Our Story
Since 1899, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center has played an important role in the development medicine. As a multidisciplinary teaching hospital, Dongsan Medical Center focuses on patient-centered treatment, education, research, and sharing the love of Christ. This page provides general facts about Dongsan Medical Center.
Bed Capacity
General Bed: 1,041 beds
Number of Staffs: 2,048
Doctors- 437 Nurses- 785 Management-152 Other- 674
Number of Departments, Specialized Care Centers and Specialty Clinics
Department- 37 Specialized Care Center- 12 Specialty Clinic- 31
Number of Patients(2011)
Local Patients
Outpatients- 753,615 Inpatients- 292,846
International Patients
Outpatients- 7,919 Inpatients-1,696
State-of-the-Art Medical Equipments
- 4th Generation da Vinchi Si : 1
- PET-CT」: 2
- Gamma Camera : 3
- Cancer Therapy : 2
- 128ch CT : 3
- MRI : 3
- Cardiovascular·Cerebrovascular Angiography : 4
Key factors of Specialized Centers
Cancer Center
- Introduced cobalt therapy and implemented radiation cancer treatment in 1970's
- Multi and interdisciplinary cooperation treatment system
- Joint development of cancer vaccine with Wiseman Cancer Research Foundation
- da Vinchi Si Robotic Surgery
Cardiovascular Center
- 26,000 cases of total contrast media procedure
- 9,000 cases of stent insertion
- Over 4,000 cases of open-heart surgery
- 1,400 cases of artificial pace maker operation
- Development 'U-heart' electrocardiogram
Cerebrovascular Center
- Over 1,200 cases of intra-vesicular operation
- Operating stroke and epilepsy center
Kidney Center
- 39,000 cases of hemodialysis a year(Ranking 3rd in Korea)
- 876 cases of Kidney transplantion(Ranking 6th in Korea)
- Over 249 cases of peritoneal dialysis 249(Ranking 5th in Korea)
- Best quality hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment facilities