The Inha University Hospital opened as the first university hospital in the greater Incheon area on May 1996 with the spirit of the founder, Dr. Joong Hun Cho, that was the regional development of welfare and health care and the gratitude and return to the society and nation. The hospital's continuous efforts in the medical research, education and treatment have contributed to the local community and the development of national medical field. The Inha University Hospital is the nearest hospital to the Incheon International airport. The hospital is located in the middle of Youngjong, Songdo, and Chungla free economic zones, which have three major infrastructures including an airport, seaport, and teleport. With these geographical advantages, we are giving our best efforts to become the greatest medical port of the Northeast Asia. The hospital is already equipped with the most advanced medical technologies and ultra modern facilities, such as four-dimensional Cyber-Knife, Rapid Arc, PET-CT, MRI, MD-CT, and BSGI. Also the Inha University Hospital is trying to be the Mecca of cancer treatment. Our top priority is to provide excellent medical services to the patients. In order to provide more cutting-edge healthcare services, we run specialized centers including digestive care center, diabetes and obesity center, lung cancer center, and rheumatism center. In addition, we try to improve the patients satisfaction by providing an ‘one-stop service’ through which a patient can get full medical service from diagnosis to treatment at one place. As we get the approval of JCI, the Inha University Hospital will become one of the most reliable hospitals in the world. All staff at the hospital working hard to create specialized, globalized and research-oriented hospital day in and day out. 

Our Mission

The Inha University Hospital keeps trying for improving human health and quality of life. Our mission is to contribute to good health and happy life of humankind with the highest level of medical service and dedicated love 

Our Vision 

• The hospital that moves patients with the highest medical service. We build the faithful hospital, which moves patient by the highest and patient-oriented medical service. 

• The hospital that leads medical community by creative research and substantial education. We lead medical community with the development of medical technology and improvement of quality of medical service, which are achieved by creative research and substantial education 

• The hospital that all employees enjoy working and feel pride. We build trust among ourselves through open mind and communication and all employees with owner's mind take pride in and enjoy working and developing happy organizational culture 

• Partner hospital with local community. We do all ours best to contribute to local community with love and voluntary spirit 

Core Value

• Patient-oriented: we consider satisfying all patients with the best medical service our top priority. 

• Innovation & Harmony: we consider constant enhancing and mutual harmony of respect for man's life and dignity our top priority. 

• Trust & Responsibility: we consider being trusted by others and keeping ours end up with dignity of life and owner's mind our top priority .

Our Philosophy

The Inha University Hospital creates new medical culture for public health: 

• Contribution to improve public health by advancing medicine: the Inha University Hospital contributes to the improvement of public health by advancing medicine by constant and creative medicine research. 

• A leader of local medical community: the Inha University Hospital leads local medical community as the first university hospital in Incheon. 

• Patient-oriented medical service as top priority of Hospital management: the Inha University Hospital provides patient-oriented integrated medical service, which regards patient satisfaction as our top priority. 

• Creation of new medical culture aiming to be world's top medical institute: the Inha University Hospital creates new medical culture that aims to build the most advanced medical institute of east-Asia in the 21st century.

INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE CENTER 

The Inha is the first university hospital in Incheon. It was established in 1996 with 16 floors building and 804 beds and is now achieving healthy society. It develops into a hospital that sets up sound medical values, pursues patient satisfaction, and creates a healthy and rich life based on the specialization and globalization of medical clinics, and contribution to the community with top-class medical facilities and advanced medical systems (US-type of outpatient deployment). The Inha University Hospital is centrally located in Incheon - a city rich in cultural diversity, which makes it a vibrant international destination. The hospital is in 30 minutes directly away from Incheon International Airport. Specialized centers of Health promotion/Check-up Center, Incheon International Airport Medical Center, Cancer and BMT Center, cyber knife center, Emergency Medical Center, Women's Cancer Center, Cardiovascular Center, and Digestive Tract center, Lung Cancer Center constitute an advanced hospital with experienced clinical professionals and high-tech medical technologies. The Inha University Hospital affiliated with the national flag carrier, Korean Air, has a good accessibility to Incheon International Airport and provides the optimal medical services for foreign patients. Our physicians and staff provide clinical care in every specialty of medicine. Many other healthcare professionals may also play in your care, including physical, occupational and speech therapists, dieticians, radiology technologists, laboratory technologists, escort personnel, who accompany patients to and from tests or procedures that take place in other parts of the Hospital. Knowing as much as possible beforehand can help ease stress. 

