Asan Medical Center

Asan Medical Center (서울아산병원) is a tertiary hospital and the teaching hospital of the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, located in Seoul, South Korea. It was established to embody the founding principles of Asan Foundation founder Chung Ju-yung. The hospital was inaugurated on June 23, 1989, originally named Seoul Jungang (Central) Hospital, and later renamed Asan Medical Center on April 27, 2002. With a capacity of 2,732 licensed beds and a total floor area of approximately 280,000 square meters (85,000 pyeong), it stands as the largest hospital in Korea.

Since 1993, Asan Medical Center has been operating the Performance Improvement Team with the aim of enhancing healthcare quality.

In 2011, the hospital introduced Asan Global Standard (AGS), a comprehensive evaluation guideline implemented year-round. AGS was designed based on the fundamental assessment principles of the Joint Commission International(JCI).

Asan Medical Center was ranked by Newsweek as World 29th and Korea No.1 for 5 consecutive years (2019-2023). In 2023, Newsweek ranked the hospital on 11 clinical specialties: World's No. 3 in endocrinology, No. 4 in urology, No. 6 in gastroenterology, No. 7 in cancer, and No. 9 in neurology and Korea No.1 in endocrinology, urology, gastroenterology, neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, and cardiac surgery. It has been also recognized as Korea's Most Admired Hospital by Korea Management Association Consulting (KMAC) for 17 consecutive years.