Ewha Womans University Medical Center said Wednesday it had opened the Organ Transplantation Center to provide a wide range of services for patients who need organ transplants.

One of the nation’s leading medical institutes said that the specialized center in southwestern Seoul was part of the EUMC’s efforts to sharpen its competitiveness in organ transplants -- one of its key fields of expertise -- before unveiling its second hospital in Seoul in 2018.

Headed by director and surgeon Jung Gu-yong, the Organ Transplantation Center has expanded medical staff specializing in carrying out heart and lung transplants.

Jung stressed the need for a “comprehensive” system to manage various organ transplants to accumulate expertise and know-how in the transplant sector.

“We plan to focus on expanding our medical services into heart (and) lung transplants based on our know-how in kidney and liver transplants,” Jung said.

“It is important to successfully conduct an organ transplant surgery through intensive care. But it is also important to make the surgery successful in the long term by closely checking on the state of patients’ health through immune system modulation and nutritive controls,” he said. “We will make the utmost efforts to provide top quality medical services for patients waiting for organ transplants.”

Founded in 1887 by an American missionary as the nation’s first women-only hospital, it has run several specialized centers, including the Cancer Center for Women, known for its contribution to treating breast, ovarian and other cancers affecting women.


By Ock Hyun-ju
(laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)