Ducksun Ahn is a Professor Emeritus, at Korea University Medical College, the immediate past VP of WFME and the past president of the Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region (AMEWPR – now named WPAME), and Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation. He served as a VP of WFME from 2015 to 2022. He graduated from Korea University Medical College (KUMC) and received clinical training in Plastic Surgery at the University of Toronto. Upon his return to the Republic of Korea, he created the department of medical education and the department of medical humanities at KUMC. Professor Ahn has been heavily involved in accreditation for basic medical education domestically and internationally.