Veneers in Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

• Urology Department
• Organ Transplant Department
• Cardiovascular Surgery
• Check-up

Seoul St. Mary's Hospital was founded in 1980 on premises of the Catholic University of Korea. The hospital consists of 43 departments and 24 specialized centers.

Strong points of St. Mary’s Hospital Korea

• Advanced medical equipment. The hospital provides medical equipment of the latest generations as СT, PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) for high diagnostic accuracy. Specialists also use TomoTherapy to irradiate cancer cells without negative impact on healthy tissues.
• Doctors’ experience. Physicians of the hospital perform 200 surgical interventions per day. Over 7,300 bone marrow transplants and 3,400 cornea transplants have been performed by the hospital’s qualified medical team.
• Safety & healthcare quality. In 2016, the hospital was accredited for the second time by JCI (Joint Commission International). That means the hospital complies to the highest international healthcare standards.
• International department. English-speaking staff from the International Department support the patients during their hospital stay.

St. Mary’s Hospital Seoul in figures

Urology Department in Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

Robotic Surgical , Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital of the Catholic University of Korea introduced the third generation robotic surgical instrument (Da Vinci S 3rd generation HD) for the first time in Korea with the opening of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in March 2009 and opened the era of robot surgery. The specialists of minimally invasive surgery of each department gathered and established the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Center on May 26, 2010. Minimally invasive surgery, which is the latest surgical trend, minimizes the incision region without laryngeal surgery. It has a small incision area, so there is no aftereffect, recovery is quick, scar is rarely left, and the patient can obtain cosmetic effect.The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital succeeded in robotic gastrectomy for early gastric cancer patients on October 13, 2022, achieving 10,000 da Vinci robotic surgeries in Korea.

Organ Transplant Department

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital was the first in South Korea to conduct:

• liver transplant in 1969;
• cornea transplant in 1980;
• small intestine transplant in 2004.

Doctors of the hospital have performed about 1,000 liver transplants, 3,000 kidney transplants, and 3,400 cornea transplants up to 2018.

St. Mary’s Hospital Korea is No.1 for a big number of cornea transplants provided in South Korea.

Сardiovascular Surgery Department

Doctors of the department specialize in treatments of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (heart attack), arteriostenosis, arrhythmia, and heart valve defects.

About 87,000 outpatients get treatment in the Cardiovascular Department.

According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the department is considered as one of the best in acute myocardial infarction treatment and coronary artery bypass providing.

Advanced surgeries such as Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and hybrid treatment are provided to patients with severe aortic stenosis. TAVI is a type of minimally invasive surgery which reduces skin trauma and speeds up the recovery period.

Vascular surgery, St. Mary's Hospital Korea

Check-up in St. Mary's Hospital Seoul

The hospital has the Health Promotion Center where doctors carry out the complex diagnostics. Patients from the USA, Europe, Japan come here to undergo a check-up.

The center is equipped with advanced MRI and CT systems. A patient gets all diagnostics within one of the departments.

Specialists make a screening program according to the age, sex, eating habits, and family’s medical history of a patient.

International St. Mary's Hospital Korea services

Transfer

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital provides transfer from the airport to the hospital. This service is paid — the payment depends on the vehicle class. Get more details from Bookimed manager.

Accommodation & meals

Every ward is equipped with TV, Wi-Fi, and the nurse call button. The meals consist of Korean and European cuisines.

One-stop service

The coordinators of the International Department support patients from all around the world. They help to arrange the diagnostics and treatment in the shortest term soa patient comes back home faster.

Comfort-class private room in the St. Mary's Hospital Korea