Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

• Oncology Department
• Hematology 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.

• 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.

The hospital’s oncologists specialize in treatments of lung, stomach, intestine, breast, thyroid head, neck, bone and urogenital cancers.

The multidisciplinary team including medical oncologists, radiologists, surgeons and doctors from other departments make the most accurate treatment plan. That approach helps to increase the success rate after treatments.

The Oncology Department applies the latest medical equipment as Tomotherapy device, IMRT (intensity-modulated radiation therapy), and CyberKnife. These devices are aimed to irradiate all types of tumors precisely not damaging healthy tissues.

Surgical intervention, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

Doctors of the Hematology Department specialize in treatments of leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, aplastic anemia.

According to the St. Mary’s Hospital’s data, the medical facility is the 5th in bone marrow transplants — over 7,300 procedures have been performed here (about 500 stem cell transplants per year).

In 1983, specialists conducted the first allogeneic bone marrow transplant in South Korea. Such a procedure helps to restore blood formation in a patient with hematologic malignancies after high-dose chemotherapy.

The hospital provides 39 well-equipped wards where patients can rehabilitate after bone marrow transplants.

Little patients can study during their hospital stay at school located in the 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.

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

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.

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