Best Endocrinology Hospitals in South Korea

• The Inha University Hospital was opened in May 1996, the first university hospital in the greater Incheon area. Being ideally located close to the international airport, sea-port, and teleport, it aims to become the greatest medical port of Northeast Asia.
• It is a multispeciality hospital with 36 Clinical departments and 19 Specialised Centres including cancer. It also has a Health Promotion Centre specialising in an overall health check-up.
• The Clinical departments include Allergic Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Pathology, Dentistry, Dermatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gastroenterology, Infection Medicine, Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nuclear Medicine, Opthalmology, ENT, Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation Medicine, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Urology to mention a few.
• It has an International Healthcare Centre, an outpatient clinic since 2009. It provides medical services to foreign nationals and Koreas going abroad. The Centre has medical doctors, a registered nurse, and six coordinators who are fluent in English, Russian, and Chinese.
• The Hospital operates the Incheon International Airport Medical Centre at Terminal 1 and 2. The Centres have received appreciation awards from China and Thailand Embassies.
• It is equipped with the most advanced state-of-the-art medical instruments and technologies.
• The Hospital was selected as the official hospital for the 2002 World Cup.
• In 2005, it was certified as the best health promotion centre.
• In 2008, it was awarded as an outstanding hospital in attracting international patient by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea. In the same year, it acquired the ISO 9001 Quality management system certificate in Health screening. Moreover, it was selected as the National Clinical Trial Research Centre.
• In 2009, it received a JCI accreditation for their quality services and ensuring safety of patients. It was also designated as the Medical Equipment Clinical Trial Centre by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family.
• In 2017, it was selected as the best medical device safety information monitoring centre. It was given the 1st grade of coronary artery bypass surgery adequacy evaluation. The Hospital is also ranked highly on the treatment of 4 major cancers (stomach cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer).
• It received 1st grade for 3 consecutive years for evaluation of COPD adequacy in 2018. Not only this, it also received 1st place in the National Emergency Medical Institution evaluation. It was given the Best KALS TS Award from the Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

• Honoured as the most respected hospital in Korea for 14 consecutive years by Korean Management Association Consulting (KMAC) (2007 to 2019)
• Honored as the best workplaces in Korea - KMAC, 2012
• Honored as the best global customer satisfaction survey for four consecutive years by the Japanese Management Association Consulting (JMAC) (2008 to 2011)
• Won the prize for global standard management in the social responsibility category - KMAR, 2010
• Honored as the best in national customer satisfaction index (NCSI) by KPC, 2010
• Selected as a highly research-driven hospital that customizes in anticancer therapy, medical robot system and medical equipment, U-healthcare, chronic diseases, development of molecular imaging technology, development of infectious disease treatment, adult stem cell-based cell therapy by Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2013.
• Honored as the best hospital in successful organ transplantations on liver, kidney, pancreas, and heart by Korea Network for Organ Sharing (KONOS), 2012.
• Selected as the best in the operative mortality rate of gastric cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer by Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, 2012.
• Honored as the best in performing surgeries on 30 major diseases by National Health Insurance Corporation, 2006.     

• Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) is a member of the network of hospitals in Seoul National University, within the Southern suburb of Seoul.
• It was established in 2003 with a CPOE (computerized physician order entry) system allowing fully digitized and paperless treatment of its patients in virtually every area of medicine.
• Korea Brand Power Index has consistently awarded SNUBH 1^st rank for the last 13 years in terms of quality of general hospitals.
• Furthermore, in 2012, SNUBH was entitled “1st Class in all categories” of quality measurements based on customer satisfaction, patient safety, and overall outcomes the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (a subsidiary of the National Insurance company of Korea).
• SNUBH is a research powerhouse with an annual research budget of more than 25 million USD.
• SNUBH accommodated around 3000 medical interns, residents, and clinical fellows.

• The Pusan National University Hospital (PNUH) was set up in 1956 under the South Korea's education policy to offer public health and to contribute to medical knowledge by carrying out research in dentistry, pharmacology, nursing science and medicine.  
• PNUH is a leading super-speciality hospital with a capacity of +2,000 beds and +3,000 employees. 
• It runs 20 speciality centres for heart disease and heart attack. It offers treatment of PET/CT and other diagnostic imaging services with the most-advanced medical equipment. It has 23 medical departments, eight dental departments and a subsidiary research institute.  It also houses the Cancer center and the Trauma center.
• In 2013, it ranked first among the grade given for hospitals in Public Health and Medical Business Assessment. Some of its other accomplishments include, starting the Pusan Cancer Center in 2009, recognition by the  Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2011, second rank for 'brand power' among general hospitals in 2012. 
• The hospital houses a departmental store, a chemist shop and a cafeteria. 
• Ever since its inception as a corporate in 1994, the medical staff at the hospital offers world-class client-centered services. 
• The International Health Center of PNUH was set up to offer medical services to local foreign residents and services. 
• The PNUH's Biobank is a depository of bioresources and is on course to become a dedicated bank for personalised diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and colon cancer. 

