▲ President Seung-Il Park of Asan Medical Center and Mike Marinaro Executive Vice President and President of the Medical Surgical Portfolio (fifth and sixth from the left), pose for a commemorative photo.

Asan Medical Center recently signed a partnership agreement with global healthcare company Medtronic to advance robotic surgery. The partnership aims to promote the advancement of robotic surgery, including expanding the adoption of robotic surgical procedures and developing related technologies based on Medtronic’s robotic surgical system, Hugo.

The two organizations plan to closely collaborate on clinical research and medical staff training while working to further enhance a robotic surgery system optimized for the Korean healthcare environment.