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Building medical collaboration between Cambodia and Korea

Dr. Rithraingsey Seng from Calmette Hospital, Cambodia I am a trainee at the Upper GI Endoscopy Unit of the Digestive Endoscopy Center on the 4F, West Building, learning various advanced techniques, such as peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). My goal is to become a leading expert in endoscopy, leveraging my training experience at Asan Medical Center.

ECMO for Neonatal CDH Increases Treatment Rate

One in every 4,000 newborns is born with a rare birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). A hole is created in the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity, allowing the stomach, intestines, or liver to move into the chest cavity.

The 30th Anniversary of Korea's First LDLT

On December 8, 1994, a 9-month-old baby suffering from congenital biliary atresia, a condition causing the liver to harden, received a quarter of her father’s liver.

Giving Hope to Preemies and Critically Ill Newborns

Geonwoo and Sarang, born weighing 288g and 302g, a newborn diagnosed with a rare congenital gastrointestinal disease found in only six cases worldwide, and a baby born at 1,030g who grew to 3.4kg within five months and successfully underwent the smallest-weight liver transplantation in South Korea.

Asan Medical Center, World's Top 10 in 5 Clinical Specialties

Asan Medical Center of ASAN Foundation (Chairman Chung Mong-Joon) has secured top rankings in multiple clinical specialties according to the ‘World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2025’ rankings conducted by Newsweek, a U.S. weekly magazine.