IBD centres in South Korea
8 hospitals with a dedicated service for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Listed alphabetically by city — not ranked.
Incheon
Gachon University Gil Medical Center (가천대 길병원)
The IBD Center is made up of IBD specialists from gastroenterology, surgery, pathology, radiology, psychiatry and paediatrics, with nursing and the clinical nutrition office, and focuses on early diagnosis and treatment of ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and Behçet's disease. It publishes its own website with patient information on the diseases, their drugs and daily life, and offers a system for self-management through the website and a patient app, with disease consultation and links to hospital results.
Seoul
Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
The Division of Gastroenterology at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital (Catholic University of Korea) runs a dedicated Crohn's Disease–Ulcerative Colitis Clinic, one of its named subspecialty clinics, providing patient-centred care for inflammatory bowel disease.
Seoul
Samsung Medical Center
Samsung Medical Center runs a named Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center and IBD Clinic within its paediatric gastroenterology division, using genetic testing, therapeutic drug monitoring and phenotype-based assessment to tailor treatment for children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Adult IBD is managed by a cohort of IBD-focused gastroenterologists in the Digestive Disease Center, and the institution leads clinical trials of new IBD therapies.
4 named clinicians
Seoul
Asan Medical Center (University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center treats Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and intestinal Behçet's disease, running separate clinics for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's, for intestinal Behçet's, for IBD surgery and for clinical research. Gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists and specialist nurses meet as a multidisciplinary team to plan medical and surgical treatment together. Paediatric and adult gastroenterologists are both listed on the centre's staff, and the hospital runs an International Healthcare Center for patients coming from abroad.
4 named clinicians
Seoul
Kyung Hee University Medical Center
Kyung Hee University Medical Center has opened a dedicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center that provides same-day treatment and endoscopy for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, working with the Departments of Surgery and Radiology to raise the quality of care.
Seoul
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System (세브란스병원)
The IBD Center provides multidisciplinary care for inflammatory bowel disease, working closely with gastroenterology, paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, colorectal surgery, radiology, dermatology, rheumatology, infectious diseases and pathology, and with the social work, nutrition and pharmacy teams. It runs a paediatric-to-adult transition clinic and a faecal microbiota transplantation clinic. Anyone diagnosed with IBD, or suspected of having it, can be seen; patients are cared for in gastroenterology or paediatric gastroenterology according to age, and colorectal surgeons operate.
Seoul
Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital (이화여자대학교 의과대학 부속 서울병원)
The IBD Center brings several departments together for multidisciplinary care of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, led by gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons, with ophthalmology, rheumatology, dermatology, radiology and pathology for complications outside the gut. A paediatric gastroenterologist and a dedicated nurse are assigned to the centre for children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The centre runs a monthly nutrition class for newly diagnosed patients and counselling, a pregnancy handbook and a registry for women planning or going through pregnancy.
1 named clinician
Seoul
Seoul National University Hospital (서울대학교병원)
The IBD Clinic is listed as its own clinic in the hospital's directory and treats ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and intestinal Behçet's disease. It covers diagnosis, drug treatment and surgical treatment, with specialist advice on nutrition and day-to-day management, and offers patients who respond poorly to existing drugs the chance to join clinical trials. It runs a patient association on Naver Band where the clinic's professors and staff answer questions, with offline meetings announced there.
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