Expat South Koreans are traveling back to their homeland for the best in obesity surgery at affordable prices in state of the art, high-tech and accredited facilities in Seoul, South Korea.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in Colorado, has been watching a growing trend in Asian Americans opting for healthcare in Asia, taking advantage of lower costs, state of the art and high-tech equipment, facilities and training without the long waits and astronomical cost of the same surgeries and procedures as found in the United States.

"The emphasis is on obesity surgery with expat South Koreans traveling back from the United States to Korea," says Pramod Goel, CEO of PlacidWay.  "Education and access to information regarding weight loss and obesity facilities and clinics in Southeast Asia offer Asian Americans the opportunity to receive excellent, experienced and affordable healthcare in their native homelands."

Obesity Treatment In South Korea

One such facility, South Korea's 365mc's Obesity Clinic offers a wealth of weight loss programs and procedures and is considered the best obesity clinic in Korea. From body shaping to liposuction to dietetic therapy, aesthetic surgeries and body contouring, 365mc's Obesity Clinic was the first to offer treatments, education and procedures for a multitude of weight loss and obesity surgical needs in Southeast Asia.

The 365 mc's Obesity Clinic offers a well rounded approach to weight loss treatments and procedures, not only offering medical procedures, but advanced counseling services and treatments including behavior modification therapy, dietetic therapy, drug therapy, machine therapy and injection therapies to help individuals reach and maintain their weight loss goals.

With over 20 specialists, 150 employees, and 13 branches throughout Korea and one located in Beijing, China, 365 mc's Obesity Clinic offers one of the world's largest obesity clinics with advanced facilities and equipment.
South Korea's 365mc's Obesity Clinic also offers a Bariatric Surgery Center, offering gastric sleeve procedures, gastric bypass, morbid obesity operations, adjustable gastric band, Roux-en-Y and weight loss surgical procedures that caters to the needs of individual clients.

Global Expertise In Bariatric Surgery

Says Dr. Minyoung Cho, MD, Ph.D., a successful bariatric surgeon in Korea who spent two years undergoing training in the United States at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, and is also a fulltime faculty member of the School Of Medicine at the Korea University in Seoul, "Our confidence of delivering great results and satisfaction to our customers lie completely with our knowledgeable staff." Dr. Cho also completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the Mount Sinai Schools Of Medicine in New York City, and was also invited to be a Fellow of Gastric Surgery of Yokohama City University in Japan. Upon his return to South Korea, Dr. Cho set up his bariatric surgery center in 2003, with a major emphasis on surgical treatment of patients with gastric cancer, but offers a variety of obesity treatments in his nationwide network, focusing on laparoscopic approaches to bariatric care that also include fitness and dietitian and nutritional support and education.f

Benefits For Expats

The focus of the 365 mc's Bariatric Surgery Center is to, "provide a center of excellence for the treatments of morbid obesity. We can provide a language assistance and accommodations for convenient medical travel." The 365 Obesity Clinics have treated in excess of 100,000 obese patients for weight loss and body sculpturing treatments and procedures since 2003 and continue a commitment to provide affordable weight loss and obesity surgical procedures such as adjustable gastric band, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass route Roux-en-Y and other bariatric surgical techniques and procedures to help patients meet their weight loss goals.

International patients seeking lower gastroplasty costs, gastroplasty procedures or gastroplasty reversal come to South Korea's 365 mc's Bariatric Surgery Center, which offers the best in bariatric surgery financing, lower bariatric surgery risks, and a multitude of choices when it comes to weight loss and obesity surgical procedures.

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