Sung Gwak

Professor of Nursing Sung Gwak joined the BMCC faculty in 1986, after having taught at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina and East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. A Deputy Chair of the BMCC Nursing Department, Professor Gwak teaches a wide variety of classes, sharing with students her experience working as a Registered Nurse in cardiac, respiratory and other intensive care units at New York Hospital in Queens, and other medical centers across the country.

A tireless advocate for aspiring nurses, Gwak advises her students to enhance their studies with additional certifications, and maintains her own credentials as a Critical Care, Certified Infusion, and Medical/Surgical Nurse, skills she shares in the hands-on BMCC nursing curriculum.

In addition to being on the faculty of the BMCC associate degree nursing program, Gwak teaches in the BMCC Center for Workforce Development and Continuing Education department, leading certification programs for Intravenous Therapy, 12-Lead EKG, and Medical-Surgical Nursing. She taught EKG course for EKG technician certification and Phelebotomy course for lab.technician certification .