The number of overseas patients visiting the Asan Medical Center (AMC) increased significantly
from 5,300 in 2010 to 12,000 in 2013 and then to 15,000 in 2016.
Most patients from overseas require high-risk surgeries such as living-donor liver transplants, blood-
incompatible pancreas transplants, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants, and cancer surgeries.
A History of Challenge
The Asan Medical Center (AMC) is Korea’s leading hospital for surgery. Performing over 60,000 surgeries
per year and ranked first in the number and success of liver, kidney, pancreas, and heart transplants
(Korean Network for Organ Sharing, 2014), AMC is rated the world’s best for organ transplants.
AMC organ transplantation team has performed 600 heart transplantation, 4,600 kidney transplantation,
350 pancreas transplantation and 5,200 liver transplantation.
Inheriting Asan’s Spirit of Sharing
Free medical services for the underprivileged in Korea and abroad and transfers of medical skills
to developing countries.
Medical Information
Information on outpatient and inpatient care is provided.
(As of 2017)
2,7042,704 Beds
11,862Outpatients (per day on average)
2,557Inpatients (per day on average)
63,791Sophisticated surgeries (per year)
Asan Medical Center is Korea’s largest and most preferred hospital by patients, with a gross floor area of 524,700m² (2,704 beds) serving 11,862 outpatients and 2,557 inpatients on average per day.
The Ischemic Heart Disease Center provides treatment support services such as a one-day program, fast-track system, counseling for heart diseases and reservation system, and language support program.
It happens due to the narrowed airway, causing a drop in breathing capacity and hypoxia. Subsequent sleep fragmentation, hypoxia, and sleep architecture disturb the nervous system, leading to cardiovascular complications and a decline in cognitive functions
AMC’s Diabetes Center focuses on preventing diabetes complications through accurate diagnosis and early management by a multidisciplinary approach. The center provides treatment to inhibit the progression of the disease for patients already dealing with diabetic complications as well.
Established with the vision of becoming a patient-centered hospital, Asan Medical Center has constantly strived to achieve this vision. It has substantially altered medical treatment systems and environment by prioritizing the convenience of patients.
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All medical examinations and treatments have been designed to reduce the patients’ movements to a minimum, simplifying the administrative work-handling system, and reducing patient waiting times.
Health Screening and Promotion Center With largest facilities and best staffs provide a first class service and personalized health check up program
AMC Health Screening and Promotion Center has opened in 1990 and moved to East Building in 1996 and to a large pleasant area with the beautiful views of Hangang River on the 4F of New Building in 2008 (6,612㎡, 71,171 sqft). More than 40,000 people receive health screening a year and the early diagnosis rate of cancers such as thyroid cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and lung cancer is about 0.1%, which represents the center’s excellence in the size and accuracy.
Asan Medical Center continuously promotes the development and innovation of research capability by expanding joint research, education, and cooperative relationships with world-class medical institutions, research institutes, and businesses. Since its opening in 2009, Asan Cancer Center has been continuously collaborating with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute of Harvard Medical School in the areas of research, education, and treatment through various academic exchanges and training programs for medical professionals.
Visiting Scholars
ASAN International Visiting Scholars(IViS) Program
Nurse Observership
International Visiting Internship Program
Established with the vision of becoming a patient-centered hospital, Asan Medical Center has constantly strived to achieve this vision. It has substantially altered medical treatment systems and environment by prioritizing the convenience of patients. For instance, all medical examinations and treatments have been designed to reduce the patients’ movements to a minimum, simplifying the administrative work-handling system, and reducing patient waiting times.
InternationalHealthcare Center
is a dedicated department for international patients in Asan Medical Center.
A spine research team led by Professor Lee Choon-sung, Associate Professor Lee Dong-ho, and Assistant Professors Ha Jung-ki and Jo Jae-hwan of orthopedic surgery won the best clinical paper at the 43rd Annual Meeting of Cervical Spine Research Society held in San Diego, USA from December 3 to 5. The paper titled ‘The fate of non-united segment observed through 1-year follow-up after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion’ was recognized for suggesting new perspectives on non-united segment commonly found after anterior cervical fusion.
It was their fifth to win prizes at cervical spine societies at home and abroad in the past five years.
Asan Medical Center (AMC) is Korea’s largest general tertiary-care hospital located in the eastern part of Seoul. It is one of the most sophisticated medical facilities in Korea.
The medical center encompasses three highly specialized institutes including 27specialized centers, 44 clinical departments and a research institute for the life sciences.