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• Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital is a tertiary hospital that was set up in 1885.
• SNU has been at the helm of medical research and development within the Republic of Korea as well as globally for the past 130 years.
• SNUH comprises a network of hospitals: SNU Bundang Hospital, SNUH Healthcare System Gangnam Center, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, and Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital (SKSH), United Arab Emirates (UAE)   
• It is one of the biggest hospitals in South Korea
• Modern medicine was first introduced by SNUH into Korea
• The hospital has the best medical staff, best medical devices, and a tremendous medical information system
• Ranked No.1 in National Brand Competitiveness Index (NBCI).
• To facilitate better service to international patients the hospital offers language and interpretation services in Mandarin, Russian, English, Mongolian, and Arabic.
• SNUH was the first hospital outside US to receive 7th Class certification from HIMSS Analytics, i.e. the highest grade possible for medical informatization.

• Samsung Medical Center is one of the most pathologically advanced and patien- oriented hospitals.
• It was established in the year 1994.
• It is based on the philosophy of contributing to the health of the nation, to provide the best medical services and medical research facilities.
• The hospital has won first place 14 times for the National Customer Satisfaction Index - NCSI.
• 16 times the leader in the value of the Korean Customer Satisfaction Index – KCSI.
• It has been honored 12 times as the main medical brand of Korea.
• It has been honored 12 times consecutively in the first place in the Quality of Service index – KS-SQI.
• It has one of the best innovative medical practices in the world.
• It has approximately 1400 doctors, 2600 nurses, 200 researchers, 3700 pharmacists and medical engineers (as per 2016 data)

• Pusan National University – Yangsan Hospital (PNUYH) came into existence in 2008 as a multi-specialty hospital to treat gastroenterology, cardiovascular diseases, neurology and neurosurgery, minimally-invasive endoscopic surgery center and 23 other specialty clinics. 
• The hospital is Korea's first and the only comprehensive complex in the world with a university hospital, a children's hospital, a dental hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a Korean medicine hospital,  a clinical trial center and a specialized disease center.
• The hospital is built on 231,000 sq. metres offers outstanding treatment owing to its expert medical staff, a medical information system, PACS, construction of treatment infrastructure and a logistics automation system. 
• PNUYH has a bed capacity of +1,000 beds. It has 15 centers, 15 departments and eight clinics. 
• It has the best organ transplant center in Korea. In 2009, it opened the Pusan Cancer Center.
• The PNUYH complex comprises Pusan National University Children's Hospital, the Pusan National University Dental Hospital and the Pusan National University Rehabilitation Hospital. 
• The hospital offers one-room, two-room and family-room accomodation with basic essential facilities. The wards are comfortable, airy and well-lit.
• The complex comprises cafe, guesthouse, convenience stores, bakery, food court and an optical shop.
• In May 2010, PNUYH International Healthcare Center was set up to cater to international patients from Russia, China and Japan. It has bilingual-speaking staff and interpretation services. The center also offfers sustainable follow-up management based on patient conditions. 
• The hospital has six health screening packages for adults and one specialised program for children. 

• Chonbuk National University Hospital (CBNU) is a reputed national multi-specialty hospital in the Jeollabuk-do region, South Korea which was founded in 1909 by the government of South Korea. 
• The hospital delivers specialised and sophisticated treatment options, undertakes creative research and engages in innovative social responsibilities. The hospital has specialised centers for clinical research, geriatrics, cancer, respiratory diseases and pediatrics. 
• CBNU has over 1,000 beds overall and has the reputation of treating 9,00,000 outpatients and 3,60,000 inpatients and performing 17,000 surgeries. The hospital has a well-trained staff of over 2,000 medical professionals.   
• CBNU's Biobank is a depository of various types of human bioresources, mostly pertaining to cancer and non-tumourous diseases. Begining 2013, various bioresources have been collected in pairs for conditions such as lung cancer, gastric and colorectal. With this, it aims to further the advancement of biomedical research and discovering human disease by developing new diagnostic and treatment method. 
• The hospital has successfully conducted 500 organ transplant surgeries of the cornea, kidney and liver.
• The hospital offers comfortable stay to patients and their relatives. The hospital rooms are spacious and have modern decor.
• It ranked first in the proper use of antibiotics post-surgery, managing brain-dead patients and in hemodialysis evaluation. 
• In 2004, CBNU opened its first Advanced Digital Hospital, followed by a PET center in 2005 and a Gamma Knife center and Thyroid clinic in 2006. 
• The hospital has always focused on being able to treat all patients irrespective of their socio-economic status. 

