• PhD in Public Health, University of Washington, USA

• Master of Public Health, Kyoto University, Japan
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• Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Financial Engineering (Dual Degrees), Korea University, Republic of Korea

• 2022-Present, Research Fellow for Big Data Analysis, National Health Insurance Service, Republic of Korea

• 2022, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Convergence, College of Science & Industry Convergence, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
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• 2018-2022, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, USA

• Park S*, Wadhera RK, Jung J. Effects of Medicare eligibility and enrollment at age 65 years on use of high- and low-value care. Health Services Research. 2022. Forthcoming
• Park S*, Teno JM, White L, Coe NB. Association of Medicare Advantage star ratings with patterns of end-of-life care. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2022. Forthcoming
• Rivera-Hernandez M*, Meyers D, Kim D, Park S, Trivedi AN. Variations in Medicare Advantage switching rates among African American and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, by sex and dual eligibility. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 2022. Forthcoming.
• Park S*, Werner RM, Coe NB. Association of Medicare Advantage star ratings and racial and ethnic disparities in hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Medical Care. 2022. Forthcoming. 
• Park S*, Werner RM, Coe NB. Racial disparities in access to and enrollment in high-quality Medicare Advantage plans. Health Services Research. 2022. Online ahead of print.
• Park S*, Coe NB. Insurance coverage and health care spending by state-level Medigap regulations. American Journal of Managed Care. 2022;28(4):172-179.
• Park S*, Langellier BA, Meyers D. Association of health insurance literacy with enrollment in traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and plan characteristics within Medicare Advantage. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2146792.
• Park S*, Langellier BA, Meyers D. Adoption of telehealth benefits by Medicare Advantage plans in 2020 and 2021. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2022;37(3):686-688.
• Park S*, Teno JM, White L, Coe NB. Effects of Medicare Advantage on patterns of end-of-life care among Medicare decedents. Health Services Research. 2022. 57(4):863-871.
• Park S*. Effect of Medicare Advantage on health care use and care dissatisfaction in mental illness. Health Services Research. 2022. 57(4):820-829.
• Park S*, Stimpson JP. Trends in forgone medical care among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(12)e214299.
• Park S*, Langellier BA, JF Figueroa, Burke R, Coe NB. Association of Medicare Advantage penetration with per capita spending, emergency department visits, and readmission rates among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with high comorbidity burden. Medical Care Research and Review. 2021;78(6):703-712.
• Kim D, Chen C*, Tysinger B, Park S, Chong MZ, Wang L, Zhao M. Yuan JM, Koh WP, Yoong J, Bhattacharya J, Eggleston K. Smoking, life expectancy, and chronic disease in South Korea, Singapore, and the United States: A microsimulation model. Health Economics. 2021;30(S1):92-104.
• Park S*, Massey PM, Stimpson JP. Primary source of information about COVID-19 as a determinant of perception of COVID-19 severity and vaccine uptake. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021;36(10):3088-3095.
• Chu J*, Ortega AN, Park S, Vargas Bustamante A, Roby DH. The Affordable Care Act and health care access and utilization among White, Asian, and Latino immigrants in California. Medical Care. 2021;59(9):762-767.
• Park S*, Basu A. Improving risk adjustment with machine learning: accounting for service-level propensity scores to reduce service-level selection. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. 2021;21(3):363-388.
• Park S*, Chen J, Roby DH, Ortega AN. Differences in health care expenditures among non-Latino Whites and Asian subgroups vary along the distribution of expenditures. Medical Care Research and Review. 2021;78(4):432-440.
• Park S*, Langellier BA. Care for food-insecure enrollees in Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare. American Journal of Managed Care. 2021;27(7):1-9.
• Park S*, Chen J, Ma GX, Ortega AN. Inequities in access to care and health care spending for Asian Americans with cancer. Medical Care. 2021;59(6):528-536.
• Park S*, Jung J, Larson EB. Preventable health behaviors, COVID-19 severity perceptions, and vaccine uptake in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage: a survey-based study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021;36(6):1837-1840.
• Park S*, Jung J, Burke R, Larson EB. Trends in use of low value care in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(3):e211762.
• White L*, Ingraham B, Larson E, Fishman P, Park S, Coe NB. Observational study of patient characteristics associated with a timely diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment without dementia. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021. Online ahead of print. 
• Park S*, Meyers D, Rivera-Hernandez, M. Enrollment in supplemental insurance coverage among Medicare beneficiaries by race/ethnicity. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2021. Online ahead of print. 
• Park S*, Fishman P, Coe NB. Racial disparities in avoidable hospitalizations in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Medical Care. 2021;59(11):989-996.