International Patients Center 

The Inha University Hospital International Healthcare Center first opened its doors in 9.15.2009. The Inha University Hospital is recognized for its outstanding comprehensive services. Its medical, surgical, and emergency care services provide each patient with the highest possible level of care. Moreover, as a part of the Hospital's commitment to the total well-being of each patient, it offers range of specialized services, as well as special healthcare programs for neighboring communities. International patient care center at the Inha University Hospital is providing optimum medical services for international patients through the best medicine and state-of-the-art medical equipment. With breathtaking natural environments as well as the world’s best medical services harmonized with each other, the International Healthcare center is unceasingly making efforts for the healthy future of mankind all over the world. Also we understand that entering a hospital can be confusing and overwhelming for patients and the loved ones. That is why we place great importance on being a "family-centered hospital. Our staff is committed to provide outstanding and compassionate care to each and every one of our patients and is also sensitive and responsive to the issues facing their families. At the International Patient Center, our team takes great pride in providing highly personalized services.  

Why us? 

The Inha University Hospital is the leading state-of-the-art medical research and technology facility and makes its effort to improve public health. As a part of such effort, the Inha University Hospital is equipped with the most advanced medical instruments like Cyber Knife, PET-CT, the latest model in MRI, and MDCT. The Inha University Hospital started to use electronic medical records and Full PACS for the first time in Korea that enables us to discard System films and papers. Using advanced medical system we provide comfortable and accurate medical service to patients and at the same time conduct medical research to improve quality of medical service.  

No pain, No bleeding, 4-Dimensional Robotic Cyberknife Radiosurgery 

The Inha University Hospital is proud to be the first hospital in South Korea to install 4th generation and 4-dimensional Robotic Cyber Knife Radiosurgery system for the treatment of various cancers and benign lesions in the body and central nervous system, many of which have been diagnosed as inoperable, unresectable and oligo-metastatic disease. Cyber Knife radiosurgery system delivers hundreds of finely collimated radiation beam to the tumor and effectively eradicated tumor cells without pain, bleeding, and anesthesia. With Synchrony system installation, patients no longer have to hold their breath during a procedure because it simultaneously tracks both the movement of the tumor and breathing patterns of the patient and treatment complications are reduced. Furthermore, 4-dimensional planning system can provide more precise calculation of region of interest and normal organ radiation dose. The Cyber Knife, a robotic radiosurgery system, has many advantages such as zero recovery time, simple outpatient treatment process, extremely accurate radiation targeting, higher doses o radiation, minimal healthy damage to tissue, and immediate resumption of normal daily activities, compared to Gamma Knife radiosurgery as well as conventional radiation therapy such as tomotherapy and image guided radiation therapy. It allows physicians to provide a precise, targeted, painless therapy alternative to open surgery and also a treatment option for tumors that are otherwise untreatable. Cyber Knife will give patients new hope for the treatment of tumors and untreatable lesions with previous technology. 

The Third Generation Ultrasound Therapy for Cancer, HIFU 

By Robot Cyber knife and starting to operate HIFU, Inha University Hospital is emerged as the center of cancer treatment. The HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy system) is an epoch-making surgery-free procedure for treating cancer without surgery. Malignant tissues are burnt accurately by focusing a high-intensity ultrasound on the cancer tissues. This HIFU instrument selectively necrotizes cancerous tissues, referred to as the HIFU knife because the treated area looks as if the cancer has been cut out with a knife. The advantages of this treatment include the absence of scarring, bleeding or secondary infection, as the body is not incised and only ultrasound irradiation from the outside of the body is used. This technology has left numerous patients highly satisfied HIFU acquires popularity to USA, Europe, Japan and China these days, and the third generation HIFU is approved by the FDA.

