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1 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME CURRENT POSITION ADDRESS Dalsan You Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine 88, Olympic Ro 43 Gil, Songpa Gu, Seoul, , KOREA EDUCATION AND TRAINING Chungnam National University Medicine M.D. (2001) Graduate School, University of Ulsan Medicine M.S. (2008) Graduate School, University of Ulsan Medicine Ph.D. (2011) Asan Medical Center Intern Asan Medical Center Urology Resident Asan Medical Center Urology Clinical Fellow PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Asan Medical Center (Part Time) Clinical Professor SPECIALITY BOARD Korean Board of Urology GCP TRAINING 질병관리본부 [on] 10 RE ( ) 질병관리본부 [on] 13 RE ( )

2 PUBLICATIONS SCI(E) 53. Kim T, Ahn JH, You D, Jeong IG, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Lee JL. Pulmonary Metastasectomy Could Prolong Overall Survival in Select Cases of Metastatic Urinary Tract Cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer May 2. [Epub ahead of print] 52. Kim YR, Lee JL, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H. Gemcitabine plus split dose cisplatin could be a promising alternative to gemcitabine plus carboplatin for cisplatin unfit patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol May 23. [Epub ahead of print] 51. Kim A, Kwon T, You D, Jeong IG, Go H, Cho YM, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Clinicopathological features of prostate ductal carcinoma: matching analysis and comparison with prostate acinar carcinoma. J Korean Med Sci Apr;30(4): You D, Jang MJ, Kim BH, Song G, Lee C, Suh N, Jeong IG, Ahn TY, Kim CS. Comparative Study of Autologous Stromal Vascular Fraction and Adipose Derived Stem Cells for Erectile Function Recovery in a Rat Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury. Stem Cells Transl Med Apr;4(4): Kwon T, Jeong IG, Ryu J, Lee C, Lee C, You D, Kim CS. Renal Function is Associated with Nephrometry Score After Partial Nephrectomy: A Study Using Diethylene Triamine Penta Acetic Acid (DTPA) Renal Scanning. Ann Surg Oncol Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print] 48. Park I, Lee JL, Ahn JH, Lee DH, Lee KH, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (VEGFR TKI) rechallenge for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma after treatment failure using both VEGFR TKI and mtor inhibitor. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol May;75(5): Han KS, You D, Jeong IG, Kwon T, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Ahn TY, Kim CS. Is Intravesical Bacillus Calmette Gu?rin Therapy Superior to Chemotherapy for Intermediate risk Non muscle invasive Bladder Cancer?: An Ongoing Debate. J Korean Med Sci Mar;30(3): Lee C, You D, Sohn M, Jeong IG, Song C, Kwon T, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Prognostic value of ABO blood group in patients with renal cell carcinoma: single institution results from a large cohort. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print] 45. Kwon T, Jeong IG, Yoo S, Lee J, Hong S, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Role of MRI in indeterminate renal mass: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making. Int Urol Nephrol Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print] 44. Jeong IG, Hong S, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. FDG PET CT for Lymph Node Staging of Bladder Cancer: A Prospective Study of Patients with Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol Jan 30. [Epub ahead of print] 43. Song SH, Jeong IG, You D, Hong JH, Hong B, Song C, Jung WY, Cho YM, Ahn H, Kim CS. VEGF/VEGFR2 and PDGF B/PDGFR β expression in non metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective study in 1,091 consecutive patients. Int J Clin Exp Pathol Oct 15;7(11): Kim CS, Kim Y, Kwon T, Yoon JH, Kim KH, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Jeong IG. Regulatory T cells and TGF β1 in clinically localized renal cell carcinoma: Comparison with age matched healthy controls. Urol Oncol Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] 41. Hong S, Kwon T, You D, Jeong IG, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Incidence of benign results after laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy. JSLS Oct;18(4). 40. Han KS, Song G, Song C, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS, Hong B. Comparison of Hand assisted Laparoscopic Versus Robot assisted Laparoscopic Versus Open Partial Nephrectomy in Patients with T1 Renal Masse. J Endourol Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] 39. You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Lee JL, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Analysis of pre operative variables for identifying patients who might benefit from upfront cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the targeted therapy era. Jpn J Clin Oncol Jan;45(1): Kwon T, Jeong IG, Lee J, Lee C, You D, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Adjuvant chemotherapy after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a comparative study using inverse probability of treatment weighting. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Aug 14. [Epub ahead of print] 37. Kwon T, Jeong IG, You D, Han KS, Hong S, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Obesity and prognosis in muscle invasive bladder cancer: The continuing controversy. Int J Urol Nov;21(11):