• Park S*, Meyers D, Langellier BA. Rural enrollees in Medicare Advantage have substantial rates of switching to traditional Medicare. Health Affairs. 2021;40(3):469-477.
• Park S*, Langellier BA, Burke R. Telehealth benefits offered by Medicare Advantage plans in 2020. Medical Care.2021;59(1):53-57.
• Park S*. Chen J. Racial and ethnic patterns and differences in health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries with and without cognitive deficits or Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. BMC Geriatrics. 2020;20(1);482.
• Park S*, Larson EB, Fishman P, White L, Coe NB. Differences in health care utilization, process of diabetes care, care satisfaction, and health status in patients with diabetes in Medicare Advantage versus traditional Medicare.Medical Care. 2020;58(11):1004-1012.
• Fishman P*, White L, Ingraham, B, Park S, Larson E, Crane, P, Coe N. Health care costs of alzheimer&aposs and related dementias within a medicare managed care provider. Medical Care. 2020;58(9):833-841.
• Park S*, Figueroa JF, Fishman P, Coe NB. Primary care utilization and expenditures in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, 2007-2016. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020;35(8):2480-2481.
• Langellier BA*, Park S. Financial performance of Medicare Advantage contracts in 2014 and plan renewal, consolidation, and termination rates in the subsequent year. Medical Care. 2020;58(8):674-680.
• Kirby A*, Park S, Cook TB, Odem-Davis K, Gore JL, Wolff E. Practice patterns for women with overactive bladder syndrome: Time between medications and third-line treatments. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Survey. 2020;26(7):431-436. 
• Park S*, Roby DH, Stimpson JP, Kemmick Pintor J, Chen J, Ortega AN. Insurance coverage and health care utilization among Asian youth before and after the Affordable Care Act. Academic Pediatrics. 2020;20(5);670-677.
• Park S*. Stimpson JP, Nguyen GT. Association of changes in primary care spending and use with participation in the US Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplaces. JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(6);e207442.
• Stimpson JP*, Park S, Wilson FA. Association of Arkansas&aposs section 1115 Medicaid waiver with health insurance coverage. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231417.
• Park S*, White L, Fishman P, Larson EB, Coe NB. Health care utilization, care satisfaction, and health status for Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries with and without Alzheimer disease and related dementias. JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(3):e201809.
• Park S*, Fishman P, White L, Larson EB, Coe NB. Disease-specific plan switching between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. The Permanente Journal. 2020;24
• Park S*, Chen J, Ma GX, Ortega AN. Utilization of essential preventive health services among Asians after the implementation of the preventive services provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2019;16:101008.
• Park S*, Stimpson JP, Kemmick Pintor J, Roby DH, McKenna RM, Chen J, Ortega AN. The effects of the Affordable Care Act on health care access and utilization among Asian American subgroups. Medical Care. 2019;57(11):861-868.
• Stimpson JP*, Kemmick Pintor J, McKenna RM, Park S, Wilson FA. Association of Medicaid expansion with health insurance coverage among persons with a disability. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(7):e197136.
• Fishman P*, Coe N, White L, Crane P, Park S, Ingraham B, Larson E. Cost of dementia in Medicare managed care: A systematic literature review. American Journal of Managed Care. 2019;25(8):e247-e253.
• Park S*, Basu A. Alternative evaluation metrics for risk adjustment methods. Health Economics. 2018;27(6):984-1010.
• Park S, Momany ET, Jones MP, Kuthy RA, Askelson NM, Wehby GL, Damiano PC, Chi DL*. The effects of medical well baby visits in promoting earlier first dental visits for children. JDR Clinical and Translational Research. 2018;3(1):91-100.
• Park S*, Chan KC, Williams EC. Gain of employment and perceived health status among previously unemployed persons: Evidence from a longitudinal study in the United States. Public Health. 2016;133:83-90.
• Park S, Lee J, Ikai H, Otsubo T, Imanaka Y*. Decentralization and centralization of healthcare resources: Investigating the associations of hospital competition and number of cardiologists per hospital with mortality and resource utilization in Japan. Health Policy. 2013;113:100-109.
• Park S, Sasaki N, Morishima T, Ikai H, Imanaka Y*. The number of cardiologists, case volume, and in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients. International Journal of Cardiology. 2013;168(4):4470-4471.
• Sasaki N, Lee J, Park S, Umegaki T, Kunisawa S, Otsubo T, Ikai H, Imanaka Y*. Development and validation of an acute heart failure-specific mortality predictive model based on administrative data. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2013;29(9):1055-1061.
• Park S, Lee J, Ikai H, Otsubo T, Ukawa N, Imanaka Y*. Quality of care and in-hospital resource use in acute myocardial infarction: Evidence from Japan. Health Policy. 2013;111(3):264-272.
• Lee J, Morishima T, Park S, Otsubo T, Ikai H, Imanaka Y*. The association between health care spending and quality of care for stroke patients in Japan. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2013;18(2):77-82.

• KHPM410 Data Science in Health Care (Undergraduate level, Fall)
• HCS423 Health Services Research: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches (Graduate level, Spring)
• HCS424 Health Services Research: Methodology (Graduate level, Fall)