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Gangnam Severance Hospital

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About the clinic

Gangnam Severance Hospital is a large multidisciplinary medical center in Seoul, South Korea. The hospital specializes in oncology, neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, and check-up (complex diagnostics).

Gangnam Severance Hospital has received JCI accreditation, a global organization that evaluates the clinics across the globe for safety and high-quality medical services. That means the hospital complies with international healthcare standards.

The hospital is the 1st in South Korea to perform lung transplant.

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1885 Year of foundation

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Treatments prices in the clinic

Last price update — 29.03.2025. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Oncology
treatment
Nephrectomy with Da Vinci Robot $23000 - $26200
Ovarian cancer surgery Price on request
Mastectomy Price on request
Liver resection Price on request
Gastric polyps removal Price on request
Surgery
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Hemorrhoidectomy Price on request
Pneumonectomy Price on request
Inguinal hernia surgery Price on request
Lipoma Removal Price on request
Hiatal hernia repair Price on request
Neurosurgery
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Trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy (adenomectomy) Price on request
Neurorrhaphy Price on request
Brain Aneurysm Repair Price on request
Orthopedics
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Densitometry Price on request
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Hallux valgus surgery Price on request
Bone Fracture Treatment Price on request
Ankle Arthroscopy Price on request
Hip Arthroscopy Price on request
Weight Loss Surgery
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Stomach stapling Price on request
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy) Price on request
Gastroenterology
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Сholecystectomy Price on request
Small intestine resection Price on request
Appendectomy Price on request
Pediatrics
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Vaccination Price on request
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids) Price on request
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Hand surgery
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery $1113
Neurology
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Medication treatment for epilepsy Price on request
Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Stereotaxic radiosurgery Price on request
Brain tumor surgery Price on request
Urology
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Nephrectomy Price on request
Pediatric Oncology
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Diagnostics
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Thyroid ultrasound Price on request
Genetic screening $2070
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Joint Commission International  certificate for Gangnam Severance Hospital
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Gangnam Severance Hospital: more details about the clinic

Republic of Korea, Seoul

Gangnam Severance Hospital was founded in 1983 on Yonsei University premises.

The hospital is situated in the Gangnam district. The distance between the medical center and the International Airport is 60 km.

 

Advantages of Gangnam Severance Hospital Seoul

  • Modern medical equipment. The hospital was the first in Asia to use the da Vinci Robotic System for minimally invasive surgeries through small incisions to 1-2 cm. The hospital provides PET-CT (positron emission tomography-computed tomography) for cancer diagnostics. Specialists apply 2 Tomotherapy devices to irradiate tumors with high accuracy.
  • International Healthcare Center. Gangnam Severance provides a one-stop service for international patient all around the world. A coordinator from the hospital supports a patient during his/her hospital stay.
 

Severance Hospital Gangnam in figures

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Oncology Department at Gangnam Severance Hospital

The Oncology Department of Gangnam Severance Seoul is a center where a patient can undergo diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation.

What diseases are treated in the Oncology Department?

Doctors of the hospital specialize in the treatment of breast, prostate, thyroid, lung, liver, stomach, colon, ovarian and uterine cancers.

✓  Tomotherapy —modern method for radiotherapy

Besides standard treatment options such as chemo- and radiotherapy, doctors apply Tomotherapy. Such a technology combines radiation therapy and computed tomography (CT).

The device helps to make 3D images of a tumor to deliver radiation beams directly to a damaged area. Healthy cells are not damaged due to the high accuracy of irradiation. Tomotherapy is applied for prostate, brain and spine cancers.

✓ Robotic surgeries

Surgical oncologists in Gangnam Severance Hospital apply the da Vinci System to remove prostate, colon, liver and gynecologic malignancies.

Specialists perform surgeries through small incisions up to 1-3 cm. Fine and flexible robotic instruments can remove even hard-to-reach tumors.

The advantages of the robotic procedure compared to open surgery are:

  • fast recovery
  • reduced pain
  • low risk of postoperative complications (infections, for instance).
 

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Robotic surgery using the da Vinci System

 

Check-up at Gangnam Severance Hospital

Specialists of the hospital have established 5 check-up programs:

✓ Basic check-up

20-40 years old patients can undergo this diagnostics. It helps to check functions of internal organs and detect disease liability.

Basic check-up includes:

  • standard tests (height, weight, blood pressure)
  • urine and stool test
  • determination of biological age
  • ophthalmological diagnostics (vision acuity check-up, eyeground imaging and intraocular tension tonography)
  • 5 blood tests (including tumor markers tests)
  • ECG (electrocardiogram)
  • X-ray and lung functions test
  • acumetry
  • EGDS (diagnostics of esophagus, stomach, and duodenum)
  • ultrasound diagnostics of the abdominal cavity organs
  • gynecological diagnostics.

