Family Medicine is a medical field that provides total personal care to patients and their families for health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention, communication of health information, patient education, medical diagnosis, adn treatment and control of acute or chronic diseases. Family Medicine also serves as a gateway to the medical service system for patients. Its goal is to provide continuous care for patients whether they are healthy or ill, comprehensive care without overemphasizing any one medical specialty, and individualized care that offers the most appropriate care for the individual patient's situation.

In particular, it emphasizes health promotion through smoking cessation, obesity control, regular exercise, diet modification, and stress management, as well as preventing infections with vaccinations, prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension with periodic medical examinations, and detection and treatment of early stage cancers.

In the Health Promotion Clinic, we provide an individualized health-risk factor evaluation prior to the onset of disease and educate each person on how to control their risks so that they can prevent disease and maintain their best health status. Health risk factors can cause disease by themselves, aggravate underlying diseases, and interfere with treatment. The HPC is especially helpful for those who have multiple health-risk factors and need health consultation and behavior modification. We have specialized clinics for "correctable" risk factors such as smoking, stress, and obesity. One session is composed of four visits and sometimes, in order to eliminate one's risk factors and promote health, sessions may be repeated several times.

We provide cancer-screening program. Early detection of most cancers is one of the most important factors in curing cancer. It is also helpful for those who have fears about cancer, or who have a family member(s) with cancer. The cancer-screening program covers the lungs, stomach, colon, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, thyroid, and prostate. Gastrofibroscopy can be done under sedation if required.

This program started recently. It is a total reformation program of mind and body to become healthier. From participating in this program, you can live for more than 100 years by eliminating problems such as smoking, obesity, excessive drinking, lack of exercise, dependency on medication, and anxiety, which mind that may be hazards to your health. After participating in the 6month reformation program, your can fix your problems. If you continue new habits and life style longer, we expect you to live actively for more than 100 years

We help those who are willing but have not been able to quit smoking. After analyzing the reasons for smoking, we primarily utilize behavior modification and some medication to decrease nicotine withdrawal symptoms. We will help you to give up smoking.

Obesity is excess body fat, usually defined as greater than 20% of your ideal body weight. Obesity causes hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, and degenerative joint disease. Beyond these, obesity itself can decrease one's lifespan and quality of life. In the Obesity Clinic, we assess global health-risk factors, analyze dietary habits and lifestyle factors, and treat obesity with medically safe and reasonable methods such as nutrition counseling, exercise therapy, behavior therapy, and medication.

Do you know that stress is a known cause of all illnesses? Stress has been identified as one of the most common 'diseases' that threatens our health. Don't suffer by yourself. Get but get help from professionals specializing in stress management. For each individual, we accurately assess the severity & major causes of stress, and treat associated chronic illnesses such as headache, dyspepsia, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and insomnia. We also help you handle your stressors in the future with our special methods. Overcome your stress and live an energetic and healthy life!!!

The Telemedicine Center is designed to provide medical consultation to those who cannot visit the hospital such as the elderly who live in nursing homes, and disabled people who live or work in a place where one cannot otherwise receive medical service. Currently, we practice telemedicine at the Korea Telecom Medical Office and Seoul National University Healthcare Center. We will soon expand into private homes, Through devices attached to a computer such as a stethoscope, tonometer, and otoscope, etc, we can examine remote patients. We can also remotely check certain laboratory tests such as ECG, PFT, blood test, and urine test. After examination and assessment, a prescription and education material are relayed to the patient. Appointments and payment for services are done remotely and medical care in person may be arranged as the need arises in connection with the Seoul National University Hospital Family Medicine Out-patient Department and Health Promotion Clinic.

Medical consultation for common medical problems
Diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses such as the common cold
Diagnosis and treatment of chronic degenerative diseases