3 36. Hwang S, Park SK, Lee HY, Kim SW, Lee JS, Choi EK, You D, Kim CS, Suh N. mir 140 5p suppresses BMP2 mediated osteogenesis in undifferentiated human mesenchymal stem cells. FEBS Lett Aug 25;588(17): Park SK, Lee JS, Choi EK, You D, Kim CS, Suh N. Global knockdown of micrornas affects the expression of growth factors and cytokines in human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells. BMB Rep Aug;47(8): Kwon T, Jeong IG, You D, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Long term oncologic outcomes after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer at a single institution. J Korean Med Sci May;29(5): Kwon T, Lee JL, Kim JK, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Ahn H, Kim CS, Hong JH. The Choi response criteria for inferior vena cava tumor thrombus in renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapy. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Oct;140(10): You D, Song SH, Cho YM, Lee JL, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong JH, Kim CS, Ahn H. Predictive role of tissue based molecular markers in patients treated with sunitinib for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. World J Urol Jan;33(1): Kwon T, Lee JL, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Ahn H, Kim CS, Hong JH. Impact of surgery on the prognosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with IVC thrombus received TKI therapy. J Surg Oncol Aug;110(2): Kwon T, Jeong IG, Pak S, You D, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Renal tumor size is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in von Hippel Lindau disease. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Jul;140(7): Kwon T, Jeong IG, Park M, You D, Lee J, Kim HK, Hong S, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Bone Mineral Density in Prostate Cancer: A Comparative Study of Patients With Prostate Cancer and Healthy Controls Using Propensity Score Matching. Urology Feb;83(2): You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Cho YM, Hong JH, Kim CS, Ahn H. High percent tumor volume predicts biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy in pathological stage?t3a prostate cancer with a negative surgical margin. Int J Urol May;21(5): Kim Y, Jeong IG, You D, Song SH, Suh N, Jang SW, Kim S, Hwang JJ, Kim CS. Sodium meta arsenite induces reactive oxygen species dependent apoptosis, necrosis, and autophagy in both androgen sensitive and androgen insensitive prostate cancer cells. Anticancer Drugs Jan;25(1): Jeong IG, You D, Yoon JH, Hong S, Lim JH, Hong JH, Choo MS, Ahn H, Kim CS. Impact of tamsulosin on urinary retention following early catheter removal after robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: A prospective randomized controlled trial. Int J Urol Feb;21(2): Jeong IG, Lim JH, You D, Kim MH, Choi HJ, Kim JK, Cho KS, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Incremental Value of MRI in Clinically High risk Prostate Cancer: A Large Single institution Experience of 922 Radical Prostatectomy. J Urol Dec;190(6): Hong S, Jeong IG, You D, Lee JL, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Safety of megestrol acetate in palliating anorexia cachexia syndrome in patients with castration resistant prostate cancer. J Korean Med Sci May;28(5): Lim JH, You D, Jeong IG, Park HK, Ahn H, Kim CS. Cystoscopic injection of N butyl 2 cyanoacrylate followed by fibrin glue for the treatment of persistent or massive vesicourethral anastomotic urine leak after radical prostatectomy. Int J Urol Oct;20(10): You D, Jang MJ, Lee J, Jeong IG, Kim HS, Moon KH, Suh N, Kim CS. Periprostatic Implantation of Human Bone Marrow derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Potentiates Recovery of Erectile Function by Intracavernosal Injection in a Rat Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury. Urology Jan;81(1): Lee C, Kim KH, You D, Jeong IG, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Smoking and Survival After Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer. Urology Dec;80(6): Song HY, Kim CS, Jeong IG, Yoo D, Kim JH, Nam DH, Bae JI, Park JH. Placement of retrievable self expandable metallic stents with barbs into patients with obstructive prostate cancer. Eur Radiol Mar;23(3): Kim KH, You D, Jeong IG, Kwon TW, Cho YM, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Type II papillary histology predicts poor outcome in patients with renal cell carcinoma and vena cava thrombus. BJU Int Dec;110(11 Pt B):E673 8.

