Inflammatory and Infectious Ocular Disorders

Dr. Yu is a Professor at Seoul National University (SNU) College of Medicine and is in charge of the retina and uveitis service at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), where he has set up two special clinics: the Uveitis Clinic and the Hereditary Retinal Disease clinic. He has been the Chair of the Department of Preclinical Research at the SNUH Bioresearch Institute since 2016, and the founding President of the Korean Association of Retinal Degeneration since 2014. He is a member of the ISBD (International society of Behcet disease) council and a board member of the Korean Retina Society and Korean Uveitis Society. He is also a member of IUSG (International Uveitis Society Group) and Macula Society. He was the first recipient of the Korean Retina Society Academy Award and received the Distinguised Service Award from the APAO (Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology) in 2016 and 2017. Further, he has participated in numerous clinical trials as a principal or co-investigator. His interests include clinical and translational research on ocular inflammatory diseases as well as retinal degeneration. He has published over 200 scientific papers in international journals, was a chief editor for several books, including Asian Retina (Elsevier), Ophthalmic Laser Treatment, Inherited Retinal Diseases, and Uveitis (Korean Elsevier) and contributed chapters to various textbooks, such as Retina (Mosby) and Advances in Vision Research - Volume I and II (Springer).

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy.- Serpiginous choroiditis.- Punctate inner choroidopathy.- Multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis.- Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome.- Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy.- Birdshot retinochoroidopathy.- Sympathetic ophthalmia.- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.- Intermediate uveitis.- Sarcoidosis.- Behcet disease.- Systemic lupus erythematosus.- Posterior scleritis.- Autoimmune retinopathy.- Ocular tuberculosis 1.- Ocular tuberculosis 2.- Cat-scratch disease.- Retinal and optic nerve involvement in syphilis.- Leptospirosis.- Fungal diseases.- Toxoplasmosis.- Toxocariasis.- Ocular cysticercosis.- Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.- Human immunodeficiency virus infection and cytomegalovirus retinitis.- Acute retinal necrosis and progressive outer retinal necrosis