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INAUGURAL ISSUE
Dean’s Welcome Message
A landmark moment for SNU College of Medicine as we launch our first international magazine, reflecting our commitment to global engagement, cutting-edge research, and the next generation of physician-scientists.
INAUGURAL ISSUE
Congratulatory Remarks
From Seoul National University College of Medicine Alumni Association of North America
Global Community
Connected Across Continents
GLOBAL NETWORK · INAUGURAL COLUMN
Introducing SNU Medicine’s
International Platform
When Dr. Jong-wook Lee — a graduate of Seoul National University College of Medicine — rose to become Director-General of the World Health Organization in 2003, it was not an accident of fate.
STUDENT'S VOICE
Interview with Shreeya Wasunkar, PhD candidate
Interview with Shreeya Wasunkar,
PhD candidate
Research Highlight
SPRING 2026 · SELECTED PAPERS
RESEARCH · OVERVIEW
The Engines of Discovery
Seoul National University College of Medicine does not merely train physicians.
RESEARCH
Fractional Flow Reserve or Intravascular Ultrasonograph y to Guide PCI, N Engl J Med. 2022;387(9):779
SNU Medicine Leads Landmark FLAVOUR Trial Published in NEJM, Redefining Coronary Intervention Guidelines
SNU Medicine Leads Landmark FLAVOUR Trial Published in NEJM, Redefining Coronary Intervention Guidelines
RESEARCH
GLP-1 increases preingestive satiation via hypothalamic circuits in mice and humans, Science. 2024;385(6707):438
Decoding the Anticipatory Brake: SNU Researchers Reveal How GLP-1 Agonists Wire the Brain for Satiation
GLP-1 increases preingestive satiation via hypothalamic circuits in mice and humans, Science. 2024;385(6707):438
RESEARCH
AI-Driven MLH1 Small Binders for Enhanced Prime Editing Efficiency, Cell 2025;188(21):5831
SNU Medicine Researchers Harness AI to Revolutionize Prime Editing Efficiency
AI-Driven MLH1 Small Binders for Enhanced Prime Editing Efficiency, Cell 2025;188(21):5831
Campus News
WHAT'S NEW AT SNU MEDICINE
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH &
UNIFICATION STUDIES
Medicine Across the Divide: SNU’s Unification Health Centre Looks North — and Forward img
A flagship public lecture series and a landmark new textbook signal renewed momentum in Korean inter-Korean health research.
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
26 Years and Counting: SNUH Retains Korea’s Top Hospital Brand Ranking
The Korea Brand Power Index result reflects more than reputation — it reflects a hospital in active transformation.
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
How AI Is Transforming
Medicine at SNUH
Two separate initiatives — a sovereign medical LLM built with Naver, and a pair of open-source specialist models developed in-house — show how SNUH is building AI into the fabric of clinical care.
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
3,000 Liver Transplants:
SNUH Marks a Milestone
Thirty-Eight Years
in the Making
From Korea’s first liver transplant in 1988 to its 3,000th case in January 2026 – a history of surgical innovation, and the patients who made it necessary.
Medicine is not merely a science — it is the art of seeing the
person behind the patient, and the world within the cell.
· INAUGURAL ISSUE, SPRING 2026
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