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Republic of Korea, Seoul

Stomach stapling in Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

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About the clinic

St. Mary’s Hospital Seoul is a large multidisciplinary medical center in South Korea. The main specialties are oncology, hematology, organ transplant, cardiovascular surgery, and check-up. The hospital was the first in South Korea for liver, small bowel and cornea transplants. St. Mary’s Hospital in Korea is ranked the 5th in the world for successful bone marrow transplants.

30,000 international patients get treatment annually here.

Highlights

1980 Year of foundation
800 doctors
30000 patients per year
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Treatments prices in the clinic

Last price update — 29.04.2022. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Oncology
diagnostics Price
Mammography $110
PET/CT $1790
Breast ultrasound $130
Thyroid ultrasound $90
treatment Price
Colectomy (large bowel resection) $18000
Rectal resection $20000
Ovarian cancer surgery $5930
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy $6770 - $7620
Da Vinci gastroectomy $22000

hospital accreditations of quality

Joint Commission International  certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
Joint Commission International
US, Joint Commission International certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
Korean Institute for Healthcare Accreditation certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
Korean Institute for Healthcare Accreditation
KR, Korean Institute for Healthcare Accreditation certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek certificate for Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital: more details about the clinic

Republic of Korea, Seoul

Seoul St. Mary's Hospital was founded in 1980 on premises of the Catholic University of Korea. The hospital consists of 43 departments and 24 specialized centers.

 

Strong points of St. Mary’s Hospital Korea

  • Advanced medical equipment. The hospital provides medical equipment of the latest generations as СT, PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) for high diagnostic accuracy. Specialists also use TomoTherapy to irradiate cancer cells without negative impact on healthy tissues.
  • Doctors’ experience. Physicians of the hospital perform 200 surgical interventions per day. Over 7,300 bone marrow transplants and 3,400 cornea transplants have been performed by the hospital’s qualified medical team.
  • Safety & healthcare quality. In 2016, the hospital was accredited for the second time by JCI (Joint Commission International). That means the hospital complies to the highest international healthcare standards.
  • International department. English-speaking staff from the International Department support the patients during their hospital stay.

 

St. Mary’s Hospital Seoul in figures

 

Urology Department in Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

The Department of Urology at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital of the Catholic University of Korea is the first hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in Korea, we opened new horizons in the field of urology by performing radical bladder cancer surgery using laparoscopy for the first time in Korea, which is regarded as the most extensive surgery among urological surgeries with prostate cancer surgery. We also live up to the reputation for having the most clinical experience in the area of urological laparoscopic surgery and have been recognized for its achievements both in Korea and abroad. Since 2009, we have performed robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to accomplish an outstanding capability in urological laparoscopic surgery.

 

Robotic Surgical , Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

 

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital of the Catholic University of Korea introduced the third generation robotic surgical instrument (Da Vinci S 3rd generation HD) for the first time in Korea with the opening of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in March 2009 and opened the era of robot surgery. The specialists of minimally invasive surgery of each department gathered and established the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Center on May 26, 2010. Minimally invasive surgery, which is the latest surgical trend, minimizes the incision region without laryngeal surgery. It has a small incision area, so there is no aftereffect, recovery is quick, scar is rarely left, and the patient can obtain cosmetic effect.The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital succeeded in robotic gastrectomy for early gastric cancer patients on October 13, 2022, achieving 10,000 da Vinci robotic surgeries in Korea.

 

Organ Transplant Department

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital was the first in South Korea to conduct:

  • liver transplant in 1969;
  • cornea transplant in 1980;
  • small intestine transplant in 2004.

Doctors of the hospital have performed about 1,000 liver transplants, 3,000 kidney transplants, and 3,400 cornea transplants up to 2018.

St. Mary’s Hospital Korea is No.1 for a big number of cornea transplants provided in South Korea.

 

Сardiovascular Surgery Department

Doctors of the department specialize in treatments of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (heart attack), arteriostenosis, arrhythmia, and heart valve defects.

About 87,000 outpatients get treatment in the Cardiovascular Department.

According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the department is considered as one of the best in acute myocardial infarction treatment and coronary artery bypass providing.

Advanced surgeries such as Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and hybrid treatment are provided to patients with severe aortic stenosis. TAVI is a type of minimally invasive surgery which reduces skin trauma and speeds up the recovery period.

 

Vascular surgery, St. Mary's Hospital Korea

 

Check-up in St. Mary's Hospital Seoul

The hospital has the Health Promotion Center where doctors carry out the complex diagnostics. Patients from the USA, Europe, Japan come here to undergo a check-up.

The center is equipped with advanced MRI and CT systems. A patient gets all diagnostics within one of the departments.

Specialists make a screening program according to the age, sex, eating habits, and family’s medical history of a patient.

 

International St. Mary's Hospital Korea services

Transfer

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital provides transfer from the airport to the hospital. This service is paid — the payment depends on the vehicle class. Get more details from Bookimed manager.

Accommodation & meals

Every ward is equipped with TV, Wi-Fi, and the nurse call button. The meals consist of Korean and European cuisines.

One-stop service

The coordinators of the International Department support patients from all around the world. They help to arrange the diagnostics and treatment in the shortest term soa patient comes back home faster.

 

Comfort-class private room in the St. Mary's Hospital Korea

Additional services
Transfer
Airport to clinic
free
Clinic to airport
free
Language assistance
Available
free
Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily
Requirements for admission
Payment methods
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222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
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