First Technology! Best Hope !! Total Care in Spine!!!
Wooridul Spine Hospital is hope in itself. W.S.H is the best place to help to relax both physically and mentally. W.S.H is not only a place for spine treatment but also a place to refresh patients' mind that have suffered from degenerative spinal diseases.
Why W.S.H?
First Technology
It is a matter of pride and prestige for the highly trained, qualified and motivated medical staff of Wooridul Spine Hospital, that it is counted as one the best in the world, in spinal care and its our constant endeavour to innovate and inculcate the best practices in the treatment of spinal disorders..
Best Hope
Wooridul Spine Hospital is guided by the maxim that there is no incurable spinal disease or disorder. Based on that premise, all our actions and behaviour is oriented to put the patients mind at rest, so that they are psychologically assured and prepared and aiding in the treatment aspect.
Total Care in Spine
Speaking of spinal disorders, and the best hospital in the international scenario,that would spring in ones mind would be Wooridul Spine Hospital. We have the best and most qualifed doctors, trained and having overseas degrees and experience, plus loving and caring support staff.
Our facilites and equipments are world class and our medical staff keeps on innovating and coming out with newer and better techniques and treatment schedules and procedures. It is a matter of pride and prestige to the medical staff of WSH that it is regarded as one of the or the best spinal facility in the world. Accurate and precise diagnosis, world class treatement using latest methods and techniques marks us out, as the best among the best as we use technology coupled with loving patient care.
Some of our prominent skills are:
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy(PELD)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy(PECD)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy(PETD)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Laser-assisted Annulopalsty(PELA)
- Microscopic Laser Discectomy
- Laparoscopic Spinal discectomy and fusion
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic discectomy and fusion.
We are also equipped for:
- Pain Control
- Physical Therapy
- Spine Rehabilitation Exercises
- Spinal Function Improvement.
WSH place "Number One Hospital for Spinal Disease" by constantly developing new treatment methods and publishing them world wide.
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Center Details
Wooridul International Patients Center
It is one of the largest privately owned spine specialized hospitals in Korea. Following its inception in the city of Busan in 1982, Wooridul Spine Hospital (WSH) has taken great strides and established other spine care hospitals in the cities of Seoul, Gimpo Airport and Daegu. Jeju island WSH will be opened by year 2008.
The motto has been to provide total spine care, utilizing modern state of art diagnostics and operating facilities. The hospitals have a comprehensive spine care program that includes all investigational facilities as well as pain management and physiotherapy.
The last two decades have seen great developments in the philosophy of minimal invasive spine surgery. Reduced disability and discomfort are making them more popular with the local population. It establishes their techniques and simultaneously trains the local spine surgeons to propagate them further.
W.S.H is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the world leading authorities in spine care and treatment. With over 17,000 cases being performed annually among 3 centers (Seoul, Busan, and Gimpo Airport) W.S.H is the largest spine health care group in Asia. W.S.H has over 108 Spine Specialists, over 600 beds, 48 operation rooms among 4 centers (Seoul, Busan, Gimpo Airport, and Daegu). Throughout Asia, WSH has become recognized as a center of excellence in research for minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery techniques with over 100 clinical papers published up to date.
We have totally 6 branches of Wooridul Hospital:
Seoul Wooridul Hospital
ADDRESS: 676 Gwahae-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea
(inside og Gimpo airport)
Seoul Chungdam Wooridul Hospital
ADDRESS: 47-4 Chungdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Busan Wooridul Hospital
ADDRESS: 153-8 Oncheon-dong, Dongrae-gu, Busan, Korea
Dongrae Wooridul Spine Hospital
ADDRESS: 205-10 Nakmin-dong, Dongrae-gu, Busan, Korea
Daegu Wooridul Spine Hospital
ADDRESS: 503-3 2-ga Dongin-dong, Jung-Gu, Daegu, Korea
Shanghai Wooridul Hospital
ADDRESS: (No.46,Guo He Road) No.106, Shi Guang Yi Cun, Shanghai, China.
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Qualifications, Accreditations & Certifications
Medical Staff
Ho Yeon Lee, M.D.,Ph.D.
Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
Title : President
Education
College of Medicine, Seoul National University (M.D.)
College of Medicine, University of Ulsam (Ph.D.)