 

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Diagnostics in Gangnam Severance Hospital

 

✓ Premium check-up for oncology

The check-up program is for 40-year-old men and women. The diagnostics help to detect cancer at early stages and even the disease liability.

“Premium Oncology” package consists of “Basic check-up” and such additional diagnostics:

  • CT (computed tomography) of the chest
  • CT of the abdominal cavity and pelvis
    colonoscopy (colon diagnostics) with sedation
  • ultrasound diagnostics of thyroid
  • HPV (human papillomavirus) test
  • for women — ultrasound diagnostics of breasts and genital organs
  • for men — ultrasound diagnostics of the prostate gland.

✓ Cardiovascular diagnostics

Cardiovascular check-up program includes “Premium Oncology” package (except the abdominal and pelvis CT) plus 3 procedures — 3D-CT, ultrasound diagnostics of the heart, atherosclerosis test.

✓ Brain blood vessels diagnostics

Check-up includes the program “Premium Oncology”, MRI of the brain, MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) of the vessels and test for atherosclerosis.

✓ VIP program

This is the most extended program among other check-ups which helps to check the whole state of your health. The program consists of "Basic check-up", additional diagnostics (PET-CT, MRI, ultrasound diagnostics) and doctors’ consultations.

 

Neurosurgery Department at Severance Gangnam

Doctors of the department specialize in microsurgical interventions on the brain and spine. 1,300 surgeries are performed here each year.

✓ Spinal Hospital

The doctors in Gangnam Severance Hospital specialize in surgical treatment of scoliosis.

Over 700 operations have been performed — this is the biggest quantity of surgeries in South Korea.

Doctors apply microsurgical and endoscopic methods which reduce pain, scars, and shorten hospital stay.
A doctor performs microsurgical operations with special microscope. This instrument increases the spine area and helps neurosurgeons to perform more accurate operations.

Endoscopic surgeries are conducted through small incisions. Doctors apply thin instruments and mini-cameras to treat hernia, protrusions, and scoliosis. After minimally invasive interventions, a patient recovers faster than after open surgeries.

 

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Neurosurgery in Gangnam Severance Hospital

 

Neurology Department in Severance Gangnam Hospital

Specialists of the Neurology Department provide diagnostics and treatments for such diseases as:

  • brain stroke;
  • epilepsy;
  • Parkinson’s disease;
  • motor disturbance;
  • dementia.

The Neurology Department has being accepted patients from 1984.

 

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Medical team of the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department at Gangnam Severance

 

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department

Gangnam Severance Hospital is a leading medical facility in South Korea for cardiovascular diseases treatment.

About 1,000 coronarographies (diagnostics of vessels) and 800 stentings (the placement of a stent into a vessel) are carried out each year.

In 2013, Gangnam Severance Hospital was considered as world-class medical center for heart attack treatment and coronary artery bypass surgery.

 

Awards and Achievements

  • The best medical center for international patients in 2014 according to the Korea Tourism Organization.
  • An award from the Prime Minister of South Korea for a great contribution into Korean medicine according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare in South Korea, 2015.

 

Services for international patients

The hospital provides transfer if a patient’s treatment bill is over 5 mln of South Korean wons (about $ 4,400).

A patient can choose a ward if he/she requires a hospital stay.
During check-up, a patient stays in a hotel near the hospital. Accommodation is included in a VIP check-up package.

The hospital offers a free service of an interpreter.

The hospital provides an accelerated program for international patients to speed up their treatment. A patient starts undergoing diagnostics and treatment from the first day in the hospital. If surgery is required, a doctor appoints it in the nearest date.

 

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Reception in Gangnam Severance Hospital

 

  • Transfer
  • Accommodation
  • Language assistance
  • One-stop service
Additional services
Language assistance
Available
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Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily

Patient reviews

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Елена Сах

Jun 12, 2019
This is not the first time in this clinic, and I think I will contact here more than once. Many thanks to the girls from the international center - they are always ready to help, professionals in their field. And also a low bow to all medical staff. Competent, sensitive, excellent specialists. She was operated on in 2011 in neurosurgery, now in 2019 in orthopedics.

