Yonsei Medical Center to Expand Korea Medical Robot Center...6 billion won spent for 5 years
Mar 12, 2025
Yonsei Medical Center opens the Korea Medical Robot Center and accelerates the promotion of the Korean medical robot industry.
The opening ceremony of the Korea Medical Robot Center (KMRC) held at the Ebison Life Research Center (ABMRC) at Yonsei Medical Center on the 11th was attended by Lee Seong, head of the Korea Medical Robot Center (Severance Hospital), Cho Sung-wook, head of Gangnam Severance Hospital, Shin Shin Shin-soo, head of the Medical Life Research Institute, Oh Chang-hyun, head of the Health Industry Promotion Department of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Hong Hun-woo, director of the Korea Health Industry Promotion Agency.
Yonsei Medical Center was recently selected as a two-stage domestic medical device education and training support center (hospital type) project organized by the Health Industry Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The domestic medical device education and training support center project aims to expand medical staff's experience in using domestic medical devices by establishing medical device education and training infrastructure, and to verify and improve the performance of domestic products and promote their use, with a total project cost of 6 billion won for five years from this year.
Yonsei Medical Center, which has been selected for the first phase of the domestic medical device education and training support center project in 2020 and has operated the Korea Surgical Robot Education and Training Center for the first time in Korea, has been striving to develop domestic surgical robots, educate medical staff, and expand the distribution of domestic medical devices for the past five years.
Education and training, which started with two surgical robots of two Korean robot companies in the early stages of the business, has now expanded to a total of eight fields, including spine, brain, artificial joint, and cardiovascular. User evaluation of medical devices such as product evaluation and hands-on also achieved about 200, achieving excellent results compared to business planning.
In particular, Yonsei Medical Center is the only one of the domestic medical device education and training support centers currently operated in four locations that provides one-stop education for non-clinical practice using this model and animal and cardeva as well as observation.
Based on these strengths, education and training were provided to about 800 domestic and foreign medical staff during the first phase of the project. In addition, it has achieved a ripple effect of distributing more than 130 domestic medical robots to global markets such as the U.S., Germany, and Indonesia beyond Korea by improving product performance and awareness of domestic products and supporting purchase linkage.
With the start of the second phase of the project, Yonsei Medical Center will expand the scope of support by opening the existing Korea Surgical Robot Education and Training Center (KSRTC) to the Korea Medical Robot Center. It plans to establish a more comprehensive support system by expanding education and training not only for surgical robots but also for artificial intelligence-based medical devices and rehabilitation medical robots.
In particular, it will strengthen the professionalism of medical staff and contribute to enhancing the global competitiveness of the domestic medical robot industry by providing advanced education and training in the field of advanced medical robots, such as operating overseas business travel centers and supporting technical practice in connection with medical associations.
Lee Seong, head of the Korea Medical Robot Center, said, `We will not settle for the first phase of the project, but will contribute to the development of the national medical robot industry by promoting the excellence of domestic products through comprehensive support for domestic medical robots and training of medical devices.'
Oh Chang-hyun, director of the Health Industry Promotion Division of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said "We expect the re-election of Yonsei Medical Center to further revitalize professional education in the field of medical robots, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare will continue to provide support to expand clinical use of domestic medical devices and strengthen global competitiveness." he said.
The opening ceremony of the Korea Medical Robot Center (KMRC) held at the Ebison Life Research Center (ABMRC) at Yonsei Medical Center on the 11th was attended by Lee Seong, head of the Korea Medical Robot Center (Severance Hospital), Cho Sung-wook, head of Gangnam Severance Hospital, Shin Shin Shin-soo, head of the Medical Life Research Institute, Oh Chang-hyun, head of the Health Industry Promotion Department of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Hong Hun-woo, director of the Korea Health Industry Promotion Agency.
Yonsei Medical Center was recently selected as a two-stage domestic medical device education and training support center (hospital type) project organized by the Health Industry Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The domestic medical device education and training support center project aims to expand medical staff's experience in using domestic medical devices by establishing medical device education and training infrastructure, and to verify and improve the performance of domestic products and promote their use, with a total project cost of 6 billion won for five years from this year.
Yonsei Medical Center, which has been selected for the first phase of the domestic medical device education and training support center project in 2020 and has operated the Korea Surgical Robot Education and Training Center for the first time in Korea, has been striving to develop domestic surgical robots, educate medical staff, and expand the distribution of domestic medical devices for the past five years.
Education and training, which started with two surgical robots of two Korean robot companies in the early stages of the business, has now expanded to a total of eight fields, including spine, brain, artificial joint, and cardiovascular. User evaluation of medical devices such as product evaluation and hands-on also achieved about 200, achieving excellent results compared to business planning.
In particular, Yonsei Medical Center is the only one of the domestic medical device education and training support centers currently operated in four locations that provides one-stop education for non-clinical practice using this model and animal and cardeva as well as observation.
Based on these strengths, education and training were provided to about 800 domestic and foreign medical staff during the first phase of the project. In addition, it has achieved a ripple effect of distributing more than 130 domestic medical robots to global markets such as the U.S., Germany, and Indonesia beyond Korea by improving product performance and awareness of domestic products and supporting purchase linkage.
With the start of the second phase of the project, Yonsei Medical Center will expand the scope of support by opening the existing Korea Surgical Robot Education and Training Center (KSRTC) to the Korea Medical Robot Center. It plans to establish a more comprehensive support system by expanding education and training not only for surgical robots but also for artificial intelligence-based medical devices and rehabilitation medical robots.
In particular, it will strengthen the professionalism of medical staff and contribute to enhancing the global competitiveness of the domestic medical robot industry by providing advanced education and training in the field of advanced medical robots, such as operating overseas business travel centers and supporting technical practice in connection with medical associations.
Lee Seong, head of the Korea Medical Robot Center, said, `We will not settle for the first phase of the project, but will contribute to the development of the national medical robot industry by promoting the excellence of domestic products through comprehensive support for domestic medical robots and training of medical devices.'
Oh Chang-hyun, director of the Health Industry Promotion Division of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said "We expect the re-election of Yonsei Medical Center to further revitalize professional education in the field of medical robots, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare will continue to provide support to expand clinical use of domestic medical devices and strengthen global competitiveness." he said.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
