[2] Despite this, she was able to successfully complete her elementary and secondary education, and was admitted to Ewha Woman's University in 1957 where she studied medicine.

[1] In 1966 she founded the Korean Polio Children's Special Education and Welfare Association when working at Severance Hospital.

[6] Over the next decade, Whang continued her extensive work in the medical profession, particularly focusing on improving experiences for people with polio.

She served as director of public relations of the Korean Medical Women's Association and as editor of the Woman Doctor's News between 1987 and 1980.

[4] She also worked as a member of the Comprehensive Welfare Policy for the Disabled Person (Ministry of Health and Social Affair, Korea).

[9] Dr. Whang has worked on sports for disabled people in numerous other ways: she was Director of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled (KOSAD) from 1991 to 1998 (continuing as vice president until 2005), mayor of the athletes' village at the 2014 Asian Para Games,[10] and part of the committees for the 2010 and 2014 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games bids.