Health Screening
Planning a Medical Trip to Korea: The Practical Guide
Entry rules, how many days each procedure actually needs, what to bring, how to pay, and what happens if something goes wrong after you fly home.
October 3, 20269 min read
Dr. Jongseok Park
Founder, Curo
Eye Surgery & LASIKDermatology & SkinDental CareHealth Screening
Dr. Jongseok Park is the founder of Curo and a board-certified psychiatrist with 17 years of clinical experience across Korea's leading academic hospitals — including Severance Hospital (Yonsei University Health System) and Seoul National University Hospital, where he served as a clinical instructor. He built Curo so patients abroad receive the same honest guidance he gives his own patients: a doctor deciding which hospital fits each case, at the clinic's own price with no foreigner markup — not a commission-driven referral. He reviews Curo's guides for accuracy, and emphasizes that they are educational and never a substitute for personal medical advice from a treating physician.
Articles by Dr. Jongseok Park
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