YEONBAI LEE

Sep 8, 2019
치과대 교정과 최악이었습니다고객의 말을 무시하는 태도...실력은 모르겠지만제가 경험한 이 곳의 고객 응대 방식은 수준이 정말 낮았습니다

Julie

Nov 5, 2018
The worst , 강남 세브란스비자센터에서 비자신체검사를 받았는데 너무 불편했어요. 고객들의 편의를 위해 만든 센터인지 .. 직원들의 편의를 위해 만든 센터인지? ;좁은건 둘째치고 , 탈의실도 여러명이 쓰는 한개라니 ㅠㅠ 여자인데 속옷도 다 벗는데 .. 너무 불편했어요;; 게다가 너무 사람이 많아서 바로 갈아 입지도 못하고 , 탈의실 앞에서 기다려야했고 ..... ... 무슨 닭장속 같았네요. 최악입니다.

Jade Y

Nov 18, 2019
강의하러 방문, 오래되었지만 시설은 아직 괜찮네요.주변에 낙엽이 너무 이뻐요.

Eugenia Leigh

Dec 30, 2019
교육수련중이라는 의사에게 매우 불쾌한 경험. 이곳 교육에 인성 교육은 포함되지 않는가. 환자를 내려보는 그 눈빛은 평생 잊지 못할 것이다.

연두잎

Jul 31, 2019
치과 보존과 교수 보철과 부교수 둘다 절대 가지 마세요. 절대 NEVER 친절한 다른 병원 알아보시길 바랍니다.

# KwonGGongchi

Apr 4, 2025
In the ophthalmology department, all the teachers and nurses I like it because they are friendly. ☺️👍🏼 I am receiving good care even after surgery. It makes you feel. examination, treatment Everything is organized systematically! good!! #Buy with my own money #Buy with my own money #Eye hospital #Cataract #Cataract Surgery #Professor Eunyoung Choi #Saury #Saury film #Gangnam Severance

JP Kim-Hwang

Feb 5, 2020
예전 어머니랑 갔을땐 다른 종합병원보다 간호사 실력도 더 좋고 친절했는데. 이번에 아파서 응급실 기어들어 갔는데 링거 꽂을때 비정상으로 아프길래 말했더니 약 잘들어 간다고. 이러면 십중팔구 잘못 꼽은건데 아니나 다를까 지금 팔에 시커멓게 멍자국 남았고... 불친절한 간호사 사람말하는데 말머리 툭 자르고 단답형 고개는 쳐들지도 않고 사방에서 자기 부르는데 어디서 누가 부르냐고 짜증내고 난 의사보다 더 여왕님 같은 간호사 거기서 첨봄. 힘들고 짜증나는지 알기때문에 고마운거지 힘들고 짜증나서 환자한테 다 쏟으면 뭐가 고마움? 글케 기분 나쁘면 직업을 바꾸든지. 그리고 난 왜 아픈건지 병명도 못듣고 퇴원 설 첫날부터 오늘까지 자리에 누워서 꼼짝도 못하는 중임. 받아온약 열심히 먹는데 기침약을 먹어도 기침이 점점 심해지는건 뭐. 의료진은 복불복인것 같음. 이번엔 여기 명성이 아까운 경험했음.

호호하하

Jul 31, 2018
비자 신청해야되서 간건데 이럴꺼면 왜 예약을 하라고 한거죠?? 몇시간이나 기다리게 하고 앉아서 번호표 누르는 간호사(?)아님 그냥 직원인지 그 분은 싸가지 없이 응대하고 이름 부르는것도 혼자 속삭이는 건지 들리지도 않고 알아서 듣고 오라는 태도가 정말 별로네요 탈의실도 좁아 터져서 갈아입기도 힘들고 갈아 입으려고 하면 누가 들어 오려고 해서 맘 편히 갈아입기도 힘들었어요 환경이 그러면 예약을 조금만 받던가 하세요 돈 은 엄청 받으면서 병원 환경과 서비스가 똥이네요

Jae Lee

Oct 8, 2018
다른 두곳의 녹내장 전문 병원에서 아니라고 하는 녹내장을 강남세브란스 안과 성공제 교수는 녹내장이라고 진단해서 독한 녹내장 약을 1년간 점안해서 부작용으로 점안한눈에 안검하수까지 생겼습니다.그곳의 간호사들이 예약스케쥴을 엉망으로 한일때문에 언쟁이있었고 그 불친절함에 다시는 그병원을 안가야지 하는마음에 다른 종합병원 녹내장 전문의에게 가서 진단 받은 결과..어이없게도 녹내장이 아니라는 진단을 받고 안약점안을 끝냈습니다..그 불친전함을 1년간 버티고 그 독한 안약을 점안하고 지낸 시간이 억울하지만..의사의 소견으로 다르게 진단하고 오진이라 인정 안할수도 있겠지만..자신의 권위속에 살며 간호사들은 환자를 하대하는 그 잘못된 권위주의적인 의료행위는 근절되야 할듯 합니다.

211 Eonju-ro, Dogok 1(il)-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

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