The State-of-the-Art PET-CT for early diagnosis of cancer 

The department of nuclear medicine at the Inha University Hospital operates PET-CT (Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography). PET is an item of nuclear medicine equipment that can image our body ETMs metabolic state after administrating a radiopharmaceutical composed of a glucose analogue and a positron-emitting radioisotope. This examination detects the metabolic abnormalities that occur ahead of anatomical alterations in the process of disease progression. PET/CT is the latest imaging tool that can detect diseases earlier than other imaging modalities by combining the benefits of PET and CT. PET can detect abnormalities of the body’s metabolic activity, while CT can detect anatomic abnormalities. As such, PET/CT's great strengths have contributed to the simplification of the diagnosis process, the detection of cancer at an early stage, and the evaluation of distant metastasis, more accurate and faster tumor localization than PET, simultaneous diagnosis and the staging of cancer, and the direct application of test results to therapy. 

The Latest and Up-graded MRI 

As the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that is operated in Radiology at the Inha University Hospital is the latest one, it applied various imaging techniques that are not used before. It can detect brain disease at an early stage. Also, it applied ASSET and FIESTA techniques, it can be possible to examine abdomen quickly without holding breath. As the MRI with advanced techniques contributes to expanding diagnosis field and diagnosis at an early stage and provides direct treatments, we provide the highest level of medical treatment and convenience to patients. 

EMR (Electronic Medical Record system) 

In the past, medical record is written on paper, but EMR stored all the medical record electronically. It includes all documents that occurred by treatment of patients such as examination results, surgery record, basic information of patients and condition admission record etc. With EMR system, we manage the medical record electronically, and it can be possible to find patient’s information rapidly at once. 

PACS SYSTEM  

PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) stores, retrieves and distribute medical images electronically in digital, therefore there is no need for hard-copy based means of managing medical images, such as film archives. The advantages of PACS are that the patients do not need to take a picture when they are transferred from one hospital to another and also there is no possibility of losing the images. Besides, it can improve patient’s convenience and the quality of medical treatment by enabling the access of medical images remotely.  

Research-based Hospital 

The department of clinical trial was established in 1997 as an authorized clinical trial institute. It was reorganized and opened in 2006 as a center (INHA-CTC) with visions of being an advanced clinical trial center by maximizing the quality, ethics and efficiency of clinical trials. As INHA-CTC was designated for Regional Clinical Trial Center (RCTC) by the Korean Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs in 2008, the resources has been further upgraded to establish a state -of- the art research environment. By building up the advanced and specialized infrastructure, INHA-CTC will be one of the major clinical trial centers with international competitiveness in multinational clinical trials. Furthermore, we will make all efforts to accomplish the business model to create added values. In addition, the Inha University Hospital was designated for ‘Environmental Disease Research Center’ by the Ministry of Environment. For receiving government business order in succession the Inha University Hospital is distinguished in research field. As the Facility is the first university hospital at Incheon, we have performed as an excellent leader in education, research and medical care as well.

Specialized Care Centers 

• Health Promotion Center: you will not only have accurate diagnosis, but also experience ultimate comfort. 

• Airport Medical Center: doctors will provide 24-hours professional medical treatment in Incheon International Airport.

• Diabetes, Endocrinology & Obesity Center: specialists on Diabetes and obesity treat you scientifically and help to improve quality of your life. 

• Cyber Knife Center gives new hope for the treatment of tumors and benign lesions that previously have been diagnosed as inoperable or untreatable with existing technology. 

• Women’s Cancer Center: the most advanced medical equipment and the best physicians who are specialized in women cancer deliver high-quality and precise diagnosis and treatment. 

• Cancer & BMT center: the state-of-art practice orchestrated by experts in each department, which devote themselves to every kind of consultation in such a kind and friendly way, it is no wonder that all cancer patients feel the Cancer Center like a place of hope. 

• Digestive Disease Center performs the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of whole organs related with digestion. The excellent medical faculty tries to provide the best medical service to patients. 

• Cardiovascular Center combining clinical services for cardiovascular diseases functionally; the professional clinical team of the Center provides the best treatment to cardiovascular patients. 

• Emergency Medical Center: staffed and equipped with a highly competent medical team and a full clinical system for all patients to perform expedient diagnosis and treatment for 24 hours.