Professor Ahm Kim at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology elected..

December. 2010

Professor Ahm Kim at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology was elected as the Chairman of the Korean Perinatology Society in December last year. Professor Kim is scheduled to serve chairmanship for two years along with associate professor Jae-Yoon Shim who will work as the director in charge of general affairs.

300 successful liver transplantations a year for four years in a row

December. 2010

Asan Medical Center has made an astounding accomplishment of 300 or more liver transplantations a year for four years consecutively, which is an unprecedented record of the world. The Liver Transplantation Team successfully performed more than 300 liver transplant operations annually for four years in a row, including 320 operations in 2007, 326 in 2008, 345 in 2009 and 365 in 2010.

Associate professor Hyun-Woo Goo at the Department of Radiology and as..

December. 2010

Associate professor Hyun-Woo Goo at the Department of Radiology and assistant professor Gyeong-Won Kim acquired the best achievement in 2010 task evaluation conducted by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, which is ‘Evaluation of diagnosis and remedial effects of adult and child bronchial asthma: Development and clinical application of quantitative evaluation methods for pulmonary ve..

Cardiac Hospital Director Seung-Jung Park selected as the recipient of..

December. 2010

Cardiac Hospital Director Seung-Jung Park was selected as the recipient of the 9th ‘Yu Il Han Award’. Director Park has been recognized for his distinguished research accomplishments in cardiac vascular diseases with a thoroughgoing spirit of creativity and scientific inquiry as a medical researcher while making a contribution to promoting health of human beings through lively research activitie..

Assistant professor Byong-Duk Ye at the Department of Medicine and Dig..

November. 2010

Assistant professor at the Department of Medicine and Digestive Oncology Byong-Duk Ye awarded the Best Paper Award at the Joint Academic Congress of the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility held on November 25 with the paper titled ‘Correlation between Crohn's disease and Toll-Like Receptor gene among Koreans’.

Professor Tae-Won Kwon elected as the Director of Korean Society for V..

November. 2010

Professor Tae-Won Kwon at the Department of Vascular Surgery was elected as the Director of Korean Society for Vascular Surgery at a Regular Conference of Korean Society for Vascular Surgery held on November 18. He is scheduled to serve two-year term from December 2010 to December 2012.

Clinical assistant professor Jeong-Yeol Park at the Department of Obst..

November. 2010

Clinical assistant professor Jeong-Yeol Park at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology was awarded the Best Poster Award at the 21st Fall Academic Conference of the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology held on November 21 with the paper titled ‘Comparison between laparoscopy operation and laparotomy in surgical treatment of a patient with early endometrial cancer: result of long-term ..

Assistant professor Yeong-Seok Kim at the Department of Therapeutic Ra..

November. 2010

Assistant professor Yeong-Seok Kim at the Department of Therapeutic Radiology or Radiation Oncology was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award at the Congress of the Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology held in November 19 with the paper titled ‘The remedial effects of chemoradiation therapy on cervical cancer that relapses after operation’.

Associate professor Hyun-Taek Lim at the Department of Ophthalmology a..

November. 2010

Associate professor Hyun-Taek Lim at the Department of Ophthalmology was awarded an Outstanding Academic Achievement Award consecutively at the Fall Conference of the Korean Ophthalmological Society held on November 6 with the paper titled ‘Opinion on the optic nerve retina of a patient with type 1 neurofibroma: extension of ophthalmologic clinical spectrum’.

Associate professor Jin-Woo Shin at the Department of Anesthesiology &..

November. 2010

Associate professor Jin-Woo Shin at the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine was awarded an Outstanding Academic Achievement Award at the Congress of the Korean Pain Society held on November 20 with the paper titled ‘Comparison of mechanical allodynia deterrence effects of Dexamethasone and Bupivacaine injected before and after the nerve damage in neuropathic pain model of medical white p..

Professor Seung-Jung Park at Cardiac Hospital ranked No.1 in Internati..

November. 2010

The state-run Biological Research Information Center (BRIC) found that Seung-Jeong Park, the Director of Cardiac Hospital has been ranked No.1 among domestic medical scientists who publish their papers in journals with the reference index of 10 or higher for the past three years. Director Park published a total of 11 research papers in journals with the reference index of 10 or higher during the p..

