General hospital
H Plus Yangji Hospital
- ⏺ One-stop medical care (15 centers, 21 departments). ⏺ 24-hour emergency room operation. Integrated nursing and caregiving services (inpatients). ⏺ Gastroenterology Hospital: Training hospital for gastrointestinal endoscopy specialists. ⏺ Awarded Excellent Endoscopy Center certification three consecutive times. Performs high-difficulty endoscopies. Equipped with high-end endoscopes and liver-specialized devices. ⏺ Obesity & Diabetes Surgery Center: Efficient and safe personalized surgery. Performed by globally recognized specialists, including US SRC Master Surgeons. ⏺ Spine & Joint Center: Minimally invasive microsurgery, arthroscopy, minimally invasive joint replacement surgery. Collaborative care involving Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, and Rehabilitation Medicine. ⏺Other specialized centers include the Respiratory Care Center, Brain & Nerve Center, and Health Promotion Center. ⏺Da Vinci robotic surgery performed. ⏺Critical Care Medicine department available.
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01 Introduction
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About Us
H+ Yangji Hospital is a general hospital located in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, which has been operating for approximately 50 years since March 1976. It houses 28 medical departments, over 120 specialists, and approximately 1,200 staff members. Equipped with medical infrastructure including an emergency medical center, it has established a comprehensive medical system that connects disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and post-treatment care.
This medical institution has obtained **Medical Institution Accreditation (4th Cycle)** from the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Medical Institution Evaluation and Accreditation Institute, meeting authoritative evaluation standards for patient safety and quality of care management.
It is a 2-minute walk from Sillim Station and is conveniently located near central Seoul. (Within 10 km of both Seoul City Hall and Gangnam Station)
Selected six times (2019–2023/2025) as one of “Korea's Top Hospitals” by the global newsweekly Newsweek. During the early stages of COVID-19 spread, it developed the world's first “walk-through” system and secured the first patent, earning front-page coverage in The Washington Post, as well as praise from National Geographic, NHK, ABC, and BBC. The system has been adopted by numerous medical institutions worldwide, including Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
H+ Yangji Hospital has established its Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center by inviting Professor Kim Yong-jin, a leading expert in the field of severe obesity. Our globally recognized medical team provides safe and effective surgeries to improve the quality of life for patients with severe obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders. A dedicated bariatric surgery team (comprising specialists, nurses, and clinical nutritionists) with extensive experience accompanies patients throughout the entire process—before, during, and after surgery—to ensure successful outcomes. Operating under a multidisciplinary care system centered on surgery, it integrates endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, psychiatry, and family medicine. It holds the highest number of single-surgery cases for severe obesity in Korea. (Achieved Korea's highest number of surgeries: 5,000 cases)
H＋ International Hospital, affiliated with Yangji Hospital, is a specialized hospital for foreign patients residing domestically and internationally. Approximately 10,000 foreign patients from Korea and abroad visit annually. In addition to providing consultations by specialists fluent in foreign languages and assigning medical staff accordingly, local coordinators offer dedicated 1:1 services exclusively for foreign patients. Patients from 130 countries worldwide have visited our hospital. Thanks to the significant number of foreign patients from countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the United States, and China, H+ Yangji Hospital continues to grow steadily and develop.
Thanks to this high level of service, the number of foreign patients attracted has been increasing annually, and the institution has once again been recognized for its excellence by obtaining certification as a Foreign Patient Attracting Medical Institution.
We will provide the highest quality medical services to patients visiting H+ Yangji Hospital.
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Overseas Expansion
H+ Medical Center Hanoi H+ Yangji Hospital is an overseas medical institution established in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It officially opened in December 2024 and commenced full-scale operations.
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About Us
H+ Yangji Hospital is a general hospital located in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, which has been operating for approximately 50 years since March 1976. It houses 28 medical departments, over 120 specialists, and approximately 1,200 staff members. Equipped with medical infrastructure including an emergency medical center, it has established a comprehensive medical system that connects disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and post-treatment care.
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02 Major Procedure
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Name of Hospital
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Name of Procedure
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Outcome Data
Performance Data : Data, H Plus Yangji Hospital Data H Plus Yangji Hospital Number of Medical Cases (5 Years) 3,000 Success Rate over 99% Survival Rate 100% Death Rate 0% Length of Hospital Stay 5 days Incident Rate of Complications less than 1% Etc. Patient satisfaction rate: 97% -
Performance Data
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SCI Journal
(Impact Factor)SCI Journal (Impact Factor) : SCI IF, Author(year). Article title. Journal title volumn, pg 000-000, Grade/Name SCI IF Author(year). Article title. Journal title volumn,
pg 000-000Grade/Name Lim D, Chung Y, Paik B, Kim YJ. (2025). Paragastric Neural Blockade Effectively Controls Visceral Pain After Primary Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity Surgery 35(8), pp.3029–3037 M.D., Ph.D./Yong Jin Kim Jeon D, Chung Y, Paik B, Kim YJ. (2024). Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy plus Duodenojejunal Bypass: Learning Curve Analysis and Technical Feasibility of Duodenojejunostomy Using Linear Stapler.Obes Surg 34(1), pp.22–29 M.D., Ph.D./Yong Jin Kim Lee S-H. (2023). Clinical outcomes of transarterial embolization for chronic Achilles tendinopathy refractory to conservative treatment.J Vasc Interv Radiol 34(1), pp.63–70.e1 M.D. / Sang-Hwan Lee -
Honors&
RecognitionHonors&Recognition, Year, Details Year Details 2017 Korean Medical Tourism Service Certification Program (Health Checkups for Foreign Patients) 2015 The 2nd E-Daily Global Healthcare Awards
E-Daily Chairman's Award Winner (Grand Prize in the Overseas Patient Attraction Category) -
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2019–2023/2025 U.S. Newsweek: Korea's Top Hospitals Selected Consecutively
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Major Departments
- Health Promotion Center
- Gastroenterology
- Obesity and Diabetes Surgery Center
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Major Procedures
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR & ESD)
- Bariatric Surgery
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
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General Information
- Address
- (Sillim-dong)1636 Nambu Circular Road, Gwanak-gu, SeoulView on Map
- Website or SNS
- https://newyjh.com/
- Number of Doctors
- 102
- Number of Beds
- 396
- International Healthcare Center
- Emailhimc@newyjh.com
- Tel++82-70-4665-9519, +82-70-4665-9183
- Fax++82-70-4665-9347
- Interpretation
- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, MONGOLIAN
- Meal
- WESTERN, HALAL
- Pick-up
- Airport ↔ Hospital, Hotel ↔ Hospital
- Accreditation
- Accreditation as a Medical Institution for International Patients(2025~2029)
- Other Services
- 1:1 Medical and Interpretation Services / Issuance of English Receipts and Medical Certificates / Test Result Translation Services (For international comprehensive health screening patients. English, Russian, Mongolian)
