Seoul National University Hospital ranked 12th globally in the number of surgical research papers published between 2011 and 2015

The excellent quality of surgical skills and research in Korean surgeons has been paying attention to the world’s medical profession and there are statistical results that can assure this fact with objective numerical value.In the number of surgical research papers published between 2011 and 2015, Seoul National University Hospital is the 12th leading publisher in the world and the second in Asia with its 885 cases The hospital analyzed that it performed well in breast cancer, stomach cancer, and pancreatic pancreas among the detailed items of surgery. Yang Han-kwang, a professor of surgery at Seoul National University Hospital, said, 'The skills of Korean surgeons have already been recognized worldwide.' And he added, “In the future, we will conduct researches and convergence studies in various fields such as electronics engineering, mechanical engineering and statistics so as to develop better diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.”