Dr. Dongil Choi - Plastic Surgery Specialist

Profile of Dr. Dong-il Choi

Plastic Surgery Specialist

Education & Certification

• Graduate of Hallym Medical School

• Doctor of Medicine (2003)

• Board-certified Plastic Surgeon (2008)

Professional Experience

• Former Plastic Surgeon, BK Plastic Surgery Hospital (2011–2013)

• Former Plastic Surgeon, Regen Plastic Surgery Clinic (2013–2015)

• Visiting Professor, Gangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Division of Plastic Surgery

Professional Memberships

• Full Member, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

• Full Member, Korea Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

• Full Member, Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

• Member, International Confederation of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

• Full Member, Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand

• Full Member, Korean Plastic Surgery Open Clinic Association

• Full Member, Eyelid Plastic Surgery Research, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

• Full Member, Nose Plastic Surgery Research, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

• Board Member, Korean Society of Minimally Invasive Plastic Surgery Research

• Secretary, Eyelid Plastic Surgery Research, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (2016–2018)

• Academic Chairman, Korean Association of Oculoplastic Surgeons (KAOS) (2022–Present)

Publications (Journals)

• Expression of corticotropin releasing factor, but not its binding protein, in CA1 pyramidal cells of gerbil hippocampus following transient ischemia, Brain Res. 2001

• The differential expression of corticotropin releasing factor and its binding protein in the gerbil hippocampal complex following seizure, Neurochem Int. 2003

• Reconstruction of Regions Below the Knee Using Island Flaps, J Korean Soc Plast Reconstr Surg, 2008

• A Large Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in the Neurofibromatosis Patient: A Case Report, J Korean Soc Plast Reconstr Surg, 2006

• Incisional Ptosis Correction with Hidden Double Fold in Asian Patients, Aesthetic Plast Surg, 2019

• Reconstruction of Medial Epicanthal Fold Using V-Y Advancement and Turnover Flap, J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 2020

• Reducing the Volume of Upper Eyelids in East Asians Increases Vertical Palpebral Height, Aesthetic Plast Surg, 2023

Book Publications

• Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Vol. 2: “Incisional Double Eyelid Surgery: Static Fixation” – Coeditor (Korean ver.)

• Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Vol. 3:

  1. “Incisional Double Eyelid Surgery”

  2. “Medial Epicanthal Reconstruction Surgery”

  3. “Incisional Blepharoptosis Surgery with Hidden Double Eyelid on Male Patient”

Lectures & Presentations

2025

• 2025.06 – Severance PRS Conference: Common Errors in Primary Ptosis Surgery

• 2025.05 – Hansbiomed Webinar: EZ-Tcon Transconjunctival Lower Blepharoplasty

• 2025.05 – Chungnam-Sejong PRS Conference: Early Ptosis & Eyelid Retraction Correction

• 2025.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2025: Redefining Eyelid Aesthetics

2024

• 2024.11 – Korean PRS: Asymmetric Ptosis Surgical Planning

• 2024.10 – Busan Aesthetic PRS Symposium: Tarsus-Aponeurosis-Oculi Fixation

• 2024.07 – Eyelid PRS Symposium: Complication Management in Mild/Moderate Ptosis

• 2024.07 – Soonchunhyang University Conference: Upper Eyelid Retraction Correction

• 2024.04 – Gwangju Plastic Surgery Conference: Male Ptosis with Hidden Fold

• 2024.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2024: Upper Eyelid Volume Reduction in East Asians

2023

• 2023.11 – 6th Asian Blepharoplasty Forum: Early Revisional Surgery

• 2023.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Importance of Medial Eyelid Skin

2022

• 2022.11 – Korean PRS: Eyelid Shaping in Korean Male Patients

• 2022.08 – Severance Live Symposium: Live Blepharoptosis Surgery with Hidden Fold

• 2022.07 – Eyelid PRS Symposium: Iatrogenic Retracted Eyelid Correction

• 2022.04 – Taiwan PRS Society: Lower Blepharoplasty

• 2022.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Eyelid Fold Loosening

2021

• 2021.11 – 5th Asian Blepharoplasty Forum: Asymmetric Eyelid Correction Factors

• 2021.09 – Eyelid PRS Symposium: Timing of Revisional Surgery

• 2021.05 – 24th InaPRAS Annual Meeting: Secondary & Lower Blepharoplasty

• 2021.05 – Korean PRS: Blepharoptosis Surgery

• 2021.04 – Korean PRS R&R: Blepharoplasty

2020

• 2020.11 – Korean PRS: Lagophthalmos after Double Eyelid Surgery

• 2020.10 – Korean PRS: Medial Epicanthoplasty

2019

• 2019.11 – 4th Asian Blepharoplasty Forum: Creating Natural Parallel-Type Eyelids

• 2019.10 – Korean PRS: Hidden Double Fold Ptosis Correction

• 2019.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2019: Reducing Complications in Double Eyelid Surgery

2018

• 2018.11 – Korean PRS: High Fold Correction – Skin Sparing Technique

• 2018.10 – Korean PRS: Safe Incisional Double Eyelid Surgery

• 2018.07 – Eyelid Plastic Surgery Research Symposium: Safe Incisional Ptosis Surgery

• 2018.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2018: Senile Blepharoplasty & Subbrow Lift

2017

• 2017.11 – 3rd Asian Blepharoplasty Forum: Hidden Double Fold Ptosis Correction

• 2017.09 – Gangnam Sacred Heart Symposium: Tailored Double Eyelid Surgery

• 2017.06 – Severance Live Symposium: Natural-looking Blepharoplasty

• 2017.04 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017: Involutional Ptosis Surgery

• 2017.03 – Korean Craniofacial PRS: Senile Blepharoplasty

2016

• 2016.11 – Korean PRS 2016: Lacrimal Gland Prolapse Management

• 2016.10 – Dongguk University Hospital Symposium: Secondary Blepharoplasty

• 2016.09 – Gangdong Sacred Heart Hospital Symposium: Blepharoplasty and Ptosis Surgery

• 2016.07 – Eyelid Plastic Surgery Research Symposium: Medial Epicanthoplasty Basics

• 2016.03 – Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016: Incisional Eyelid Surgery

2013–2015

• 2015.04 – 7th Daegu Asian Blepharoplasty Symposium: Live Surgery – Incisional Eyelid Surgery

• 2014.06 – Gangnam Severance Forum: Medial Epicanthal Fold Reconstruction

• 2013.11 – 1st Asian Blepharoplasty Forum: Live Surgery – Incisional Eyelid Surgery