Introduction

Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital of Catholic University of Korea was established in 1980 as the first general hospital in Gangnam, Seoul. It is the flagship hospital of Catholic Medical Center which has world-class medical staff and advanced medical equipment. The hospital is part of the largest medical network in Korea which consists of 8 affiliated hospitals, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Industry and other institutions. Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital is the largest single-building hospital in Korea with 1,374 beds, including 6 beds at Emergency Room, 110 beds at Intensive Care Unit, and 22 beds at wards dedicated to international patients. It is composed of 48 clinical departments and 26 specialized centers, such as Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Catholic Hematology Hospital,

Cardio-Cerebro-Vascular Hospital, Eye Center, and Organ Transplantation Center, with 880 doctors and 2,400 nurses. In 2022, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital has made meaningful achievements, reaching over 830 cumulative  cases  of  TAVI  procedure  and  10,000  cases  of  hematopoietic  stem  cell transplantation (HSCT). We have performed percutaneous transaxillary TAVI for the first time in Korea in last April, and successfully conducted kidney transplantation on a patient with rare blood disorder. Moreover, the Health Promotion Center has won the Most Trusted Brand

Awards for 10 consecutive years. Furthermore, the Comprehensive Cancer Institute has been selected as one of the World’s Best Hospitals in oncology by Newsweek, the US weekly magazine for two consecutive years.

Specialized treatment

■ Specialized Centers

○ Catholic Hematology Hospital: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, leukemia, lymphoma, etc.

○ Comprehensive Cancer Institute: liver, lung , stomach, colorectal, breast, uterine, blood cancer, etc.

○ Cardio-Cerebro-Vascular Hospital: stroke, myocardial infarction, TAVI etc.

○  Organ Transplantation Center: liver, kidney, small bowel, heart, lung, pancreas transplantation

○  Eye Center: cornea transplantation, cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, retinopathy

○  Dentistry Hospital: orthodontic treatment, implant, oral and maxillofacial surgery, whitening

○  Health Promotion Center: cancer screening , electrocardiogram, PET-CT, Special program for women