Shin Joong Oh

Shin Joong Oh
Born	South Korea
Citizenship	South Korea, United States
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Occupation	Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Known for	Contributions to neurology and electrodiagnostic medicine

Shin Joong Oh is a South Korean and American physician who is Distinguished Professor of Neurology Emeritus at The University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Oh is a clinician, researcher, and educator known for his contributions to the fields of neurology and electrodiagnostic medicine, particularly electromyography. He retired in 2014.

Early life and education

Oh was born in Haeju, Korea in 1936 and moved to South Korea in 1947. He received his M.D. degree at the Seoul National University (SNU) College of Medicine in 1960. ^[1] He completed residencies in neurology at the SNU National Medical Center in Korea and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in the United States in 1970. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Career

Oh joined the faculty of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine in 1970. He was given the title of Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Professor of Pathology in 2007. ^[3] During his tenure, Oh served as chief of Neurology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, as director of the Electromyography and Evoked potential Laboratory, and as director of the Muscle and Nerve Histopathology Laboratory ^[2] By serving in these positions for 43 years, he held one of the longest neurology tenures in American medicine. ^[2] He also served as director of the UAB Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic and the Myasthenia Gravis Clinic and is a fellow member of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), American Academy of Neurology, and American Neurological Association. ^[5]

In 2009, to recognize his accomplishments, the UAB Muscle and Nerve Histpathology Laboratory was renamed to "The Dr. Shin J. Oh Muscle and Nerve Histopathology Laboratory at UAB" by the board of the University of Alabama. ^[6]

In 1994, Oh and his wife, M. Kim Oh, established an endowed lectureship through the UAB Department of Neurology entitled "The Oh Lecture on Neuromuscular Diseases." The couple established this lectureship in memory of their late daughter, Julie Oh. ^[7]

Research and contributions

As of 2015, Oh had published 230 articles, 28 books and book chapters, and 237 abstracts, some of which have become classics of the field. ^[2] Notable contributions to the fields of neurology and electrodiagnostic medicine include:

• Coining the term “MLOS” (Myashenia Gravis Lambert Eaton Overlap Syndrome) for cases of “Myasthenia gravis (MG) with electrophysiological characteristics of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)(LOS)." ^[8]
• The report of five newly termed disease entities:

1. Subacute inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (SIDP) ^[9]
2. Chronic demyelinating sensory neuropathy as a form of chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP) ^[10]
3. Chronic inflammatory axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) ^[11]
4. Uniform type I fiber congenital neuromuscular disease as a new disease entity ^[12]
5. A second case of Danon disease ^[13]

• Inventing "near-nerve needle nerve conduction of the digital and interdigital nerves" (a conduction technique for probing nerves in the foot) to confirm the diagnosis of various plantar neuropathies including tarsal tunnel syndrome. ^{[14] [15]}
• Inventing "on-nerve needle sensory nerve conduction of the sural nerve" (another nerve probing technique) to make electrophysiological and histological correlation of biopsied diseased nerves. ^{[16] [17]}
• Establishing new electrophysiological diagnostic criteria for Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) by statistical analysis of sensitivity and specificity of the repetitive nerve conduction test in MG and LEMS. ^[18]

Textbook publications

• Shin J. Oh (2001). Color Atlas of Nerve Biopsy Pathology. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN   1420039806.
• Shin J. Oh (1998). Principles of Clinical Electromyography: Case Studies. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. ISBN   0-6831-8106-8.
• Shin J. Oh (1988). Electromyography: neuromuscular transmission studies. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. ISBN   0-6830-6643-9.
• Shin J. Oh (2003). Clinical Electromyography: Nerve Conduction Studies. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN   0-7817-3681-1.

Awards and recognitions

• Lifetime Achievement Award, AANEM (2015) ^[2]
• Naming of the Dr. Shin J. Oh Muscle and Nerve Histopathology Laboratory, Board of University of Alabama (2009) ^[6]
• Distinguished Professor, UAB (2007) ^[3]
• Distinguished Researcher Award, AANEM (2006) ^{[3] [4] [19]}

References

1. Judy Michaels (August 22, 2018). "Shin J Oh MD, a Neurologist practicing in Birmingham, AL". Health News Today.
2. "UAB's Oh receives prestigious lifetime award from AANEM". UAB News.
3. "Dr. Shin Oh Named Distinguished Professor". Birmingham Medical News.
4. "UAB's Oh Garners Distinguished Researcher Award". News Archive, The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
5. "Member Directory – AANEM". American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
6. "Shin J. Oh Muscle and Nerve Histopathology Laboratory – About". UAB Department of Neurology.
7. "Twelfth Annual Oh Lecture Looks at Neuromuscular Diseases". News Archive, The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
8. Shin J Oh (2016). "Myasthenia gravis Lambert-Eaton overlap syndrome". Muscle & Nerve. 53 (1): 20–26. doi:10.1002/mus.24921. PMID   26418033. S2CID   44865814.
9. Shin J Oh (2016). "Subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy". Neurology. 61 (11): 1507–1512. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000096166.28131.4c. PMID   14663033. S2CID   44857378.
10. Shin J Oh (1992). ""Chronic sensory demyelinating neuropathy": chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy presenting as a pure sensory neuropathy". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 55 (8): 677–680. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.8.677 . PMC   489203 . PMID   1326601.
11. Shin J Oh (2005). "Electrophysiological diagnostic criteria of Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome". Muscle & Nerve. 32 (4): 515–520. doi:10.1002/mus.20389. PMID   16003742. S2CID   24787847.
12. Shin J Oh (1983). "Nonprogressive Congenital Neuromuscular Disease With Uniform Type 1 Fiber". Archives of Neurology. 40 (3): 147–150. doi:10.1001/archneur.1983.04050030041007. PMID   6830453.
13. Moris J. Danon (1981). "Lysosomal glycogen storage disease with normal acid maltase". Neurology. 31 (1): 51–57. doi:10.1212/WNL.31.1.51. PMID   6450334. S2CID   32860087.
14. Shin J Oh (2007). "Neuropathies of the foot". Clinical Neurophysiology. 118 (5): 954–980. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2006.12.016. PMID   17336147. S2CID   22197355.
15. Shin J Oh (1985). "The near-nerve sensory nerve conduction in tarsal tunnel syndrome". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 48 (10): 999–1003. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.10.999 . PMC   1028538 . PMID   4056816.
16. Shin J Oh (2015). "On-nerve needle nerve conduction study in the sural nerve: A new technique for evaluation of peripheral neuropathy". Clinical Neurophysiology. 126 (9): 1811–1816. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2014.12.008. PMID   25727898. S2CID   22411267.
17. Shin J Oh (2010). "Intraoperative on-nerve conduction study and conversion factor in the sural nerve". Muscle & Nerve. 42 (3): 373–378. doi:10.1002/mus.21696. PMID   20589887. S2CID   21297449.
18. Shin J Oh (2005). "Electrophysiological diagnostic criteria of Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome". Muscle & Nerve. 32 (4): 515–520. doi:10.1002/mus.20389. PMID   16003742. S2CID   24787847.
19. "UAB professor named Distinguished Researcher by neurophysiology group". Birmingham Business Journal. July 25, 2006.