Radiology in Korea: What Is Happening?

摘要

Before Western medicine was introduced, medicine in Korea traditionally consisted of "Oriental medicine." Western medicinebegan to be introduced after the missionary physician, Horace Allen, established in 1885 the Kwang Hye Won, which is the predecessor of the current Severance Hospital. The first significant introduction of radiology in Korea was when the Japanese radiologist, Motoharu Suzuki, visited Korea and provided radiology education in 1921 and 1922. With the end of World War II and Korean independence in 1945, the Korean Radiological Society (KRS) was formed, with an initial membership of 40, including technicians. Although Korea experienced unprecedented tragedy during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953, the country then began to make rapid progress and the KRS also began to achieve remarkable development, culminating in its 2007 membership of 2,703 radiologists.