Dept. of Internal Medicine VI (Nephro-Endocrine system)

Our department specializes in Nephrology, Urology, Endocrinology, Andrology and Geriatrics of Western Medicine, and has been executing studies and providing medical treatment. We deal with diabetes, impotence, edema, thyroid, prostate and senile diseases, etc. Specialized Clinics

1) Edema Clinic

The focus of this clinic is patients with the partial or general edema. Edema can result from a multitude of diseases from renal, endocrine, hepatic, pulmonary system. Therefore a thorough evaluation using both eastern and western medicines is needed. At our clinic we treat patients according to their specific causes using herbal medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion.

2) Thyroid Clinic

We evaluate patients with hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, chronic thyroditis, goiter and etc by thyroid hormone test, thyroid ultrasonography and traditional korean diagnostic methods. We utilize traditional Korean herbal remedy with acupuncture to normalize laboratory results and alleviate the patient's symptoms.

3) Diabetes Clinic

Diabetes is a variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by inadequate secretion or utilization of insulin. At the diabetes clinic we treat a variety of diabetes patients ranging from patients already diagnosed with diabetes but seeking alternative therapy, or undiagnosed, untreated hyperglycemia patients not wanting to start standard insulin therapy, or diabetes patients wanting to change from insulin therapy to oral drug. We also help patients cope with chronic complications of diabetes such as diabetic nephropathy, neuropathy and etc.

4) Prostate Clinic.

At the prostate clinic we treat a variety of prostate disease, including prostatitis, benign prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer. We integrate acupuncture, moxibustion, relaxation therapy, physiotherapy into a whole new holistic medicine. We are achieving excellent results with our new treatment program which was recently acknowledged by UROLOGY, a world famous medical journal.

Kyung Hee Medical Center¡¯s Department of Anesthesia and Pain medicine conducts anesthesia for safe surgery of the operation patients and treats the patients who suffer from painful diseases. It was established upon the opening of Kyung Hee Medical Center and currently consists of 40 medical staff including professors, residents, and nurses. Department of Anesthesia and Pain medicine provides solution to the risk factors in surgery operations by identifying the patients in medical aspect prior to the surgery and controls the status of patients at the highest level by coping with the changes occurred during the surgery due to the operation as well as other factors. The department also provides sustainable monitoring of the patient status after the operation until the patient recovers from the anesthesia in the recovery room. It operates not only the anesthesia for surgeries but also with the pain treatment clinic to diagnose the painful diseases caused by various reasons and treat many patients who suffer from painful diseases by using pharmacotherapy, physical therapy and nerve block. Besides such medical treatments, the department trains and cultivates human resources, and is dedicated to the study on more effective and stable anesthesia, test and development of new apparatus, and development of better pain treatments.