KNU School of medicine

The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology operates at each of Kyungpook National University Hospital and Kyungpook National University Medical Center. We provide leading edge care for disorders of digestive system, liver, pancreas and biliary tree. Clinical care from group of specialists ensures comprehensive and innovative care to the patients in the region. Our missions are to provide best care to patients with GI and liver diseases and facilitate the development of patient care, education, and research programs in digestive, liver and pancreatobiliary disorders.
GI specialists are national and international leaders in the diagnosis and therapy of digestive tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon) and motility disorders. We provides state-of-art diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic services including upper and lower GI endoscopy, endoscopic mucosal resection and dissection, endoscopic esophageal dilation and stent placement, and endoscopic gastrostomy. In addition, faculties in the division of gastroenterology are committed to scientific research and clinical trials in the fields producing numerous literatures in distinguished journals.

Liver center is distinguished as one of the top liver centers in the nation. With close and mutual cooperative relationships with the division of surgery, radiology, and radiation oncology, we successfully provides best level of care to patients with viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. We participate in many national research consortia, clinical trials, and advisory committees with enormous activities in the field of hepatology. We produce numbers of publications balancing clinical practice and research.​

The clinical field of pancreas and biliary tree has been widening dramatically over past decades with development of imaging technology and interventional endoscopies. We perform hundreds of up-to-date procedures each year including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA), EUS-guided biopsy, ERCP, and stent replacement. We investigate new technologies in therapeutic endoscopy and proudly present scientific discoveries in international meetings each year. The division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology offers chances of training program in trainees hoping to advanced experts in the fields. The fellowship program is a two-year training course designed to provide both clinical experience and researches to become a leading gastroenterologists and hepatologists.​

Chairman:Chang Min Cho, MD, PhD
Sung Kook Kim, MD, PhD
Young Oh Kweon, MD, PhD
Won Young Tak, MD, PhD
Seong Woo Jeon, MD, PhD
Min Kyu Jung, MD, PhD
Soo Young Park, MD, PhD
Hyun Seok Lee, MD​, PhD
Eun Soo Kim, MD​, PhD
Sae Young Jang, MD​, PhD