Internship at Seoul National University Hospital
Resident at Asan Medical Center
Appointment
Fellow of American Board of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director of Legislation Committee & the 1st Spine Surgery Team at Wooridul Spine Hosptial
Publication
Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 284-286 (2005) pp 93-96
Preparation and In Vivo Studies of ß-TCP Based Bone
Cement Containing Polyphosphate (kyung-Sik Oh, Young-Keun Jeong, Jae-Pil Yu, Soo-Kyung Chae, Hong-Yeol Kim, Ho-Yeon Lee, and Sin-Soo Jeun)
Neurosurgery 55: E455-E459, 2004
Percutaneous Ventral decompression of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis in medically compromised elderly patients technical case report. (Lee HY, Ahn Y, Kim DY, Shin SW, Lee SH )
Spine. 2004 Aug 15;29(16):E326-32
Percutaneous Endoscopic lumbar discectomy for recurrent disc herniation:surgical technique, outcome, and prognostic factors of 43consecutive cases. (Ahn Y, Lee SH, Park WM, Lee HY, Shin SW, Kang HY)
J Neurosurg. 2004 Jan;100(1 Suppl):24-31
Intravertebral vacuum phenomenon in osteoporotic compression fracture: report of 67 cases with quantitative evaluation of intravertebral instability (Kim DY, Lee SH, Jang JS, Chung SK, Lee HY)
Eur Spine J. 2003 Dec;12(6):613-7
Comparative study of laparoscopic L5-S1 fusion versus open mini-ALIF, with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Chung SK, Lee SH, Lim SR, Kim DY, Jang JS, Nam KS, Lee HY)
Award
Marquis Who's Who "Who's Who In Medicine and Healthcare" (2004 - 2006)
Won Gyu Choi, M.D., Ph.D. Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Busan Korea
Title : President
Education
College of Medicine, Pusan National University (M.D., Ph.D.)
Intern & Resident at Pusan National University Hospital
Visiting Fellow at Arizona Phoenix Barrow Neurological Institute, USA
Visiting Fellow at Bordeaux University Hospital Spine Center, France
Appointment
Fellow of American Board of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
President at Wooridul Spine Hosptial
Publication
J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003 Aug;16(4):324-30.
Partial disc replacement with the PDN prosthetic disc nucleus device: early clinical results. Shim CS, Lee SH, Park CW, Choi WC, Choi G, Choi WG, Lim SR, Lee HY.
Jee Soo Jang, MD, PhD Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
Title : President
Education
Spine Fellowship, Dept. of Orthopedics, Spine Center State
University of New York, C, Syracuse
Ph.D. (Neurosurgery), Chung-ang University, College of Medicine
M.S.(Neurosurgery), Chung-ang University, College of Medicine
Bachelor, M.D., Chung-ang University, College of Medicine
Appointment
Department of Neurosurgery, Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital, Chief
Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Chief
Chief, section III(Spine), Department of Neurosurgery, Korea Cancer
Center Hospital, Chief, Pain Clinic, Korea Cancer Center Hospital
Medical officers, Chief Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Kwang Joo Veterance Hospital
Resident in Department of Neurosurgery, Chung-ang University Hospital
Internship in Medicine, Chung-ang University Hospital
Graduation of Chung-ang University Medical School
Korean Spine Society
Korean Neurological Surgery Society
Korean Spine & Pain Research Society
North American Spine Society(NASS)
Congress of Korean Society for minimal intervention in Spinal Surgery Member
Executive secretary of permanent committee of Korean Society of Spine Surgery
Won-Chul Choi, M.D.
Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Daegu Korea
Title : President
Education
College of Medicine, KyungPook National University (M.D.)
Intern & Resident at National Medical Center
Appointment
Fellow of American Board of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Vice President of Medical affairs at Wooridul Spine Hosptial
Society
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
Chan Shik Shim, M.D.
Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
Title : Vice President
Education
College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University (M.D.)
Intern & Resident at Kyung Hee Medical Center
Appointment
Fellow of American Board of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Vice President of Academic affairs at Wooridul Spine Hosptial
Clinical Professor at Kyung Hee Medical Center
Society
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
Byungjoo Jung, M.D.
Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
Title : Vice President
Education
College of Medicine, KyungPook National University (M.D.)
Intern & Resident at Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University
Appointment
Fellow of American Board of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Clinical Associate Professor at College of Medicine, Hallym University
Society
International Musculoskeletal Laser Society (IMLAS)
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
Gun Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Specialty : Neurosurgery
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
Title : President of Non-Invasive Spine Surgery Center
Education
College of Medicine, HanYang University (M.D.)
Intern & Resident at HanYang University Hospital
Appointment
Fellow of American Board of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Clinical Associate Professor at Department of Neurosurgery, HanYang University
Vice President of Medical Affairs at Wooridul Spine Hospital
Society
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
Korean Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
Executive Committee of Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Research Society
Ho Yeong Kang, M.D. Specialty : Diagnostic Radiology
Hospital : Nakmin Wooridul Spine Hospital, Busan Korea
Title : President
Education
College of Medicine, Pusan National University (M.D.)
Intern & Resident at National Medical Center
Society
International Musculoskeletal Laser Society (IMLAS)
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
Kwang-Hee Kim, M.D. Specialty : Anesthesiology
Hospital : Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
Title : Vice President
Education
College of Medicine, Chonnam National University
Intern at Samsung Cheil Hospital
Resident at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University
Visiting Fellow at UCLA Medical Center, USA
Appointment
Director of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Wooridul Spine Hospital
Director of Operation Anaesthesia at Wooridul Spine Hospital
Society
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
Korean Pain Society
Korean Pain Research Society
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