Hamchoon Women's Clinic

Infobox Company
name = Hamchoon Women's Clinic

type = General Partnership
slogan = "We help you to build hope"
foundation = 1992
location = Seoul, Republic of Korea
key_people = Kichul Kim, Co-founder and Chairman
Doyoung Hwang Full-partner and CTO
num_employees = 50 (2007)
industry = Health Care
products = Infertility
Genetic Testing
OB/GYN diagnosis
subsid = Genefer
homepage = [http://www.hamchoon.com/ www.hamchoon.com] |

Hamchoon Women's Clinic (함춘여성산부인과) is a specialized clinic for infertility, genetic testing, and general OB/GYN diagnosis. Although it provides OB/GYN diagnosis, it does not provide birthing cares (i.e. not delivering a baby). Hamchoon is especially renowned for genetic testing for disorders such as Down Syndrome. The clinic also has a separate laboratory dedicated to infertility, genetics, and medical technology.

The current chairman of Hamchoon Women's Clinic is Dr. KiChul Kim.

History

Hamchoon Women's Clinic was founded in 1992 as a partership hospital. The initial partners were Kichul Kim, Sohyun Park, and Eungi Min. In 1993, Doyoung Hwang (current CTO, 2007) joined the team. Hamchoon soon started to practice "Triple Marker", which was a genetic test for fetus. In 1997, Hamchoon established a laboratory dedicated to infertility, genetics, and medical technology. After a year from the establishment, the Hamchoon Laboratory announced the development of "HIT", a pre-birth diagnosis package. Hamchoon Women's Clinic and its laboratory moved to a new building in Seocho, Seoul. In 2005, the clinic was recognized from Ministry of Health and Welfare as a legal embryo research institution.

Organization

As of 2008, the partnership consists of Kichul Kim and Doyoung Hwang. Two of the initial partners, Sohyun Park and Eungi Min, left the partnership.

Hamchoon Women's Clinic currently have 7 doctors specialized in OB/GYN and infertility. In addition, the clinic has specialists for anesthetic and radiology.