Hospital Director Jung-Shin Lee elected as the Supreme Council member ..

November. 2010

Hospital Director Jung-Shin Lee was elected as the Qatar’s Supreme Council member of the public health. Director Lee’s designation was arranged based upon request of the Qatar government as it recognized the superiority of Korean medical services as well as of that of our hospital after the Middle East Public Relations Delegation led by the vice minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare vis..

Paper of Assistant Professor Jong-Woo Choi at the Department of Plasti..

November. 2010

The paper of Assistant Professor Jong-Woo Choi at the Department of Plastic Surgery titled ‘Analysis on the change of skull base for a patient with unilateral craniofacial synostosis syndrome by callotasis was chosen as an excellent paper in English Division at the Fall Conference of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons held on November 4.

Associate professor Dae-Yeon Kim at the Department of Pediatric Surgeo..

November. 2010

Associate professor Dae-Yeon Kim at the Department of Pediatric Surgeon was awarded an Excellent Oral Paper in Poster Division at the 42nd Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology held in Boston, US with the presentation titled ‘Laparoscopy operation of pediatric malignant solid tumors’.

Assistant professor Duk-Woo Park at the Department of Cardiology Inter..

November. 2010

Assistant professor Duk-Woo Park at the Department of Cardiology Internal Medicine was chosen as an Young Investigation Awardee of 20th Wunsch Medical Awards in clinical division. Assistant professor Park was recognized for his achievement of presenting indication factor for stent thrombosis that occurs following the drug- eluting stent treatment among angina pectoris patients that are raised as a..

Medical team at the Department of Laboratory Medicine awarded an Outst..

November. 2010

Professor Mi-Na Kim at the Department of Laboratory Medicine was awarded an Outstanding Academic Achievement Award with the paper titled ‘Evaluation of SeeplexTM RV detection kit for the detection of rhinovirus, metapneumovirus and coronavirus while associate professor Sa-il Jeon was awarded an Outstanding Academic Achievement Award with the paper titled ‘Study on the Tarcolimus density associat..

Professor Hye-Soon Park at the Department of Family Medicine awarded a..

November. 2010

Professor Hye-Soon Park at the Department of Family Medicine was awarded an Outstanding Academic Achievement Award at the Fall Conference of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine held on November 6 with the paper titled ‘‘Seven-year period of death rate of Korean men caused by an increase in body mass index and particular etiologies (published in 「International Journal of Epidemiology」)’.

Professor Dae-Hyuk Moon elected as Chairman of the Korean Society of N..

October. 2010

Professor Dae-Hyuk Moon was elected as Chairman of the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine at the 49th Fall Congress of the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine held for two days from October 29. Professor Moon is scheduled to serve as a chairman for two years during the period between October 2012 to October 2014.

Professor Taik-Jong Lee at the Department of Plastic Surgery elected a..

October. 2010

Professor Taik-Jong Lee at the Department of Plastic Surgery was elected as a new Chairman of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Professor Lee was also elected as a new chairman of the Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery to serve two academic societies regarding plastic surgery for the next two years.

Assistant professor Byong-Duk Ye awarded an Excellent Research Award a..

October. 2010

Assistant professor Byong-Duk Ye at the Department of Gastroenterology was awarded an Excellent Research Award at Korea-Japan symposium on inflammatory bowel disease with the paper titled ‘Clinical characteristics of ulcerative colitis accompanied with primary sclerosing cholangitis’.

Assistant professor Seong-Han Kim awarded a Young Investigation Award ..

October. 2010

Assistant professor Seong-Han Kim at the Department of Infection was awarded a Young Investigation Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America with the paper titled ‘Prospective observational study on the utility of test for diagnosing latent tuberculosis using kidney transplant recipient’ at the 48th Congress of the Infectious Diseases Society of America held during the period between..

Professor Jong-Jin Seo awarded an academic achievement award from the ..

October. 2010

Professor Jong-Jin Seo at the Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine was awarded an academic achievement award at the 6th 1.Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology held in October 23. Professor Seo was honored for his distinguished academic accomplishments in pediatric hematology-oncology and contribution to the development of the academic society.

Congratulatory ceremony in celebration of 200 pediatric liver transpla..

