Seoul Asan Medical Center, Ranked 4th Worldwide and 1st in Korea in Endocrinology by US Weekly Magazine

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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] Seoul Asan Medical Center, under the Asan Social Welfare Foundation, announced on the 14th that its departments of Endocrinology, Oncology, and Cardiology were each selected as the top hospitals in South Korea in the '2021 World's Best Hospitals by Clinical Specialty' evaluation conducted by the U.S. news weekly Newsweek.

This evaluation was conducted by Newsweek and the global research firm Statista, targeting medical institutions in 21 countries worldwide. Recommendations were gathered from 40,000 medical referees, and the first round focused on three clinical specialties. The hospital's Endocrinology department ranked 4th globally, while the Oncology department was ranked 7th worldwide. The Cardiology department was ranked 36th globally, making it the only domestic hospital to be listed within the 'World's Best Top 50,' according to the hospital. Earlier this year, Seoul Asan Medical Center was also ranked first domestically in the comprehensive ranking of the world's top 100 hospitals announced by the same weekly magazine.

The top hospitals worldwide in Endocrinology were the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School in that order. The world’s number one in Oncology was the MD Anderson Cancer Center, followed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Mayo Clinic. In Cardiology, the ranking was Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard University, and New York Mount Sinai Hospital.

Newsweek and Statista score the evaluations based on 60% recommendation scores and 40% ranking scores. The recommendation scores reflect the results of an online survey involving over 40,000 healthcare professionals including doctors, health experts, and hospital administrators from 21 countries including South Korea, while the ranking scores reflect hospital ranking evaluations by experts in each field.

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