UT Health Sciences News – A New Era for Neurology: Dr. Hae Won Shin Shapes a Brighter Future for Patients Across Tennessee

When Hae Won Shin, MD, was a child in South Korea, she spent months in a hospital bed recovering from a congenital heart defect. "When I was born, I had ASD, atrial septal defect," she says. "These days, there is a very simple procedure to fix that, but back then, it was not that simple, especially in South Korea."

That experience gave her an early and lasting exposure to medicine and the power of compassionate care. Today, as chair of the Department of Neurology and Semmes Murphey Professor of Excellence in Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine, Dr. Shin is leading a transformation in neurological care in Memphis that she believes will spread throughout the state and beyond.

Read more on the UT Health Sciences News website.