About the Department of Adult and Pediatric Radiology at Samsung Medical Center Seoul
The Department of Radiology at the Samsung Medical Center offers the full range of services in this field. The main task of the department is diagnosis and treatment with the help of ionizing radiation. The department is equipped with advanced CT, MRI devices, X-ray systems, which, combined with extensive practical experience and competent knowledge of the department's physicians, contribute to high-precision diagnosis and effective treatment. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med.
Lee Kyung Soo.
The service range of the department includes:
- Diagnosis and treatment of thoracic diseases
- Lung cancer
- Lung diseases
- Mediastinal diseases
- Transcutaneous image-guided lung biopsy
- Other services
- Neuroimaging (head and neck imaging)
- Embolization (for example, in cerebral aneurysm)
- Carotid artery stenting
- Other services
- Diagnosis and treatment of abdominal diseases
- 3D imaging techniques
- Radiofrequency thermal ablation for the treatment of liver cancer
- Cryotherapy for the treatment of liver cancer
- Other services
- Pediatric radiology (imaging procedures in children with minimal radiation)
- Diagnosis and treatment of urologic diseases
- Kidney diseases
- Adrenal diseases
- Ureter diseases
- Bladder diseases
- Prostate diseases
- Urethral diseases
- Penile disorders
- Scrotal diseases
- Epididymis disorders
- Diseases of the retroperitoneal organs
- Other diseases
- Diagnosis and treatment of breast, thyroid diseases
- Diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
- Arrhythmia
- Myocardial infarction
- Cardiomyopathy
- Other pathologies
- Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system
- Interventional radiology
- Emergency care
- Other medical services
Curriculum vitae
- Study of Medicine at the Seoul National University.
- Fellowship at the Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center in association with the University of British Columbia, Canada.
- Residency at the Seoul National University Hospital.
- Internship at the Seoul National University Hospital.
Clinical and Research Interests
- Thoracic imaging.
Membership in the Academic Societies
- Member of the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society and the Society of Thoracic Radiology.
- Honorary Member of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging.
- President of the Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology and the Asian Society of Thoracic Radiology.
- Editor-in-chief of the Korean Journal of Radiology.
- Assistant Editor of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
- Editorial Board of the Journal of Thoracic Imaging.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Samsung Medical Center