Ducksun Ahn is currently Professor, Departments of Medical Humanities/Plastic Surgery in the College of Medicine of Korea University and the vice president elect of the World Federation for Medical Education. He graduated from Korea University Medical College (KUMC) and received clinical training in Plastic Surgery at the University of Toronto. Upon his return to KUMC as a professor of plastic surgery his career continuously involved medical education, and his experience at the Center for Medical Education at UCLA as an ECFMG international fellow helped him to create the Medical Education Department at his home institution. His contribution extends to the establishment of the Korean Academy of Communication in Health, and the introduction of the skill test for the Korean national medical licensing examination. His professional development includes a Master’s degree in bioethics (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium). He was the recipient of the executive fellowship Endeavour award program of Australia, with which he completed a visiting fellowship with the Australian Medical Council. His domestic and international career in medical school accreditation led to his presidency of the national accrediting agency, the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation. He was the vice dean of the medical school and the president of the Korean Society of Medical Education, and has remained heavily involved in consultation and accreditation for basic medical education within the Western Pacific region, as the immediate past president of the Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region (AMEWPR). He has given more than 500 lectures, workshops and presentations both domestically and internationally. His research spans the fields of plastic surgery, communication skills, medical education, accreditation, and medical humanities.