KUIMS signs MOU with Vladivostok State Medical University

KUIMS and VSMU have signed an MOU to expand their cooperation. In 2010 they will work to hold a variety of events and exchanges. In the late of spring of this year, KUIMS will accept two fellows from the university and in the fall of this year KUIMS will send a member of their nursing staff for a cultural exchange program.

We will also work with VSMU to hold a Joint Symposium in the Fall of 2010.

To commomerate the signing VSMU hosted a Roundtable discussion with our specialists and local specialists to discuss the post care management of patients who have received treatment in Korea.

KUIMS in Vladivostok

KUIMS sent three specialist to consult with patients in Vladivostok on February 25-26th. The event was prepared in Cooperation with Vernal Travel and Novoed Polyclinic. Our specialists (Cardiology, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery) saw 140 patients over the two day event.

We would like to thank Dr Jin Man Cho, Dr. Sang Hun Lee and Dr.Jin Hyun Joh for all of their kindness and patience during the trip. We would also like to thank Vernal and Novomed for all of the hard work. It was a truly successful event. We look forward to holding the second event in the fall of this year!

RAPIDARC Coming to KUIMS

We are very happy to announce that KUIMS will open a RapidArc Radiotherapy Center in the summer of 2010. RapidArc radiotherapy technology by Varian Medical Systems offers all the benefits of IMRT in dramatically shorter treatment times.

RapidArc uses a dynamic multileaf collimator (MLC), variable dose rate, and variable gantry speed to generate IMRT-quality dose distributions in a single optimized arc around the patient. Clinicians can now deliver continuously modulated dose to the entire tumor volume while sparing normal, healthy tissue.

RapidArc represents a major advance in radiation therapy.

The introduction of this medical technology will help push KUIMS to the forefront of cancer treatment in Korea and the world.

We will keep you updated with related news

KUIMS to Send a Medical Support Team to Haiti

In response to the massive earthquake and humanitarian needs in Haiti, KUIMS is organizing a Medical Support Team to go to the devetated country. The planned departure date for the team of experts is February 18th. The team will be made up of orthopedic and general surgeons, nurses and support staff. We will do our best to keep you updated with their progress and wish them the best of luck on their humanitarian mission.

2010 Fellowship Program Begins

On Monday January 18th, KUIMS begain it's 2010 Fellowship program by welcoming two doctors from Khabarovsk's Post Graduate Institute for Public Health Workers.
Dr. Evgeny Shepichev and Dr. Anna Avilova will spend the next four weeks in clinical observations and professional exchange with our Surgery and Radiology departments respectively.

KNTO Awards KUIMS as TOP Medical Brand In Korea

On Wednesday January 6th, 2010 KUIMS was awarded the KNTO award for the TOP Medical Brand in Korea. Dr. Jong Il Lee, the Vice President of our Medical Hospital, received the award. We worked very closely with the KNTO this year joining them on trips to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Japan, and Russia in 2009. We have also participated in dozens of FAM tours held by the KNTO throughout last year. We gladly accepted their recognition of our hard work in 2009 and we look forward to reaching our new goals in 2010.

Bridging the Medical Communities of Korea and Russia

Lina, Tatiana, and Vadim were the the first doctors from Vladivostok State Medical University too study at our center in 2009. We will continue our efforts to cooperate with medical professionals in 2010.

Starting from tomorrow we will have a Russian Student from the Korean Studies department at the Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok. Mr. Daniil Shenin will spend a month at our center to train as a medical interpreter and to better learn the operations of our center. We also believe that this exchange will help our staff better understand the needs of Russian Patients.

On January 18th, we will welcome two Russian doctors from the city of Khaborovsk. They will be the first participants of 2010 in our travelling felliowship program. They will spend four weeks at our center as clinical observers.

At the end of February, we will visit the Far East with a team of doctors and hold a clinic for patients interested in travelling to Korea for medical care. We will also hold rountable discussions with specialists from our center and from the Far East to discuss ways to improve our pre and post care networks.

This is just a brief glance of our plans for the next two months. Please stay tuned to our progress on this blog and our youtube channel