Best Ophthalmoscopy Clinics in Republic of Korea: 8 Top-Rated Centers

BGN Eye Hospital is a Busan-based eye center with over 346,000 vision correction surgeries since 2000. Specializes in Lasik, SMILE PRO, ICL implantation, and cataract treatment. Awarded by Carl Zeiss for laser surgery quality and named Best Hospital for ICL by STAAR.

• SMILE PRO uses the VISUMAX 800 femtosecond laser – the femto laser takes just 10 seconds.
• Slim Fit Lasik makes a precise incision up to 0.08 mm thick. Slim Fit Lasek serves patients with thinned corneas.
• ICL uses a collamer lens through a 0.36 mm micro-incision. The lens is designed to last a lifetime.
• Cataract surgery uses phacoemulsification with Catalys laser, guided by a 3D map of the eye.
• International patients get free 1-day hotel for surgery, free translators, and paid airport transfers.

Naeun Hospital uses a fundus camera and intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement for eye screenings. An ophthalmoscopy here typically costs around $30. The examination is available at three Incheon locations, including the Main Hospital and Songdo Jian centers. The facility is a 500-bed hospital holding KOIHA accreditation. It is affiliated with Severance Hospital and Inha University Hospital. Patients must fast after 10 pm the night before the screening. The clinic has over 80 specialists on staff.

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital is South Korea's first digital hospital. It treats 1.5 million patients annually with the BESTcare safety system. Core specialties include general surgery, oncology, orthopedics, and cardiovascular care.

• World's first laparoscopic liver resection in a child and first extended cholecystectomy.
• 5,000 stomach cancer surgeries completed, 90% performed laparoscopically.
• Cardiovascular Center handles 103,000 patients and 2,400 open heart surgeries yearly.
• Over 1,000 Gamma Knife procedures for head and neck tumors completed.
• Named to Newsweek's World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 and GHA-accredited.

Gachon University Gil Medical Center is a multidisciplinary hospital, providing medical services of the international level and is a leading hospital not only Korea, but also in Asia. Gil Hospital is located in the heart of Incheon at 1 hour drive from Incheon International Airport.

Asan Medical Center is South Korea's largest multidisciplinary hospital, recognized by Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals list. It leads in organ transplant, oncology, cardiology, and cardiac surgery. ISO-certified and KOIHA-accredited, it has Korea's highest number of organ transplants per KONOS data.

• Performs 55,000+ surgeries yearly, with a 98% liver transplant success rate.
• First in South Korea for over a dozen pioneering transplant procedures since 1992.
• Equipped with da Vinci robotic systems, GammaKnife, and PET-CT for precision treatment.
• Free airport transfers and a personal coordinator assigned to each international patient.

Gangnam Severance Hospital is a JCI-accredited university hospital in Seoul's Gangnam district. It was the first in South Korea to perform a lung transplant. The hospital's core strengths are oncology, neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, and comprehensive health check-ups.

• First in Asia to use the da Vinci Robotic System for minimally invasive surgeries.
• Neurosurgery department performs 1,300 surgeries per year. Spinal team has done over 700 scoliosis operations, the most in South Korea.
• Cardiology team carries out around 1,000 coronarographies and 800 stentings each year.
• Two Tomotherapy devices deliver highly accurate radiation for prostate, brain, and spine cancers.
• Five check-up programs, from Basic to VIP. Free interpreter services and airport transfer for bills over $4,400.

Severance Hospital is a JCI-accredited multidisciplinary hospital affiliated with Yonsei University in Seoul. It specializes in radiosurgery, robotic surgery, cardiac surgery, and oncology.

• 1.6 million outpatients and 40,000 operations handled each year.
• Over 4,000 robotic surgeries performed using the Da Vinci system.
• Cancer center partners with MD Anderson Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University.
• Pediatric clinic collaborates with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
• Accredited by JCI and KOIHA. Named among Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals.

Smile Eye Clinic Korea is an ophthalmology center in Seoul's Gangnam district. The clinic specializes in vision correction and cataract surgery. It offers SMILE Pro, SMILE LASIK, and 2DAY LASEK. The team also performs EVO ICL lens implantation for high myopia, correcting vision up to -18.0 D.

Founded over 15 years ago, the clinic is led by four senior surgeons. They have decades of combined experience and over 70,000 vision-correction cases. The clinic received an award for reaching 3 million EVO ICL implantations.

Surgeons use the ATOS femtosecond laser with the CenTrax workflow for SMILE Pro. ZEISS diagnostic systems map the eye before surgery. Multilingual coordinators support international patients, with specific help for those from Mongolia. They also arrange airport pickups and hotel stays.