CHA's Social Contribution

Beautiful Practice
of Love, Chairman Cha Kwang-yul is dedicated to treating incurable diseases and fostering the next generation of medical professionals

Many people donate their fortunes after they have passed. I intend to donate my fortune and expertise throughout my lifetime. CHA Medical Group Chairman Cha Kwang-yul

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Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated 10 billion KRW
for a stem cell R&D fund in December 2011.

At the opening ceremony of the world’s only stem cell research institute “Seongnam Chaum Global Stem
Cells Clinical Trials Center” held on December 7, 2011, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated KRW 10 billion for
a stem cell R&D fund, emphasizing that stem cell clinical trials should be more proactively conducted for future treatment
for incurable diseases.

On January 2010,Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated 2 billion KRW
to Yonsei University Health System for the global development of cancer
research and created the ’Cancer Research Prize’.

On January 27, 2010, CHA Medical Group Chairman Kwang-yul Cha and Yonsei University Honorary Professor
Kim Byeong-su, who served as Yonsei University as well as CHA University’s President, donated
KRW 2 billion together to create the ‘Cancer Research Prize’ at Yonsei University Health System.

On January 2009, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha personally donated
100 million KRW for the Yonsei University Scholarship Campaign.

On January 2009 when Chairman Kwang-yul Cha met former Yonsei University President Kim Han-Jung
(Current CHA Medical Group Chairman), he notified his intention to participate in the Yonsei University
Scholarship Campaign for students in need as an alumnus of Yonsei University and personally donated
KRW 100 million on the spot.

On January 1998, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha personally donated
32 billion KRW to assist in bringing national relief after the IMF bailout.

On January 1998 when many Korean people were suffering from an economic crisis under the IMF bailout,
Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated KRW 32 billion to society for the promotion of medical foundations,
development of universities, and fostering of medical professionals. His donation was very extraordinary
at that time and is known as an laudable act of philanthropy in medical circles.

Beautiful Companionship, Medical aid for underprivileged people
through fundraising efforts including art exhibitions and concerts

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The 1st Beautiful Companionship Benefit Exhibition "Happiness & Love" 2016.01.12

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The 1st Beautiful Companionship Benefit Exhibition "Happiness & Love"

CHA University held the benefit exhibition "Happiness & Love" at Pangyo CHA Bio Complex from October 20 (Mon.) to 31 (Fr.), 2014. This exhibition was planned to promote sincere charity activities under the concept of happiness, hosted by CHA University Graduate School of Art Therapy and 2U ART and sponsored by Woori Bank, Shinhan Card, Missha, and Keumsan Gallery.

All the proceeds from the exhibition will be used for medical treatments of patients suffering from incurable diseases, victims of the Sewol-ho disaster and their families, and art therapy for the students of Danwon High School where most of victims came from.

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2013 [Beautiful Companionship] New Year Benefit Concert 2016.01.12

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2013 [Beautiful Companionship] New Year Benefit Concert

CHA University and CHA Bundang Medical Center held the [Beautiful Companionship] Benefit Concert inviting patients and their families to give thanks to the donators of Beautiful Companionship, professors, and employees of CHA Medical Group.

In this benefit concert, held at Seongnam Arts Center on January 17, "Prelude", one of the most famous Korean jazz bands, and honorary ambassador Park Sang-min showed up.

All the proceeds and donations from the benefit concert, sponsored by Shinhan Card, Seongnam City Youth Foundation, Coffee Bean Korea, Mode Tour, will be used for medical treatments of patients suffering from incurable diseases.

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[Beautiful Companionship] Arts Exhibition - “The Soul of Africa” Exhibition 2016.01.12

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[Beautiful Companionship] Arts Exhibition - “The Soul of Africa” Exhibition

"The Soul of Africa" Exhibition was held at Seoul Arts Center from November 27 to December 11. In this exhibition, Zimbabwean Shona sculpture, the most successful sculpture in the twentieth-century modern art history, and artworks of Park Choon-kang, who expressed exotic African women based on his 25-year life in the Republic of Cote d"lvoire, Africa, were on display.

Shona sculpture, one of the most successful third-world arts, were applied by artists in the 19th century, such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, and Fernand Leger, and affected Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Many art critics, artists, and media selected five pieces of Shona sculpture or over when asked to select world"s best ten stone sculptures. Shona sculpture is known to win high praise from experts and inspire artists.

2U ART CEO Park Hye-yeong, who sponsored this event, said that they will donate part of the proceeds to CHA Medical Group"s medical service "Beautiful Companionship" to help patients suffering from incurable diseases.

