Min Hospital (Director Kim Jong-min) recently announced that it hosted an international medical delegation composed of surgeons from Saudi Arabia and China for a bariatric and metabolic surgery observation program.
According to the hospital, the visiting team of surgeons recently visited its main facility located in Mia-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul. The program was organized as part of Min Hospital’s efforts to build a global medical education network and to share the clinical expertise it has accumulated in bariatric and metabolic surgery with international physicians. The visit also reflects the hospital’s ongoing efforts to standardize surgical techniques with a strong emphasis on patient safety.
During the program, the visiting surgeons directly observed a Single Anastomosis Sleeve Ileal Bypass (SASI) procedure performed by Hospital Director Kim Jong-min. The delegation followed the entire clinical process in real time, from the strict preoperative patient evaluation stage to the structured surgical procedures and strategies for preventing complications. The visitors reportedly showed strong interest in the hospital’s surgical design centered on patient safety as well as its systematic postoperative recovery management program.
Min Hospital has previously been recognized for its pioneering work in the field, including being among the first institutions in Korea to introduce the sleeve–ileal bypass procedure. The hospital has also been designated as a Johnson & Johnson MedTech “M.A.S.T.E.R. Institute” and certified by the Korean Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as a bariatric and metabolic surgery accreditation center. Through these recognitions, the hospital currently operates specialized training programs for domestic and international medical professionals.
In addition, Min Hospital has established a patient-centered care system in which endocrine surgeons directly oversee the entire treatment process, including consultation, diagnostic testing, surgery, postoperative follow-up, and nutritional and lifestyle management. Based on clinical experience of more than 1,500 cases of diabetes and bariatric metabolic surgery, the hospital provides customized surgical treatment tailored to each patient’s body type, type of diabetes, and pancreatic function status.
Hospital Director Kim Jong-min stated that Min Hospital, as a specialized center for metabolic surgery for diabetes, performs not only sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass but also a variety of sleeve-based bypass procedures such as duodenal bypass, proximal jejunal bypass, and sleeve–ileal bypass. He added that the hospital’s strength lies in selecting the most appropriate surgical method from five different procedures based on factors such as the patient’s BMI, duration of diabetes, and pancreatic function, thereby maximizing treatment effectiveness while reducing the risk of recurrence.