4 18. You D, Hong S, Lee C, Kim KS. Feasibility and Safety of Laparoscopic Ablative Renal Surgery in Infants: Comparative Study with Children. J Urol Oct;188(4): You D, Jang MJ, Lee J, Suh N, Jeong IG, Sohn DW, Kim SW, Ahn TY, Kim CS. Comparative analysis of periprostatic implantation and intracavernosal injection of human adipose tissue derived stem cells for erectile function recovery in a rat model of cavernous nerve injury. Prostate Feb 15;73(3): Kim CS, You D, Jeong IG. Can robotic surgery be a standard procedure in the treatment of prostate cancer? J Korean Med Assoc Jul;55(7): Kim KH, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Muscle invasive bladder cancer developing after nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma. Urol Oncol May 14. [Epub ahead of print] 14. Kim KH, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. The impact of delaying radical nephrectomy for stage II or higher renal cell carcinoma. J Cancer Res Clin Sep;138(9): Jeong IG, You D, Kim J, Kim SC, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Does Factors associated with non orthotopic urinary diversion after radical cystectomy. World J Urol Dec;30(6): Park M, You D, Yoon JH, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Does repeat biopsy affect the prognosis of patients with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy? analysis by the number of cores taken at initial biopsy. BJU Int May;109(10): You D, Shim M, Jeong IG, Kim JK, Ro JY, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. The multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma: clinico pathologic features and preoperative prediction using multiphase computerized tomography. BJU Int Nov;108(9): Jeong IG, You D, Kim JW, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Outcomes of single lymph node positive urothelial carcinoma after radical cystectomy. J Urol Jun;185(6): You D, Jeong IG, Ahn JH, Lee DH, Lee JL, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. The value of cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the era of targeted therapy. J Urol Jan;185(1): Jeong IG, Ro JY, Kim SC, You D, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Extranodal extension in node positive bladder cancer: the continuing controversy. BJU Int Jul;108(1): Jeong IG, Kim JK, Cho KS, You D, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Unilateral Prostate Cancer on Extended Prostate Biopsy: Predictive Accuracy of Laterality and Implications for Hemi Ablative Therapy. J Urol Nov;184(5): You D, Jeong IG, Kim SW, Chung BH, Cho JS, Lee HM, Yun SC, Kim CS. Impacts of leuprolide acetate on quality of life in patients with prostate cancer: A prospective multicenter study. Scand J Urol Nephrol Dec;44(6): You D, Kim SC, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ro JY, Ahn H, Kim CS. Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder with seminal vesicle invasion: prognostic significance. BJU Int Dec;106(11): You D, Park J, Hong B, Park HK. Effect of output voltage distribution on stone comminution efficiency during shockwave lithotripsy in renal or ureteropelvic junction stones: A preliminary study. Scand J Urol Nephrol Sep;44(4): Kwon T, Jeong IG, You D, Park MC, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Effect of prostate size on pathological outcome and biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: is it correlated with serum testosterone level? BJU Int Sep;106(5): You D, Bang JK, Shim M, Ryu DS, Kim KS. Analysis of the late outcome of laparoscopic heminephrectomy in children with duplex kidneys. BJU Int Jul;106(2): Song SH, Lee SB, Yoo DS, Kim KS. Fluoroscopy assisted retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery in children. J Endourol Apr;20(4):256 9.