October. 2010

Congratulatory ceremony in celebration of 200 pediatric liver transplantations was held on October 25. 100 successful cases of pediatric liver transplants were performed during the period between 1994 and 2003 and another 100 transplants were conducted during the period between 2004 and August 2010 with the survival rate reaching 91%, which is an unprecedented world record. On the day of the event..

Assistant professor Joo-Yong Lee at the Department of ophthalmology aw..

October. 2010

Assistant professor Joo-Yong Lee at the Department of ophthalmology was awarded a Poster Award at the 10th Academic Forum of the European Vitreoretinal Society with the oral paper on the subject of ‘Comparison of diagnosis agreement of between existing 7 section angiography and wide-angle fundus photographs in diabetic retinopathy screening’.

Successful operation of both Caesarean section and liver transplant on..

October. 2010

A pregnant woman in her early 30s who was faced with the risk of losing her 28-week old fetus as well as her own life due to acute liver failure dramatically had both saved and gave birth to a baby boy. A lady with the surname Lee (33) who came to the Asan Medical Center with the worst case emergency of 10% liver function at the end of July obtained a liver transplantation with the liver donated b..

5,000 successful Gamma Knife operations for the first time in Korea

October. 2010

Gamma Knife Center (led by Professor Chang-Jin Kim) has recently announced that it has successfully completed 5000th gamma knife operation. Asan Medical Center that introduced the Gamma Knife for the first time in Asia in 1990 has set a record of performing 5,000 operations in 20 years, which is unprecedented in local medical history. The 5,000th patient in his 60s who was suffering vision and hea..

Professor Ho-Yong Song at the Department of Radiology awarded an Inter..

September. 2010

Professor Ho-Yong Song at the Department of Radiology was awarded the International Collaboration Award at the Chinese Society of Interventional Radiology (CSIR) held in Guangzhou during the period between September 8 and 12. Professor Song has been recognized for his distinctive contributions to the development of Chinese Intercontinental Radiological Society, including medical services and lectu..

Simultaneous transplantation of heart & lungs on a patient with cardio..

September. 2010

Asan Medical Center has successfully performed a highly sophisticated organ transplantation that gave both lungs and a heart to a woman in her 40s who was hovering between life and death due to a tumor developed in the pulmonary artery. A professional medical team comprised of Professor Jae-Joong Kim at the Department of Cardiology Internal Medicine, professor Seung-Il Park at the Department of Th..

Assistant professor Kang-Min Ahn medical team awarded the most excelle..

September. 2010

Assistant professor Kang-Min Ahn at the Dentist Department and a medical practitioner Gyu-Sik Noh were awarded the most excellent Poster Award with the theme of ‘Latissimus flap reconstruction after oral and maxillofacial resection‘ at the second academic forum of the Korean Dental Association.

Professor Sung-Gyu Lee awarded at World Transplant Congress for his co..

August. 2010

Professor Sung-Gyu Lee at the Department of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary was awarded a Recognition Awards-for Innovation in Surgery and Technology at 23rd World Transplant Congress held in Vancouver, Canada on August 13. World Transplant Congress honors those who make the world’s most important contribution to the development of medical technology in transplant sector. Professor Lee be..

Medical Teams led by Professor Jae-Kwan Song at the Department of Card..

August. 2010

Medical teams led by led by Professor Jae-Kwan Song at the Department of Cardiology Internal Medicine and professor Jong-Sung Kim professor team at the Department of Neurology conducted a cardiac ultrasonic inspection on 1,014 patients with high likeliness of stroke incurred by a cardiac disorder among 4,543 ischemic stroke patients and found out that a direct cause of stroke for 184 patients or 2..

Research assistant professor Nam-Guk Kim at the Department of Radiolog..

August. 2010

The paper presented by Nam-Guk Kim, a research assistant professor at the Department of Radiology was elected as the 2nd best paper 2009 of 「Journal of Digital Imaging」. Research assistant professor Kim also had his paper titled ‘Development of system that automatically classifies the chronic obstructive airway diseases at high-resolution CT’ (corresponding author of professor Joon-Beom Seo at..

Professor Yong-Man Kim and associate professor Seong-Hun Kim at the De..

