From the start,Kwangdong.
We have stayed in the same place in Samseong-dong since 1994, so the result of your first test stays with you until you recover.
Tests here, treatment there. We built one building so you tell your story once.
- Checkups on B2, consultations on 2F, recovery on 7F
- Western and Korean medicine read the same results
- The next department is an elevator ride away, not a new appointment
When something is beyond us, we say so first.
- We do not perform surgery
- We refer you to partner university hospitals
- Recovery and long-term care come back here
Questions our centers start from
Is the same cough always the same illness?Asthma & Allergy Center
Can memory changes be read before they become a problem?Brain Health & Dementia Center
What is actually shaking your balance?Dizziness Center
Why does the same back hurt for different reasons?Orthopedic Pain & Rehabilitation Center
Can a checkup and its results fit in one night and two days?Global Health Checkup Center
Should immunity be raised, or brought back into balance?Anti-aging & Immunity Center
What does the whole body say before the painful spot does?Korean Medicine CenterIf you want a closer look at our people and our work,
KWANGDONG JOURNAL
Our PhilosophyThirty-two years in the same placeKwangdong opened in Samseong-dong in 1994 and has never moved. A short history, in the hospital's own milestones.
Inside KwangdongB2 to 10F: one building from tests to recoveryCheckups on B2, consultations on 2F, recovery on 7F. A floor-by-floor walk through the route a patient actually takes.
Patient Stories"I thought I would never walk again"A patient who had surgery after a traffic accident talks about the months of rehabilitation that followed at Kwangdong.
Our PeopleSang-Heon Cho: the hospital director who still sees allergy patientsHe spent decades as an allergy professor at Seoul National University Hospital. At Kwangdong he runs the hospital and still keeps his own clinic on 2F.
Our PeopleYeon-Jeong Kim: reading memory changes before they become a problemA neurologist who came from Asan Medical Center, she leads dementia care at Kwangdong, from early testing to lecanemab treatment and rehabilitation.
Inside KwangdongInside the Global Health Checkup CenterTwo basement floors where every test is finished, renewed in 2024. What the space is designed to do for patients from abroad.
Our PhilosophyTwo kinds of medicine, one set of resultsWestern and Korean medicine have shared one foundation here since 1994. What collaborative care looks like in practice.
Our PeopleSang-Hoon Shin: rehabilitation that starts with a diagnosisThe director of the Orthopedic Pain & Rehabilitation Center on why the same knee or back can hurt for different reasons, and why that changes the treatment.
Patient StoriesRetired baseball players take a checkup dayFormer professional players in their forties and beyond spend a day at the Global Health Checkup Center, from tests to same-day results.
News & PressA drooping mouth corner as a warning: telling facial palsy causes apart earlyByung-Ha Moon, director of the Korean Medicine Center, on Bell's palsy, Ramsay Hunt syndrome and when sudden facial weakness means a stroke.
Our PhilosophyWe do not perform surgery. Here is what we do instead.Saying what a hospital does not do is part of being trusted. How referrals to partner university hospitals work, and why patients come back for recovery.
Our PeopleThe people who plan your whole day, not just the testsCoordinators who speak English, Japanese, Russian, Chinese and Mongolian work on site. Here is what they actually do on a checkup day.
Inside KwangdongWards on 7F and 8F, a garden on 10FRecovery needs room. The inpatient floors, the VIP rooms where family can stay, and the rooftop garden at the top of the building.
News & PressA cough that will not go away needs a cause, not just cough medicineWhy a cough that lasts more than eight weeks can come from asthma, rhinitis or reflux, and how the Asthma & Allergy Center tells them apart.
Patient StoriesA comedian's checkup, from the front desk to the resultsComedian Kim Gi-ri tries the checkup at Kwangdong and is surprised by how much of it happens in one building.
News & PressKnee pain after an autumn hike: when it is more than sore musclesSang-Hoon Shin, director of the Orthopedic Pain & Rehabilitation Center, on arthritis, the meniscus and how to return to the trail.
News & PressYoung is not a reason to ignore it: early-onset dementia in your 40s and 50sNeurologist Yeon-Jeong Kim on the changes in language, judgment and behavior that can come before memory loss.
News & PressTennis elbow and golfer's elbow: treat them early, before they become chronicElbow tendon pain is not only for athletes. Who gets it, how it starts and why most cases can be treated without surgery.
News & Press"Immunity is not something you raise. It is something you bring back."Hospital Director Sang-Heon Cho on why he designed the Premium Immune Checkup and what happens after the report.
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Find the care that fits you.
Every center below is inside the same building in Samseong-dong.
- Global Health Checkup Center B2 · B1 · 1F
- Asthma & Allergy Center 2F
- Anti-aging & Immunity Center 2F
- Brain Health & Dementia Center 3F · 6F
- Dizziness Center 3F
- Orthopedic Pain & Rehabilitation Center 3F · 5F
- Sports Medicine Center 5F
- Endoscopy Center B2
- Korean Medicine Center 6F
- Integrative Weight Care Center 6F