A doctor becomes the first Korean to have doctorate degrees in Western, Korean and Chinese medicine and pharmacology.

The Chief of the cancer center at East-West Neo Medical Center, Choe Won-cheol, received his fourth doctorate degree in Korean medicine from Kyung Hui University on Tuesday.

Choe said that he sought degrees in different medical fields to study more about treating cancers. He added his next goal was a Ph.D in physics to apply physics to Korean medicine.