About

Twelve years building trust.
Twenty-four years inside healthcare.

Medical Korea Service was founded to do one thing well — match international patients with Korea's most trusted specialists, quietly.

The Founder

James Kim · Founder 🇸🇬 · 🇰🇷

James Kim

Founder & CEO, Medical Korea Service

Years in
Healthcare

12+12

Pharma +
Med Tourism

122

Verified
Specialists

40+

Partner
Clinics

James Kim spent 24 years inside Korean healthcare — 12 years at multinational pharma (Novartis Oncology, Allergan Aesthetic) and 12 years guiding international patients to Korea.

Not as a marketer. He trained physicians, structured medical education, and built genuine trust with Korea's leading aesthetic and plastic surgery practices.

That access does not appear on Google. It only travels through introduction.

Novartis (Switzerland) — Oncology Division
Allergan (USA) — Aesthetic Division (Botox & Filler manufacturer)
Founder & CEO, Medical Korea Service (2015–present)
Licensed International Patient Facilitator — A-2014-01-01-1414
Issued by the Mayor of Seoul
Publishes The Medical Governance Report on LinkedIn

"He doesn't sell surgery. He decides who should have it."

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In the Field

Time spent where it matters.

James spends much of his time inside clinics — meeting specialists, inspecting facilities, witnessing how trust is built.

Specialist verification visit

Hospital inspection, Gangnam

James speaking at Travel Tech Conference in Singapore

Speech at Travel Tech Conference, Singapore

James presenting at Korea Tourism Organization Cultural Festival, Singapore

Lecture at Korea Tourism Organization, Singapore

Medical Tourism Expo with Team

Hospital FAM tour with Seoul Medical Tourism Partners

The Company

Licensed. Insured. Government-endorsed.

Medical Korea Service Co., Ltd.

Founded: 2014

HQ: 4F, 8 Teheran-ro 2-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Regional Office: Singapore

Business Registration: 745-87-00012

Licensing & Insurance

Foreign Patient Facilitator License: A-2014-01-01-1414

Issued by: Mayor of Seoul

Travel Business Bond Insurance: KRW 65,000,000

All certificates available for download in the footer.

Discretion First

Privacy You Can Trust.

Your decision is yours. What happens in Korea, stays in Korea — and is written into every contract.

Contractual privacy with every hospital.

Before we send any patient to a facility, the hospital signs our patient information protection clause. This is not their standard contract — it is ours.

No public testimonials without your explicit consent.

Your name, your story, and your photos remain private unless you decide otherwise — in writing.

Encrypted communication.

WhatsApp Business with end-to-end encryption. Internal records on access-controlled systems. No customer data shared with third-party advertisers.

VIP coordination.

From airport to hospital to hotel, you are guided by someone who knows your name — not a generic concierge.

In a market built on visibility, your invisibility is the rarest service.

James's Letter

A private correspondence,
twice a month.

Notes from inside Korea — what we are seeing, what we are learning, what we wish every thoughtful patient knew. Read by 1,200+ readers.

Or, chat on WhatsApp →

Twelve years building trust.Twenty-four years inside healthcare.