5 OTHERS 25. Kwon T, Jeong IG, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Prevalence and clinical significance of incidental (18)F fluoro 2 deoxyglucose uptake in prostate. Korean J Urol Apr;56(4): Lim B, You D, Jeong IG, Kwon T, Hong S, Song C, Cho YM, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Clinicopathological features of Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinoma. Korean J Urol Mar;56(3): Sohn M, Kwon T, Jeong IG, Hong S, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Histologic variability and diverse oncologic outcomes of prostate sarcomas. Korean J Urol Dec;55(12): Kyung YS, You D, Kwon T, Song SH, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong B, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. The type of nephrectomy has little effect on overall survival or cardiac events in patients of 70 years and older with localized clinical t1 stage renal masses. Korean J Urol Jul;55(7): Lim JH, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Prognosis of prostate cancer with other primary malignancies. Korean J Urol May;55(5): Pak S, Park S, Ryu J, Hong S, Song SH, You D, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong JH, Kim CS, Ahn H. Preoperative factors predictive of posterolateral extracapsular extension after radical prostatectomy. Korean J Urol Dec;54(12): Ryu J, Kwon T, Kyung YS, Hong S, You D, Jeong IG, Kim CS. Retropubic Versus Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: A Comparative Study of Postoperative Complications. Korean J Urol Nov;54(11): Song G, Lee C, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Prostate specific antigen response rate of sequential chemotherapy in castration resistant prostate cancer: the results of real life practice. Prostate Int. 2013;1(3): Jeong IG, Lim JH, Hwang SS, Kim SC, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Nomogram using transrectal ultrasound derived information predicting the detection of high grade prostate cancer on initial biopsy. Prostate Int. 2013;1(2): You D, Hong JH. Rare Cause of Hydronephrosis. Korean J Urol Mar 054(03): Choi D, Kim D, Kyung YS, Lim JH, Song SH, You D, Jeong IG, Kim CS. Clinical experience with limited lymph node dissection for prostate cancer in Korea: single center comparison of 247 open and 354 robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy series. Korean J Urol Nov;53(11): Kim D, Choi D, Lim JH, Yoon JH, Jeong IG, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Changes in Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness over a 12 Year Period in Korea. Korean J Urol Oct;53(10): You D, Kim CS. Stem Cell Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy: From Bench to Bed. Journal of the Association of Stem Cell and Tissue Regeneration Dec;1(1): Lee C, You D, Park J, Jeong IG, Song C, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Validation of the 2009 TNM Classification for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Comparison with the 2002 TNM Classification by Concordance Index. Korean J Urol Aug;52(8): Yoo S, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Does Radical Cystectomy Improve Overall Survival in Octogenarians with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer? Korean J Urol Jul;52(7): You D, Jeong IG, Kim CS. Role of radical prostatectomy for high risk prostate cancer. Korean J Urol Sep;51(9): Epub 2010 Sep Hong S, You D, Jeong IG, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Analysis of the Clinical Features of Patients with Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Caused by Prostate Cancer. Korean J Urol 2009 Dec;50(12): You D, Shim M, Kim SC, Ha SH, Kwon T, Kim KS. Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Upper Pole Heminephrectomy in Pediatric Patients with Duplex Kidneys: Comparison with an Age Matched Cohort of Open Surgery. Korean J Urol 2009 Sep;50(9): You D, Bang JK, Kim KS. Analysis of the Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Renal Surgeries in Children. Korean J Urol 2009 Apr;50(4): You D, Kim KS. Selection of Approach Method during Laparoscopic Renal Surgeries in Pediatric Patients. Korean J Urol 2007 Mar;48(3): Song SH, Hong B, You D, Ahn TY. Vardenafil Improves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Patients of Erectile Dysfunction. Kor J Androl 2006;24: You D, Park T, Park HK. Endourologic Management for Calyceal Diverticular Stone. Korean J Urol 2005 Feb;46(2): Song C, Kang T, You D, Hong JH, Ahn H. Expression of Bcl 2 and Bax in cis Diamminedichloroplatinum (II) Resistant Bladder Cancer Cell Lines. Korean J Urol 2004 May;45(5):472 7.

6 2. You D, Hong B, Park JY, Ahn TY. Risk Factors for Development of Long term Complications after Surgical Repair of Penile Fracture.KorJAndrol.2004;22: Song SH, Ji YH, Lee SB, You D, Kim JK, Park JY, Ahn H, Kim CS. A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Effectiveness of Local Anesthesia Techniques in Patients undergoing Transrectal Ultrasound guided Prostate Biopsy. Korean J Urol 2004 Mar;45(3):236 9.

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