Milestones
The Proud 47 Years of Trust and Love
1970s
- 1971 (Dec. 18)
- Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital founded
- 1975 (Feb. 20)
- Sacred Heart Charity Hospital opened with 100 beds, providing free medical services for low-income family
- 1977 (Jan. 1)
- Seoul Dongsan Hospital with 250 beds integrated into HUMC
- 1977 (Jan. 30)
- Mariana Medical Center, Guam opened and operated on consignment
1980s
- 1980 (Jan. 11)
- Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital established
- 1981 (Dec. 9)
- Shinlim Welfare Center founded
- 1982 (Jan. 8)
- Hallym College opened by Ilsong Educational Foundation
- 1982 (Dec. 30)
- Chuncheon Junior Nursing College integrated into Foundation
- 1984 (Dec. 10)
- Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital founded
- 1986 (Apr. 1)
- Burn Center set up at Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital
- 1986 (Oct. 22)
- Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital founded
- 1987 (May 12)
- First pancreas transplant successful in Korea
- 1988 (Nov. 10)
- Hallym College reborn as Hallym University
1990s
- 1990 (Jan. 1)
- Hallym Academy of Sciences established
- 1991 (Oct. 25)
- Korea Gerontology Center opened
- 1995 (June 1)
- Order Communication System (OCS), developed by Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital,
became operational for the first time in Korea
- 1999 (Mar. 6)
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital founded
2000s
- 2002 (Jan. 4)
- Successful simultaneous transplant of kidney and pancreas at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
- 2002 (Aug. 12)
- Declaration of vision for "Mighty Hallym"
- 2004 (Sept. 21)
- International Affiliation Agreement with, Columbia, Weill Cornell, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
First international symposium held at Lotte Hotel
- 2004 (Oct. 12)
- PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System) introduced
- 2004 (Dec. 29)
- Hallym Institute of Advanced International Studies (HIAIS) opened
- 2005 (Jan. 6)
- Overseas Medical Assistance Team dispatched to Tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka
- 2007 (Mar. 20)
- Hallym University Dental Hospital opened
- 2007 (July 13)
- HUMC designated as PMC for health and medical care aid to Iraq
- 2007 (Nov. 30)
- HUMC designated as PMC to counsel hospital building project in Central Vietnam
- 2008 (May 22)
- Declaration of Eco-friendly Management
- 2008 (June 9)
- Hallym Burn Foundation established
- 2008 (Sept. 22)
- International Affiliation Agreement with the University of Oulu in Finland
- 2008 (Oct. 9)
- First Hallym-Uppsala Symposium held at Lotte Hotel
- 2009 (Jan. 14)
- Signing of MOU with U.S. Medical Department Activities, Korea (U.S. MEDDAC-Korea)
- 2009 (Feb. 25)
- International Affiliation Agreement with George Washington University Medical Center
- 2009 (Mar. 20)
- Ilsong Head-and-Neck Cancer Center set up at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
- 2009 (May 21)
- Signing of MOU with Rural Development Administration(RDA), and Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials(KIMM)
2010-Present
- 2010 (Jan. 13)
- MOU on Healthcare Services with Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA)
- 2010 (Feb. 2)
- International Affiliation Agreement with Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine(KPUM) & First International Symposium at KPUM in Japan
- 2010 (Mar. 6)
- Declaration of Vision for “Mighty Hallym Initiative 2012ㆍ2015”
- 2010 (Apr. 1)
- RefoMax Smart OCS/EMR system for mobile launched
- 2010 (May 8)
- Ground-breaking for 6th Hospital in Dongtan, Gyeonggi-do
- 2010 (Aug. 3)
- HUMC Designated as PMC for Children’s Hospital Project(KOICA) in Laos
- 2010 (Oct. 18)
- International Affiliation Agreement with University of Padova & First International Symposium at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
- 2010 (Nov. 16)
- Research Cooperation Agreement with University of Uppsala
- 2010 (Nov. 25)
- Research Cooperation Agreement with Japan’s National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology(NCGG)
- 2011 (Mar. 1)
- HUMC reorganized its departments into specialized centers
- 2011 (May 4)
- Fourth Hallym-Uppsala Symposium held at Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2011 (June 16)
- Chuncheon received an accreditation mark from the MOHW
- 2011 (June 20)
- Hallym-Uppsala International Co-Research Laboratory opened in Sweden
- 2011 (June 21)
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital received an accreditation mark from the MOHW
- 2012 (Feb. 27)
- Signing of MOU between Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital and Traumatology and Orthopedic National Research Center, Mongolia
- 2012 (May 14)
- International Symposium for the Thirtieth Anniversary of Hallym University held at COEX
- 2012 (Oct. 29)
- Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital opened
- 2013 (May 10)
- Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital founded
- 2013 (May 13)
- The international symposium for the grand opening of Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital held
- 2013 (July 16)
- Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital designated as the regional emergency medical center by the MOHW
- 2013 (Nov. 9)
- Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital received an accreditation mark from the MOHW
- 2014 (May 23)
- Sixth Hallym-Uppsala Symposium held at Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2014 (Oct. 22)
- Eleventh Hallym-Columbia-Cornell-NYP symposium held in New York, USA
- 2014 (Dec. 5)
- Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital signs an MOU with Jilin Univ. Hospital, China
- 2015 (Jan. 1)
- Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital designated as Burn Specialty Hospital by MOH
- 2015 (Oct. 9)
- HUMC signs an MOU with University of California, Los Angeles Campus (UCLA)
The first HUMC-UCLA Joint International Conference held in Dongtan
- 2015 (Dec. 24)
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital designated as Regional Emergency Medical Center
Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital designated as Regional Emergency Medical Center
- 2016 (Sept. 1)
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital opens Regional Emergency Medical Center
- 2016 (Sept. 21)
- Eighth Hallym-Uppsala International Symposium held at Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2016 (Oct. 24)
- Second HUMC-UCLA Joint International Conference held at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- 2017 (June 15)
- Hallym Institute for Medical Simulation established
- 2018 (Mar. 9)
- Central Clinical Research Center and Clinical Trial Center opened at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
- 2018 (Oct 12)
- Hallym Institute for Translational Medicine opened in Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital
- 2019 (Apr 23)
- Mighty Hallym 4.0 Vision Proclamation Ceremony held