SMObservership
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South KoreaBreast SurgeryUsually one month; should not exceed 88 days
Departmental observership at Samsung Medical Center; Breast Surgery is listed among departments accepting international trainees. Availability subject to departmental capacity; not oncology-exclusive.
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South KoreaColorectal SurgeryUsually one month; should not exceed 88 days
Departmental observership at Samsung Medical Center; Colon and Rectal Surgery is listed among departments accepting international trainees. Availability subject to departmental capacity; not oncology-exclusive.
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South KoreaUpper GI SurgeryUsually one month; should not exceed 88 days
Departmental observership at Samsung Medical Center; Gastrointestinal Surgery is listed among departments accepting international trainees. Availability subject to departmental capacity; not oncology-exclusive.
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South KoreaHPB SurgeryUsually one month; should not exceed 88 days
Departmental observership at Samsung Medical Center; Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery is listed among departments accepting international trainees. Availability subject to departmental capacity; not oncology-exclusive.
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South KoreaHead & Neck SurgeryUsually one month; should not exceed 88 days
Departmental observership at Samsung Medical Center; Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is listed among departments accepting international trainees. Availability subject to departmental capacity; not oncology-exclusive.
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Seoul National University Hospital, Musculoskeletal Tumor Center
Seoul, South KoreaSurgical Oncology1 or 2 years
One-year clinical orthopaedic oncology fellowship (operative and non-operative) or two-year academic track including basic research in cancer biology; over 700 operations a year in bone sarcoma, soft-tissue sarcoma and benign/metastatic tum
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South KoreaSurgical OncologyShort-term programme (length not stated); long-term 6 to 12 months
Short-term VATS/RATS thoracic oncology programme (lung cancer, robotic oesophagectomy, mediastinal nodes, lung transplantation, paediatric thoracic) and long-term visiting fellowship joining daily clinical and research work; about 900 lung
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Severance Hospital · Yonsei University Health System (Yonsei Institute for Global Health)
Seoul, South KoreaColorectal Surgery3 months, 6 months or 1 year
International training for foreign physicians in colorectal surgery at Severance Hospital (over 3,000 colorectal-related procedures a year; >1,200 for malignancy), with observation in every option and hands-on practice possible for stays of
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Korea University Anam Hospital
Seoul, South KoreaPaediatric SurgeryUnder 90 days (C-3 visa) or 91 days or more (D-4-2 visa); programme length not otherwise stated
Hospital-wide international fellowship/observership programme; Pediatric Surgery is one of the 38 listed clinical departments. Guidebook states fellows cannot access the patients' medical records.
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, South KoreaPaediatric SurgeryNot stated; fees quoted per month
Pediatric Surgery is listed under Surgery in the YUHS international physician training programme (observership or hands-on practice); no department-specific detail on the page.
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