July. 2010

Professor Yong-Man Kim and associate professor Seong-Hun Kim at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology was awarded the Poster Award called ‘NACB's Distinguished Abstract Award’ with the paper titled ‘Density of HE4 within serum aimed at diagnosing ovarian cancer of a woman with adnexal masses at the AACC (American Association of Clinical Chemistry) Awards held in Anaheim, US during the perio..

Associate professor Hyun-Woo Goo at the Department of Radiology electe..

July. 2010

Hyun-Woo Goo, an associate professor at the Department of Radiology has been elected as an associative editor of 「Pediatric Radiology」. The 「Pediatric Radiology」, the world’s one and only SCI scientific journal that specializes in pediatric radiology is the official scientific journal of North American Society of Pediatric Imaging (SPR), European Society of Pediatric Radiology (ESPR), Asian a..

Professor Heung-Beom Oh at the Department of Laboratory Medicine award..

July. 2010

Professor Heung-Beom Oh at Department of Laboratory Medicine was awarded a Science and Technology Outstanding Paper Award with the paper titled ‘Analysis of clinical pictures and S gene mutation of Hepatitis B Virus(HBV) DNA positive or of HBV HBsAg radioimmunoassay negative designed to minimize the diagnosis error by improving the capability of detecting the infection of hepatitis B virus at the..

Successful transplantation of liver and kidney donated by a cardiac ar..

July. 2010

Organ Transplant Center (led by Professor Sung-Gyu Lee at the Department of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery) has recently succeeded in transplanting liver and kidney donated by a non heart beating donor (NHBD). It is particularly hard to successfully transplant organs from a non heart beating donor as they are susceptible to immediate damage due to the absence of blood circulation ..

Professor Jong-Sung Kim at the Department of neurology elected as an a..

July. 2010

Professor Jong-Sung Kim at the Department of neurology has been elected as an associate editor 「Stroke」 for two years from July. Professor Kim has already served as an associative editor for 「Cerebrovascular disease」, the official SCI journal of European Stroke Academy that specializes in stroke researches and 「International Journal of Stroke」, the official journal of World Stroke Academy an..

Liver Transplantation Team awarded many in International Liver Transpl..

June. 2010

The Liver Transplantation Team of AMC swept the Traveler's Award in 16th International Liver Transplantation Society held in Hong Kong on June 15. Five persons in our Liver Transplantation Team received the award, which is granted to only 20 out of some 1,000 participators, attracting keen attention.

Team led by Dr. Won-Young Kim (Department of Emergency Medicine) award..

June. 2010

Dr. Won-Young Kim (Department of Emergency Medicine) and Resident Sang-Gu, Jeong (fourth year resident) was awarded the Campbell Macfarlane Outstanding Oral Presentation Award with the presentation titled ‘Can the Troponin test value of a patient with acute pulmonary embolism and normal blood pressure predict the occurrence of hemodynamic instability?’ in the 13th academic conference of Internat..

Dr. Sung-Bae Kim (Department of Oncology) awarded Excellent Researcher..

June. 2010

Dr. Sung-Bae Kim in Department of Oncology was awarded the Excellent Researcher Award with the research of ‘Significant factor of staging on the survival even after a complete remission following the neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer’ in the 36th academic forum of Korean Cancer Association, which was held on June 10.

Jeong-Yeol Park, Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics ＆ Gynecol..

June. 2010

Jeong-Yeol Park, Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics ＆ Gynecology was granted Mariette Award in the academic forum of ASCO(American Society of Clinical Oncology) with the theme of ‘Treatment of fertility preservation of futility for young women with the early endometrial cancer.

Team led by Dr. Je-Hwan Lee and Dae-Young Kim (professors at Departmen..

May. 2010

The team led by Dr. Je-Hwan Lee and Dae-Young Kim (Department of Hematology) was awarded the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award with the presentation titled ‘Anti-leukemia effect of glycogen synthase kinase3 inhibitors in leukemia cell with the MLL gene rearrangement’.

Dr. Dae-Hyuk Moon(professor at Department of Nuclear Medicine) selecte..

May. 2010

Professor Dae-Hyuk Moon(Department of Nuclear Medicine) was selected as the chairman of the Academy of Molecular Imaging at the General Assembly of the Academy of Molecular held in KIST on May 29. Professor Mun has conducted active research activities that include serving as academic director in 2002 followed by planning director and vice chairman as well.

