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A Testimonial from Dr. Dinh Manh Hai in Vietnam

No.3085 Date2011-10-05 Hit 27155

The International Operations Team of Hallym University Medical Center interviewed Dr. Dinh Manh Hai about his fellowship at Hallym. Dr. Hai is a spine surgeon at the Viet-Duc Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. He got a training at Dr. Seok Woo Kim’s team in the Spine Center, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital for six months from March 2011 to August 2011.

Q1) How did you join the Fellowship Program at Hallym University Medical Center, and get to know your mentor at Hallym?
A) I have known that Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital is very famous in Spinal surgery from my colleague. And I really wanted to join the Spine Fellowship Program because of Prof. Seok Woo Kim, one of the best spine surgeons and teachers also.

Q2) Main purposes and the field of your fellowship training
A) Learning the academy knowledge, join research activities and upgrade my surgical skills in Spine (specially Cervical spine).

Q3) Were you satisfied with medical expertise and communication skills of the Hallym faculty?
A) Yes, I was very impressed and satisfied.

Q4) How have you / are your going to put your training experience at Hallym back to your career at your institution?
A) I will surely use all of my experiences to help my patients and my fellows in Vietnam.

Q5) Throughout your training at Hallym, have you found its strengths which would be attractive for potential patients from your country?
A) Yes, I strongly believe the medical technique of Hallym will definitely attract foreign patients.

Q6) Based on your experience at Hallym which has been in hot pursuit of globalization, please give us your thoughtful advice for our endeavors.
A) I hope Hallym website (http://eng.hallym.or.kr/) will have more detail information for foreign people to find out what they want to know from outside Korea.

Q7) Other Comments:
A) Thank you all at spine center very much for giving me an opportunity to take a first-hand look at the surgical skills of Hallym experts.

By Jong Hun Im, Int’l Operations Team, HUMC (imjonghun@hallym.or.kr)