Yonsei Institute
for Global Health

Severance International Fellowship (SIF) is open to foreign physicians, dentists, nurses, medical technicians, or hospital administrators who wish to experience clinical care, operative procedures, and participate in research activities at Severance Hospital(Sinchon) Seoul, Korea. This program builds on the hospital’s long legacy and mission to educate future clinical leaders in healthcare and ultimately reducing health inequalities in the global society.

1. All foreign trainees have to be eligible to enter Korea without violating Article 11(Prohibition, etc. of Entry) of the Immigration Act of the Republic of Korea.
   
   
2. All foreign trainees have to be enough fluent in English or Korean to participate in the training. Trainees have to be not only able to do daily conversation, but also have to understand and be able to listen, read, write, and speak about their professional specialty area in English or Korean. Severance Academy might request official proof of the trainee's language proficiency if necessary. Interpretations are NOT available.
   
   
3. All foreign trainees have to be registered as trainees in Severance Academy, mainly by applying online at this homepage. (Email applications are not recommended.)
   
   
4. All foreign trainees have to submit a immunization form that asks for proof of vaccination or antibody test results for specific diseases designated by Severance Hospital. Please download the form here.

The External Eye and Cornea fellowship offers opportunities of outpatient observations and surgery observations including Penetrating keratoplasty, DSEK, Amniotic membrane transplantation, Conjunctival flap, Conjunctival autograft, Conventional cataract surgery, Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery, Multifocal IOL, Toric IOL, Refractive surgery (LASIK, LASEK, SMILE, ICL), Cornea cross-linking, etc., and the weekly lab meeting. 

If willing to, international fellows may also participate in the basic lab meetings and the laboratory doing research on mouse sensory organ phenotype, ocular immunity and inflammation, development of treatment for dry eye syndrome, and physiology of corneal endothelial cells.