History
Severance Hospital
began in 1885 in Gwanghyewon,
Korea's first Western-style hospital founded
by American missionary Allen,
and
changed
its name to Jejungwon and grew into a practical
medical institution.
Severance Hospital is the birthplace of Western medicine in our country. the most
brilliant modern
medical history of our country.
We took the page, not just from Severance Hospital, but from the path of the evolution of our
medical science, it's a combination of ethnic hardship and breathing.
It was the Severance Hospital." (Kim Doo-jong, "Korean Medicine," page 486).
![sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history1.jpg)
![1885 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history2.jpg)
1885. 04
Founded the first modern hospital in Korea by Dr. H. N. Allen from the North Presbyterian Church in the United States (濟衆院, House of Universal Helpfulness)
![1904 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history3.jpg)
1904. 09
Constructed a new hospital with a donation of Mr. Severance, renamed Severance Hospital
![1957 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history4.jpg)
1957. 01
Yonhee University and Severance Medical School are fully integrated into Yonsei University
![1983 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history5.jpg)
1983. 04
Gangnam Severance Hospital and Yongin Severance Hospital opened
![2005 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history6.jpg)
2005. 05
Dedication of Severance New Hospital
![2007 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history7.jpg)
2007. 05
Korea's first international medical institution evaluation committee (JCI) certification
![2014 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history8.jpg)
2014. 04
Yonsei Cancer Hospital opened, the world's best cancer hospital
![2018 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history9.jpg)
2018. 06
Achieved 20,000 robotic surgery for the first time in the world.
![2020 sevrance history image](/_res/yuhs/yuhs-en/img/about/img-history10.jpg)
2020. 06
Selected as one of the world's top three scientific journals, “Nature,” and ranked first in Korea as a research-oriented hospital in the field of cancer