Dr. Gyeong-Won Kim (associate professor at Department of Radiology) aw..

May. 2010

Professor Gyeong-Won Kim (Department of Radiology) was awarded the Young Investigator Award at the 30th anniversary of the Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, which was held on May 14 with the research titled ‘Closure of acute release of hepatic vein: Strategic analysis of liver perfusion with elevated contrast medium ultra sonar’.

Team led by Seung-Jeong Park (professor at Cardinal Hospital) succeede..

May. 2010

The team by Seung-Jeong Park (professor at Cardinal Hospital) succeeded for the first time in Korea in curing the aortic stenosis by inserting a stent into the patient. The method of treatment adopted by Seung-Jeong Park, the director of Cardinal Hospital, and the team led by Young-Hak Kim is, unlike the existing large-scale operation that incises the breast and replaces with an artificial valve, ..

Dr. Eun-Gyeong Choi selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare as ..

May. 2010

Professor Eun-Gyeong Choi (Research Planning Director) was appointed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare as the Director of Anti-Caner Technology Support Center. The Anti-Caner Technology Support Center is expected to play the role of predicting and diagnosing the possibility of obtaining global competitiveness at the complete development stage by evaluating the safety and effectiveness of cance..

Dr. Seung-Jeong Park (professor at Department of Cardiology) selected ..

May. 2010

Professor Seung-Jeong Park (Department of Cardiology) was selected as one of 100 people with prospects to honor Korea in 2020. Donga Daily selected 100 distinguished figures based on the recommendations of the Recommendation Panel comprised of eight advisors and 205 professionals from all walks of life in celebration of 90th anniversary of its first appearance.

Yang-Su Kim (professor at Department of Infections Disease) selected a..

May. 2010

Yang-Su Kim (professor at Department of Infections Disease) was selected as the senior researcher of the ‘Development of candidate materials for treatment remedies made of marine natural products new drugs research project commissioned by the Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs. Professor Kim is planning to cultivate marine natural products and conduct on the efficacy and side effects..

Dr. Young-Seok Kim (associate professor at Department of Radiation Onc..

April. 2010

Associate professor Young-Seok Kim (Department of Radiation Oncology) was awarded the Best Paper Award granted by the Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy with his paper titled ‘Feasibility and Outcome of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Recurrent Cervical Carcinoma after Initial Surgery’

Dr. Han-Ik Yoo(Associate professor at Department of Psychiatry) awarde..

April. 2010

Associate professor Han-Ik Yoo(Associate professor at Department of Psychiatry) was awarded the Young Investigator Award at 53rd General Assembly of the Korea NeuroPsychiatric Association held on April 15 for his research accomplishments for the past three years, which include ‘The open research on the effect and stability of Aripiprazole applied to children and adulescents’.

Dr. Seung-Jae Myong (Associate professor at Department of Gastroentero..

April. 2010

Dr. Seung-Jae Myong (Associate professor at Department of Gastroenterology) was honored to receive the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the Fall Academic Forum of Korean Study of Intestinal Disease with his research on ‘The effect of high fat diet on the Macrophage’.

Dr. Yong-Ju Jang (Department of Otorhinolaryngology) awarded Excellent..

April. 2010

Dr. Yong-Ju Jang (Department of Otorhinolaryngology) was awarded the Excellent Paper Award designated for the members who have the most distinctive research accomplishment at the Fall Academic Forum of the Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, which was held on April 22. Professor Jang has actively engaged in research activities, including publication of 10 SCI papers.

Team led by Seok-Gyun Yang (Department of Gastroenterology) received t..

April. 2010

Seok-Gyun Yang, a professor at Department of Gastroenterology and Hyun-Ju Lee, an associate professor of Department of Clinical Examination received the Best Paper Award at the Fall Academic Forum of the Korean Study of Intestinal Disease with the paper titled ‘Stability and effectiveness of Azathioprine/6-Mercaptopurine treatment on Korean patients with Crohn's disease’.

Dr. Jong-Jin Seo(Department of Children and Adolescents) granted the M..

April. 2010

Dr. Jong-Jin Seo(Department of Children and Adolescents) was granted the Minister’s Award of the Ministry of Education and Science Technology on the ceremony celebrating the Day of the Disabled on April 20. Professor Seo was recognized for his meritorious deeds to help children in hospital get back to school and to enhance the quality of their life while serving as the principal of hospital schoo..

