Dr. Chae Yong-hyun
Director · hormone & child-growth specialist · 15+ years
"I look at a child's height through the whole hormonal picture."
About
Dr. Chae Yong-hyun graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine and its graduate school of medicine, and completed his internship and residency at Gangnam Severance Hospital. For more than 15 years he has focused on child growth and hormone care, managing each child's growth with an integrated view of growth hormone, thyroid and sex hormones. He is the director of 187 Growth Clinic (Yonsei Saebom) and the author of a book on children's height growth.
Areas of focus
- Child growth care — precise bone-age assessment · growth hormone
- Integrated hormone care — growth hormone · thyroid · sex hormones
- 15+ years of practice · 3,000+ growth-treatment cases
Education & career
- Yonsei University College of Medicine
- Yonsei University Graduate School of Medicine
- Internship & residency, Gangnam Severance Hospital
- Korean Medical Association research award (2008)
- Director, Yonsei Saebom Clinic · founded the Korea head clinic (2010)
- Opened the Bangkok (Thailand) branch (2023)
- Former team doctor, SSG Landers & Nexen Heroes (KBO baseball)
Book
Media · columns · lectures
- TV: featured on major Korean networks — SBS, MBN, Channel A — and on Sebasi talks
- Columns: JoongAng Ilbo, Vogue, InStyle and more
- Lectures: Hana Bank Gangnam PB · Collab Summit Korea · Sookmyung Women's University
Consult with Dr. Chae
If you have questions about your child's growth, reach out anytime.
1:1 Chat consultationThis page is introductory information about the director; diagnosis and treatment are confirmed at an in-person visit.