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세브란스병원 · Severance Hospital, Yonsei University · Tertiary general hospital · Seoul
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University
International patient center
Languages: zh / en / ru / ja / ar / mn. Services: Appointments, Medical interpretation, Airport transfer, Fast-track visits, Follow-up after returning home. Official page[1]
Strengths
Thyroid cancer 갑상선암센터 / 갑상선내분비외과
- Reached 50,000 robotic operations in April 2026, the first hospital in the world to do so[2]
- Thyroid and endocrine surgery accounts for 28% of the hospital's robotic surgery (2005 to June 2021)[3]
- Operations such as single-port da Vinci SP thyroidectomy were developed by this hospital's doctors[2]
Annual case volume: to be added
Doctors: Woong Youn Chung
Stomach cancer 위장관외과
- Korean media report Professor Woo Jin Hyung as having done the most robotic gastric cancer operations in the world, with Professor Hyoung Il Kim second in Koreahospital or media claim[4]
Annual case volume: to be added
Doctors: Woo Jin Hyung, Hyoung Il Kim
Liver cancer and liver transplant 이식외과 / 간담췌외과
Annual case volume: to be added
Doctors: Dong Jin Joo, Jae Geun Lee
Breast cancer 유방외과 / 성형외과
- DIEP breast reconstruction with abdominal tissue reached 1,000 cases in February 2026, with a reported success rate of 98.5%hospital or media claim[5]
Annual case volume: to be added
Doctors: Hyung Seok Park, Dae Hyun Yoo
Prostate cancer 비뇨의학과
- Introduced the da Vinci surgical robot to Korea in July 2005; prostatectomy was one of the first operations to use it[6]
Annual case volume: to be added
Doctors: Seung Hwan Lee, Jong Soo Lee
Brain tumor 뇌종양센터 / 뇌하수체종양센터 / 두개저내시경센터
Annual case volume: to be added
Doctors: Jong Hee Chang, Seok-Gu Kang