Jongwon Yoo, PhD, APRN

Biography

Yoo is an advanced practice nurse who is specialized in solid organ transplantation especially for kidney/pancreas transplantation. Yoo’s scope of practice covers transplantation evaluation, management of transplant candidates and post transplantation care. In the transplant process, Yoo aims to achieve equitable access to kidney transplantation, to optimize pre-transplant conditions and to achieve short- and long-term kidney transplant outcomes. Yoo also manages acute, chronic kidney disease and renal failure of non-renal organ such as heart, lung, liver transplant recipients.

Yoo’s comprehensive clinical practice is interconnected with his research in kidney transplantation. With national transplant registry data, Yoo identified the inferior outcomes of kidney transplantation for the patients who had impaired physical function. Yoo is currently studying frailty of kidney transplant candidates and is planning intervention of frailty prior to transplantation to increase access to transplantation of those who could get survival benefit from transplantation and to promote post transplant outcomes.

Yoo has been actively involved with transplant community including Advanced Practice Provider committee of American Transplant Society and is a board certified transplant coordinator.

Honors and Activities

Merit Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, 2016
Seth and Denise Rosen Memorial Research Award, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016
Certification of recognition for Outstanding performance and dedication, Transplant Surgery Division, Department of Surgery. University of Illinois Hospital, 2016
W. E. Van Doren scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014
Chieko Onoda Endowed Scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014
Seoul National University Alumni Association of Chicago Scholarship, 2013
W. E. Van Doren scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Elizabeth M. Roche scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Chancellor’s Student Service & Leadership Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Virginia M. Ohlson Scholarship Award, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Seoul National University Alumni Association of Chicago Scholarship, 2012
Scholarship of the Academy of International Leadership Development, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
Laurette Kirstein Scholarship, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
Seoul National University Alumni Association of Chicago Scholarship, 2011
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2011
Scholarship of the Elizabeth M. Joyce Estate Scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011
Scholarship from the Academy of International Leadership Development, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011
Scholarship of Korean-American Association of Chicago 2010 Scholarship of Korean Nurses Association of Chicago, 2011
Army Commendation Medal, Awarded by Colonel Gregory L. Johansen, 2006
Army Achievement Medal, Awarded by Colonel Carleton M. Smith, 2005
Certificate of Achievement, Awarded by Lieutenant Colonel S. Elkins, 2004

Publications

Jongwon Yoo’s publications.

Invited Presentations

Yoo, J., Ryan, C., & Piano, M. (2013). Acute Heart Failure after Kidney Transplantation. Poster Presentation. 2013 Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference

Education

Areas of Expertise