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Best neurosurgeons in Republic of Korea: TOP 8 doctors

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Byung-hee Lee

  • New
  • 42 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Cheonan, RE:YOUTH (YONSEI BH Arterial Stemcell Clinic)
  • Regular member of the Korean Society of Radiology

    Founding member of the Korean Society of Interventional Neurology

    Founding member of the Korean Stroke Society

    Regular member of the American Stroke Association

    Regular member of the World Stroke Society

    Regular member of the World Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery

    Regular member of the European Society of Cerebrovascular Surgery

    Regular member of the Intervention Society

    24 pieces of overseas and domestic thesis presentation (SCI)

    50 times of overseas and domestic conference lectures

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Lee Sang Gu

  • New
  • 29 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Incheon, Jian Health Promotion Center Health Сheck-Up (By Na-Eun Hospital and Heartner International Medical Center)
  • Lee Sang‑Gu, MD, PhD, is the Honorary Director of Neurosurgery at Naeun Hospital. He treats spinal tumors and disorders. His work includes minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical spine conditions, head trauma, and disability and impairment evaluation.

    He previously served as Chief of Neurosurgery at Korea Veterans Hospital. He was also Director and Professor of Neurosurgery at Gachon University Gil Medical Center. He is President of the Korean Spinal Cord Society. He is a former president of KOMISS, the Korean Medical Appraisal Society, and the Korean Peripheral Nerve Society. He has served as Executive Director of the Korean Neurosurgical Society, the Korean Neurotraumatology Society, and the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society. He was listed in Marquis Who’s Who in 2010. He is an AOSpine Asia Pacific committee member and a full member of NASS. He earned his MD and PhD from Hanyang University.

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Seung-Jae Hyun

  • 4.8 Excellent 6 reviews
  • 25 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH)
Gamma Knife for brain tumor
$20,000 - $22,000
Brain tumor removal
$35,000 - $40,000
Radiosurgery of a brain tumor
$20,000 - $22,000
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Son Sang Gyu

  • 5 Excellent 3 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Busan, Kang Dong Hospital
  • Dr. Sangkyu Park is an experienced Neurosurgeon with 18+ years of experience in the field, specializing in cerebrovascular disease, cerebral aneurysm, and other related conditions. He has a 2003 graduation from Hanyang University College of Medicine, an MS and Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Medicine, and is a member of various medical societies. He has authored book chapters and has been published in several national and international journals.

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Hyung Jin Shin

  • 4.5 Good 22 reviews
  • 32 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Samsung Medical Center
  • Dr. Shin Hyung Jin is a neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors, epilepsy, spinal meningiomas, and maxillofacial disorders.

    Education

    • 1981-1991 — studied at Seoul National University, South Korea;
    • 1997-2002 - Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine;
    • 2009-2010 - President of the Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery;
    • 2011-2015 - Chief Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University.

    Professional experience

    • 1997-2002 - Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine.
    • 2009-2010 - President of the Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
    • 2011-2015 - Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University.
    • From 1994 to the present - neurosurgeon at the Samsung Medical Center.
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Lee Jung Il

  • 4.5 Good 22 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Samsung Medical Center
  • Neurosurgeon. Radiosurgery specialist

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Kwan Park

  • 4.5 Good 22 reviews
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Samsung Medical Center
  • Neurosurgeon

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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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Brain tumor removal
$15,400 - $19,300
Herniated disc surgery
$4,425 - $5,100
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