Dr. Seung-Gyu Lee (Department of Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary) h..

April. 2010

Professor Seng-Gyu Lee (Department of Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary) was awarded Distinguished Service Medal on April 25 for his contribution to international collaboration by Korean Medical Association in 62nd general conference among representatives of the Korean Medical Association. The professor was highly recognized for multilateral efforts in significantly elevating the level of domesti..

Dr. Yong-Ju Jang (Department of Otorhinolaryngology) awarded Excellent..

March. 2010

The Excellent Paper Award in 39th Fall Academic Fair of Korean Rhinologic Society was awarded to Professor Yong-Ju Jang (Department of Otorhinolaryngology) who presented the paper titled ‘Effect of tobacco fume on the expression of MMP-1. VEGF, TIMP-1 of epithelial cells and fibroblasts of nasal polyps’ published on the Journal of Rhinology.

Team led by Professor Seung-Jeong Park publicized the third paper in N..

March. 2010

The team led by professor Seung-Jeong Park and Deok-Woo Park has succeeded in publicizing the third paper in NEJM, the world’s most prestigious medical science journal. The paper was about the use of platelet aggregation inhibitors(Clopidogrel) taken to prevent a possible occurrence of stent thrombosis after the treatment of drug coated stent and how long the intake period should be. The team led..

Dr. Ju-Hyeon Nam honored to be a honorary member of Taiwan Association..

February. 2010

Professor Ju-Hyeon Nam (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) was named an honorary member of Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology selected Professor Ju-Hyeon Nam as the second honorary member in Korea as it highly evaluated his contribution to the development of the Association.

Dr. Seung-Gyu Lee selected as the awardee of Asan Medical Award

February. 2010

Dr. Seung-Gyu Lee (Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation) was selected as the awardee of Asan Medical Award established by Asan Foundation to compliment domestic medical scholars with distinctive achievements. Professor Seung-Gyu Lee was recognized for his excellence in creative medical researches and practices, which include the world’s first success of ‘transformed right hepati..

Accomplished 1,000 cases of Da Vinci within the shortest period time

February. 2010

Da Vinci Robot Center held the ceremony to celebrate the 1000 cases of Da Vinci robot operation on February 19. Since the first operation on prostate cancer for 55-year-old patient in July 2007, it has successfully sustained its performance to carry out the 1,000th case in late 2009, which is the shortest amount of time in domestic medical society.

Dr. Seok-Byeong Lim (Department of Colorectal Surgery) in Internationa..

February. 2010

Seok-Byeong Lim, an associate professor in Department of Colorectal Surgery was selected as the scientist of the year 2010 with his active research efforts and accomplishments in colorectal cancer operation by International Biographical Centre in Cambridge in UK, one of the three major biographical dictionaries.

Top domestic medical institute in high-level clinical tests

February. 2010

AMC has turned out to have conducted the largest amount of multinational clinical tests and initial-stage clinical tests among domestic medical institutes. The ‘2009 Report on Approval Status of Clinical Tests for Drugs’ published by the Korea Food and Drug Administration elevated AMC to the top position among domestic medical institutes with recognition for 104 cases of clinical tests(51.55%), ..

Local Drug Surveillance Center of AMC awarded the Grand Prize

January. 2010

The Local Drug Surveillance Center of AMC was awarded the Grand Prize in the second-year commencement ceremony of Drug Surveillance Business Division held on January 29. The recent evaluation has been targeted on 15 Local Drug Surveillance Centers in Drug Surveillance Business Division. The Local Drug Surveillance Center of AMC received the Grand Prize for its superior performances, including 1,98..

AMC selected as the best ACLS training institute by National Cardiopul..

January. 2010

AMC was selected as the Best ACLS Training Site in the scheduled general meeting of National Resuscitation Council on January 15. Our hospital was designated as the training institute for ACLS(Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) in 2007 and conducted education and training on ACLS for 268 medical personnel last year.

Dr. Dae-Cheol Seo (Department of Radiology) elected as a director

January. 2010

Dr. Dae-Cheol Seo, a professor in Department of Radiology has been elected as a director in General Assembly of World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, which was held in France on January 10.