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President of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
Yoon Seung-kew
Liver Disease Expert Focuses on Stabilizing Troubled Hospital Operations
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Last Updated on May 29, 2025
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President of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
Life Summary
Yoon Seung-kew is the President of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University, and concurrently serves as the President of Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital.
He aims to normalize hospital operations and improve efficiency, especially as hospital management has worsened due to conflicts between medical associations and the government.
He was born on April 12, 1959.
Yoon graduated from the Catholic University College of Medicine and earned both his master's and doctoral degrees in medicine from the university’s graduate school.
He was appointed as a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Catholic University College of Medicine. He served as Director of the Cancer Hospital at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and was appointed President of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital in 2021. His term was renewed in 2023.
He previously served as President of the Korean Liver Cancer Association and currently serves as President of the Asian Federation of Catholic Medical Associations.
He is a renowned expert on hepatitis and liver cancer, and conducts research that integrates clinical and basic sciences.
He played a key role in establishing the POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)–Catholic University Institute for Biomedical Convergence.
He is currently tasked with leading a comprehensive structural transformation of the hospital to reposition it as a top-tier general hospital focused on severe and intractable diseases.
#YoonSeungkew #CatholicUniversity #SeoulStMarysHospital #YeouidoStMarysHospital #livercancer #hepatitis #Koreanhealthcare #hospitalmanagement #POSTECH #medicalresearch
He aims to normalize hospital operations and improve efficiency, especially as hospital management has worsened due to conflicts between medical associations and the government.
He was born on April 12, 1959.
Yoon graduated from the Catholic University College of Medicine and earned both his master's and doctoral degrees in medicine from the university’s graduate school.
He was appointed as a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Catholic University College of Medicine. He served as Director of the Cancer Hospital at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and was appointed President of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital in 2021. His term was renewed in 2023.
He previously served as President of the Korean Liver Cancer Association and currently serves as President of the Asian Federation of Catholic Medical Associations.
He is a renowned expert on hepatitis and liver cancer, and conducts research that integrates clinical and basic sciences.
He played a key role in establishing the POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)–Catholic University Institute for Biomedical Convergence.
He is currently tasked with leading a comprehensive structural transformation of the hospital to reposition it as a top-tier general hospital focused on severe and intractable diseases.
#YoonSeungkew #CatholicUniversity #SeoulStMarysHospital #YeouidoStMarysHospital #livercancer #hepatitis #Koreanhealthcare #hospitalmanagement #POSTECH #medicalresearch