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The ‘Miracle of K-Medicine’ Korea’s Liver Transplantation

The ‘Miracle of K-Medicine’ Korea’s Liver Transplantation Expertise Gives New Life to 300 Mongolian Patients Mongolian Medical Team Achieves Full Independence with 300 Cases of Living Donor Liver Transplantation Over 15 Years, 192 Mongolian Doctors Invited for Training, While 214 Medical Staff from Asan Medical Center Dispatched to Mongolia In February, Mongolia’s First Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy Successfully Conducted with Support from Asan Medical Center

Learning World-Class Supermicrosurgery

I have been training in supermicrosurgery at the Department of Plastic Surgery at Asan Medical Center since last year, focusing on blood vessels and lymphatic vessels less than 0.8mm thick. Through observation, I have been learning about various advanced microsurgeries, such as lymphaticovenous anastomosis for lymphedema or lower extremity reconstruction. When I return to Taiwan after training, I will undertake an animal model research project for lymphatic reconstruction in dementia and neuroma!

Asan Medical Center, ‘No.1 in Korea and 25th Globally’

Asan Medical Center of the ASAN Foundation (Chairman Chung Mong-Joon) has ranked the highest among hospitals in South Korea and 25th in the world in the global hospital evaluation conducted by Newsweek, a U.S. weekly news magazine.

Launches AI-Integrated Platform for Int'l Patients

Asan Medical Center, a global hospital treating 20,000 critically ill international patients annually, has recently launched an AI-integrated platform that allows patients to complete registration, submit medical data, receive pre-consultations, and access telemedicine all through a single website.

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.