung Rae Roh, MD, PhD
Medical doctor in Roen Obstetrics and Gynecology
Board member of the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vice president of the Korean Society of Menopause
A licensed international medical doctor from Mongolia
Secretary General
Jae Yen Song, MD, PhD
Dr. Song is an associate professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, at the Catholic University of Korea. She is a reproductive endocrinologist at the Seoul St. Mary’s hospital. Her clinical specialty includes fibroids, endometriosis, menopause, and minimally invasive surgery including robot-assisted surgery.
She is a board member of several academic associations and societies of Korea and serves as a secretary general of the Korean Society of Menopause.
She has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications .
The Korean Menopause Society Journal
The Journal of Menopausal Medicine (JMM) is an international peer-reviewed journal, which is issued thrice annually, that is, April, August, and December. JMM is devoted to the dissemination of new knowledge pertaining to the health of mid-life and older women. JMM publishes original basic and clinical researches, review articles, brief communications, and editorials on the pathophysiology of age-related disease and therapeutic approaches for diseases afflicting mid-life and menopausal women.
JMM is the official journal of the Korean Society of Menopause, and its specific focus includes but is not limited to research on Asian women’s mid-life health with respect to genetic, ethnic, social, and environmental differences from other regions of the world.
Research areas encompassed by this journal include: aging, bone health, cardiovascular health, cognitive function, epidemiology, male menopause, menopause, mental health, nursing, nutrition and metabolism, obesity, quality of life, reproductive aging, reproductive endocrinology, sarcopenia, sexuality, sleep disorder, social care, and urogenital disorder. Basic researches with cells, tissues, and animal models are also accepted.
- JMM is indexed, tracked, and covered by PubMed, PubMed Central, KoreaMed, Synapse, KoMCI , CrossRef, and Google Scholar.
- JMM is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
- This journal was supported by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies Grant funded by the Korean Government.
e-Submission: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jmenopausalmed/default2.aspx
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Collaborating organizations
- International Menopause Society (IMS) – Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS)
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