• Gachon University – Gil Medical Center is a leading 1,600-bed multi-speciality, tertiary-care hospital founded in 1958, initially as a gynecological clinic. 
• Ever since it was founded, the hospital has added various new-age treatments along with highly sophisticated equipment to offer world-class service to its patients. The hospital has also set up research institutes and implemented ERP and SMS-based appointment services. 
• It is recognised as the first hospital to focus on scientific research and to have the first air ambulance.
• The hospital holds the distinction of introducing ''Navio', Korea's first artificial joint robotic surgery system. 
• In 2016, Gil Medical Center started an AI-based cancer hospital. 
• In 2014, it ranked among Korea's Top 10 research-focused hospitals. The center is leading research in developing new drugs for metabolic diseases and  new brain imaging devices. 
• Some of its specialties out of the 33 medical departments are cancer care, cardiology, cerebral center, ophthalmology and otolaryngology, emergency treatment, specialised women's center and dental center. There are also departments for obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine, pediatric cardiology, psychiatry and gastroenterology. 
• The hospital has +500 expert medical professionals and +1,100 medical staff. Together with modern methods of diagnosis and expert medical staff, the hospital has treated +30,000 outpatients and +2,000 inpatients. 
• It also has an International Healthcare Center to treat overseas patients. The center provides help with getting visa, pick-up from airport and accommodation. The center has interpreters for Russain, Mongolian, English and Chinese languages.
• The hospital is also geared to offer 'telemedicine' for immediate medical assistance. 
• The hospital has modern and comfortable wards for its patients. 

• The Kangbuk Samsung Hospital was established in 1968 then known as Koryo Hospital, in Gyeonggyojang, a historical site in Seoul with a vision to improve public health through medical research and public health projects. Since then it has been progressively developing its research and technologies to maintain its vision. 
• It is a multispeciality hospital specialising in 32 departments.
• The hospital is known for its focus on patient-centered treatment. In fact, it was awarded the Patient Satisfaction No.1 hospital in 1994 in a hospital survey by the press. 
• The Kangbuk Samsung Hospital or KBSMC was selected by HIRAS (Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service) in 2012 as the best operational hospital for three kinds of cancer; namely, stomach cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer. It had the lowest death rate of patients within a 30-day window after the operation. 
• It is also top-rated in 11 areas of the Treatment Propriety Index, the best in the country, by the Ministry of Health & Welfare and HIRAS.
• In 2014, KBSMC was chosen as the best diabetes mellitus treatment Centre by the Medical Korea Awards and took 1st place in healthcare centre brand value in the Korea Brand Star for four consecutive years. 
• In collaboration with Samsung Electronics in 2011, KBSMC has one of the most advanced IT technologies having equipped the medical teams with Samsung Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy Notes in order to communicate and understand patients so as to take a well informed and accurate decision for treatment of patients.
• KBSMC has created 5 Specialised centres to resolve, treat, and prevent medical diseases with state-of-the-art facilities and technologies. They are - Diabetes and Vascular Centre, Breast and Thyroid Cancer Centre, Gastrointestinal Cancer Centre, Total Health Care Centre, and Natural Birthing Centre.
• It is furnished with the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), MDCT (Multi-Detector Computed Tomography) and PET-CT (Position Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomography).
• It is the only Korean hospital that has a contract with the John Hopkins University Hospital, USA, to establish a joint research project since 2009. Moreover, it also established agreements with Banting and Best Diabetes Centre in Canada on diabetes, and with Kuma Hospital in Japan on thyroid cancer.
• The Hospital extends its kindness by carrying out activities for local residents and in disaster-struck villages or where there are no doctors. It also conducts medical activities outside of Korea every year.