Established in 1978 (May 15).-The first, independent pediatric surgical unit in Korea.

Moved to University Children's Hospital in 1985.

About one thousand surgical operations each year including one hundred neonatal cases.

Produced 8 fully trained pediatric surgeons.

Hosted 10th Congress of Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons in 1990 at Seoul,Korea.

Number of surgical operations during the 1st 20 years: over 19,000 cases.