Dear Members of the Korean Society of Heart Failure (KSHF)
This is Byung Su Yoo of Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, elected as the President at the Korean Society of Heart Failure starting in March 2024.
First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude and consider it a great honor to the members of the Korean Society of Heart Failure, a society with 20 years of tradition and development, for giving me the opportunity to serve as the President of KSHF.
It has been 21 years since it started as the Korean Heart Failure Study Group under the Korean Society of Cardiology and evolved into the Korean Society of Heart Failure. I believe that the efforts of the various advisors and dedicated Board members, especially the former president, Seok Min Kang, have greatly contributed to the consolidation of KSHF. On behalf of our members, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you.
I will be leading KSHF's key agenda (KSHF) for the next three years at a critical time when we need to take a leap forward. In particular, we will take it to the next level while continuing the successful work of our previous Board members.
The first is to further develop academic activities and research, which falls under K for Knowledge. We will inherit HF Seoul and its many academic activities as an international society and endeavor to establish it as a stronger and more prominent society of heart failure in Asia. Particularly in research, we will have the necessary research systems in place to better support registry-based RCTs to further develop the registries we have been working on, new large-scale RCTs, bid data research, policy research, and research conducted by each study group (digital, advanced heart failure, genomic, etc.). We hope that these efforts will lead to practical and good results, so that heart failure research in Korea can move to the next level.
The second is to contribute to society, which falls under S for Social Contribution). The previous heart failure awareness and public outreach projects have been successful, and we will not only inherit them but also promote volunteer activities that contribute to society both domestically and internationally, educational projects for patients, and public relations activities using various media. In addition, we aim to promote heart failure physician training and Asian heart failure physician training projects in line with our international status.
The third is to expand exchanges through harmony and cooperation with multidisciplinary, other societies, and international societies, which falls under H for Harmony. The active exchanges so far have played a crucial role for KSHF internationally. We will further solidify and expand our research collaborations, especially with the Korea National Institute of Health, the National Health Insurance Service, and Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
The fourth is to run KSHF to strengthen the foundation, which falls under F for Foundation & Fundamental. For many societies, one of the most important things is to stay true to the fundamentals of the society and engage members. We are committed to providing specialized training programs for our members to develop them into true heart failure specialists, and we will continue to seek to improve the quality of heart failure care in hospitals, especially by engaging and educating younger heart failure physicians and providing them with opportunities to work for KSHF. In carrying out such tasks, KSHF will actively engage with its members.
Dear members, KSHF is now at an important time as a young society becomes more active and takes on more responsibilities. I look forward to working with Chairperson of Council Daegyun Park and the members of the Board of Directors to strengthen the foundation of KSHF and develop it further, laying the groundwork for breakthroughs in the mid- to long-term.
We will strive to become
"the Korean Society of Heart Failure, which makes great leaps higher, deeper, and wider.” We hope you'll support our efforts, join us, and occasionally criticize us.
We wish you and your family the best of health and happiness in the new year of 2024.
March, 2024
ByungSu Yoo, President