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Hyuntaek Lee

  • 4.3 Good 3 reviews
  • 75 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Banobagi Clinic
Blepharoplasty (Eyelid correction)
$1,660 - $6,570
Liposuction
$2,000 - $2,000
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Jaesang Barn

  • 4.3 Good 3 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Banobagi Clinic
Blepharoplasty (Eyelid correction)
$1,660 - $6,570
Liposuction
$2,000 - $2,000
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Kim Dong Gul

  • New
  • 22 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, POP Plastic Surgery
  • Dr. Kim Dong Gul is an experienced and board-certified plastic surgeon in South Korea, specializing in facial contouring, rhinoplasty, lifting & anti-aging and mammoplasty. He is the President and Chief Surgeon of POP Plastic Surgery Hospital and is a member of several prestigious societies, including The International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, The Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.

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Rhinoplasty (nose job)
$3,179 - $5,887
Blepharoplasty (Eyelid correction)
$1,000 - $4,000
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Won-Han Shin

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
  • Neurosurgeon, specializing in spinal neurosurgery

    35 years old

    • In 1991, he was invited to the Department of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Medical College, USA.
    • Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
    • Member of the Cervical Spine Research Society.
    • Member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.
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Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids)
$5,400 - $6,150
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Im Chol Van

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
  • Dr. Im Chol Van at Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Clinic is an expert in Urology and Geriatric Medicine, providing quality patient care with his high level of knowledge and experience.
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Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids)
$5,400 - $6,150
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Khong De Shchik

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
  • Oncologist, specializing in clinical oncology and oncohematology

    28 years of experience

    • From 1992 to 1994 he completed an internship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, USA.
    • Since January 2001, he has been the director of Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Bucheon.
    • Received the Korean Society of Stem Cell Transplantation Medical Award in 2006.
    • He is a member of the international and American societies of oncohematology.
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Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids)
$5,400 - $6,150
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Kim Sig Jeong

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
  • Oncogynecologist. Specialist in laparoscopic operations
Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids)
$5,400 - $6,150
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Hakjae Roh

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
  • Neurologist
Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids)
$5,400 - $6,150
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Yongjin Kim

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • accreditation:
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
  • Dr. Yong Jin Kim is a highly experienced and qualified surgeon of morbid obesity in Korea, with a Ph.D. from Soon Chun Hyang University and expertise in upper gastrointestinal tract and laparoscopic surgery. He is a professor at the department of general surgery and Head of the Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center at Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Seoul, and holds memberships with various societies related to metabolic and bariatric surgery.

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Myomectomy (removal of uterine fibroids)
$5,400 - $6,150
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Na Young Kim

  • New
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, MizMedi Women`s hospital
Doctor's visit
Price on request
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Kwang Rae Kim

  • New
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, MizMedi Women`s hospital
  • Obstetrician-gynecologist

Doctor's visit
Price on request
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Dong Hyeon Lee

  • 5 Excellent 9 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Ewha Womans University Medical Center
  • Dr. Lee Soo-Hyeon is a Hematologist-Oncologist with over 26 years of experience, expertise in various types of cancer, and multiple awards and achievements. He holds a B.S. degree from Ewha Women's University, an M.A. from Seoul National University, an M.D. from Yonsei University College of Medicine, and a Ph.D. from Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine. He is also an expert in Bone Marrow Transplantation and has multiple paper publications.
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Lumpectomy
$7,638 - $9,093
Mastectomy
$9,457 - $11,639
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Hye Sung Moon

  • 5 Excellent 9 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Ewha Womans University Medical Center
Lumpectomy
$7,638 - $9,093
Mastectomy
$9,457 - $11,639
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Jung Cheol-woong

  • New
  • 14 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
  • 2010: Training, Transplant Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong

    2008 - 2010: Fellow (accredited by American Society of Transplantation) , Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati medical Center (OH, USA)

    Regular Member, International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA)

    Regular Member, The Transplantation Society (TTS)

    Regular Member, 미국이식학회는 American Society of Transplantation (AST), ASTS는미국이식외과의사협회 American Society of Transplant Surgeon

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Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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Kim Dong-sik

  • New
  • 21 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
  • 2004 - 2006: Fellow, HBP Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Asan Medical Center

    2006 - 2008: Fellow, Abdominal Transplantation, University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

    2008 ~ 2009: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation, University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

    2007: Fellows Excellence in Research Award, Transplant Summit 2007

    2015: The Korea Health & Medical Award 2015 (Organ Transplantation Center, General Hospital Division)

    2006 -: Regular Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeon (ASTS)

    2008 -: Regular Member, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)

    2008 -: Regular Member, International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)

    2015 -: Member, Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)

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Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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Yi Gheol-woong

  • New
  • 16 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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Park Sung-soo

  • New
  • 20 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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Kim Hoon-yub

  • New
  • 15 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
  • 2014 : The world's first robotic oral thyroidectomy developed by Kim Hoon-yub

     

    2011 ~ : Fellow of the International Society of Neuro Monitoring Research

    2008 ~ : Permanent member of Korean Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons

    2008 ~ : Permanent member of Korean Society of Surgical Oncology

    2008 ~ : Permanent member of the Asia Oceania Thyroid Association

    2014 ~ : Research Professor, the Korean Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons

    2014 ~ : Member of planning Committee at the Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons, member of the Medical Rights Advisory Committee

    2012 ~ : Member of the International Surgery Research Forum

    2015 ~ : Member of the American Thyroid Association

    2015 ~ 2016: Research Professor, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

     

     

     

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Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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Kang Seok-ho

  • New
  • 18 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
  • 2007 : The Asia's first succeeded in robotic stereotactic bladder replacement by Kang Seok-ho

    2008 : The Asia's first succeeded in robotic expandable pelvic lymphadenectomy by Kang Seok-ho

    2011: The Asia's first succeeded in urinary tract diversion within the robot body by Kang Seok-ho

     

    2015 : Head of Robot Surgery Center of Korea University Anam Hospital

    2013 : Chief of Genito-Urology of Korea University Anam Hospital and the Korean Urological Oncology Society

    2013 : Director of The Korean Urological Oncology Society  

    2011 ~ 2012 :  Studied at Institute of Urology, University of Southern California with a Research Scholarship

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Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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Jung Seung-pil

  • New
  • 13 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea University Anam Hospital
  • 2016 ~ : Director of the Breast Center in Korea University Anam Hospital

    2016 ~ : Human Antiquities Bank Commissioner in Korea University Anam Hospital

    2016 ~ : Member of the research promotion committee in Korea University Anam Hospital  

    2016 ~ : Steering committee member of the Precision Medicine Research Center in Korea University Anam Hospital

    2011 ~ 2013 : Full-time sergeon of Breast Endocrine Surgery at the Samsung Seoul Hospital

    2008 ~ 2011 : Chief of Emergency Room at the Health and Medical Center in Hwacheon County  

    2005 : Exchange Doctor in Kurume Hospital, Japan

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Stomach cancer surgery
$22,476 - $23,880
Nephrectomy
$16,870 - $18,273
Installing heart pacemaker
$16,800 - $19,500
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