Authors

Kee B. Park

Dr. Kee B. Park is the Director of the Korea Health Policy Project at Harvard Medical School, where he studies the geopolitical factors influencing health in North Korea and the relationships between international security, health, and human rights and health diplomacy. Since 2007, he has visited North Korea over 20 times to work alongside North Korean doctors as well as to support country-driven health system strengthening efforts. His last visit was in November 2019.

Dr. Park has been interviewed on PBS, CBC, Arirang TV, and CAN and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, CNN, and the Hill.

He is a member of the National Committee on North Korea and the Council of Korean Americans. He received his MD from Rutgers Medical School, MPH from Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and neurosurgical training at Temple University Hospital. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.