Min Hospital recently announced that it hosted a bariatric and metabolic surgery observation program for surgeons from Saudi Arabia and China, sharing its patient safety–centered surgical system and accumulated clinical experience.
According to the hospital, the visiting delegation recently visited Min Hospital located in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul. The program was organized to build a global medical education network and to share the hospital’s clinical expertise in bariatric and metabolic surgery with international physicians. The hospital has been actively working to standardize bariatric and metabolic surgical techniques with a strong emphasis on patient safety both domestically and internationally.
During the visit, the delegation observed a Single Anastomosis Sleeve Ileal Bypass (SASI) procedure performed by Hospital Director Kim Jong-min. The visiting surgeons were able to observe the entire clinical process in real time, from the strict preoperative patient evaluation to the structured surgical procedure and complication prevention strategies. Through this process, they learned Min Hospital’s advanced surgical techniques and clinical know-how. The delegation reportedly showed strong interest in the surgical design focused on patient safety as well as the hospital’s systematic postoperative recovery management system.
Min Hospital has previously been recognized for introducing the sleeve–ileal bypass procedure in Korea and has been designated both as a Johnson & Johnson MedTech “M.A.S.T.E.R. Institute” and a certified bariatric and metabolic surgery center by the Korean Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Based on this recognition, the hospital currently operates specialized training programs in bariatric and metabolic surgery for both 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 evaluation, surgery, postoperative follow-up, and nutritional and lifestyle management. With clinical experience of more than 1,500 cases of diabetes and bariatric metabolic surgery, the hospital performs customized surgical treatments tailored to each patient’s body type, diabetes type, and pancreatic function.
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, including duodenal bypass, proximal jejunal bypass, and sleeve–ileal bypass. He added that one of the hospital’s key strengths is 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.