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Overseas Medical Training, Opportunities for
researchers to receive medical training overseas

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CHA Medical Group who has made tremendous world's top-class biomedical
achievements so far keeps providing its medical staffs with the valuable opportunities to devote themselves to researches through overseas medical trainings

CHA Bundang Medical Center Otolaryngology Professor Yu Chan-gi’s overseas training (February 2015) 2016.01.12

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CHA Bundang Medical Center Otolaryngology Professor Yu Chan-gi’s overseas training (February 2015)

Training at the UAB, the US

Recently, collecting stem cells from the amniotic fluid and amnion during delivery has been emerging as a safe way of collecting stem cells. At the UAB in Birmingham, Alabama, the US, CHA Bundang Medical Center Otolaryngology Professor Yu Chan-gi participated in a study of extracting stem cells from the amniotic fluid and amnion and differentiating to osteoblasts generated during the formation and regeneration of bones.

Experienced researches of the UAB

The Birmingham campus of the research-centric UAB has a university hospital and departments related to medicine and biotechnology. Tinsley R. Harrison, the author of Harrison"s Principles of Internal Medicine, served as the dean of the UAB known as one of the American universities with the largest medical centers and his statue and building named after him could be found. During the one-year training period, I participated in researches at the BioMatrix Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, famous for proactive researches about organ regeneration, including cardiovascular systems, pancreas, vertebrae, nerves, and teeth, using stem cells and nano structure. Currently, a study on the use of stem cells collected from the amniotic fluid and amnion during delivery for organ regeneration is being conducted and I participated in a research on the differentiation of stem cells to osteoblasts.

New possibility of stem cells collected from the amniotic fluid and amnion

Researches about the application of stem cells for treatment are being conducted in various fields. In spite of great achievements obtained so far, it still has some problems such as safety issues of stem cell collection, ethical issues, limited differentiation ability of old stem cells, and risk of cancer. To resolve these issues, collecting stem cells from the amniotic fluid and amnion during delivery has been emerging as an alternative. Stem cells can be collected without any danger to mothers or fetuses and collected stem cells are relatively young and healthy. In addition, collected stem cells have an outstanding ability of differentiation and excellent treatment effects and are barely converted to cancer cells after treatment. This study has just begun but has huge potential to be applied for various treatments.

In addition to academic experiences, I learned many things from various experiences and built up good memories during the one-year training period. I"d like to appreciate Hospital Director Ji Hun-sang, former Vice-Director Sim Sang-yeol, Department Head Lee Chang-ho, and other medical staff giving me such a good chance of training.

Location The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the US

Training period November 25, 2013 to November 23, 2014

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CHA Bundang Medical Center Nephrology Professor Lee So-yeong’s overseas training (September 2014) 2016.01.12

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CHA Bundang Medical Center Nephrology Professor Lee So-yeong’s overseas training (September 2014)

Studied "the mechanism of renal fibrosis and its inhibition" during the overseas training

The symptoms of "renal fibrosis", generally found in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease, aggravate renal functions. In order to establish the mechanism of renal fibrosis and find a way to inhibit this disease, CHA Bundang Medical Center Nephrology Professor Lee So-yeong went to Brigham and Women"s Hospital of Harvard Medical School located in Boston, the US.

Chronic kidney disease is a progressive loss in renal function over three months. Renal fibrosis is a common symptoms of all chronic kidney diseases. Fibrosis, referring to the solidification and formation of scar tissues, is known to be caused by cytokine, immunocyte, active oxygen, fibrous growth factors, and proteolytic enzymes. In chronic kidney disease, scar tissues caused by renal fibrosis are commonly found and directly associated with renal malfunction and prognosis. During the whole training period, I participated in the research on the mechanism of renal fibrosis of the Kidney Research Institute of Harvard Medical School and focused on its inhibition methods.

A precious opportunity to learn up-to-date knowledge of kidney diseases

During the training period, I studied the interaction between the already-widely-known "TGF-beta (transforming growth factor-beta) route and the autophagy route of removing special protein and cell organelles during renal fibrosis and published relevant papers.

In addition, I found that TAK1 (TGF-beta activated kinase 1), a growth factor playing a role of a medium of TGF-beta, is involved in the functions of podocytes adjusting glomerular filtration rates, related with the filtration of urine at the kidney, as well as renal fibrosis. TAK1 is involved in cell division, differentiation, and bioactive control by affecting various cells and TAK1 growth factors play an important role in promoting the regeneration and recovery of tissues while scars on the skin and scalp are recovering. After my research, I wrote a paper about the kidney disease bio markers for patients with diabetes and the latest treatment method for chronic renal failure with my advisory professor Mary E. Choi. This training was a precious opportunity to learn up-to-date knowledge of kidney diseases.

Location Kidney Research Institute, Brigham and Women"s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, Boston, the US

Training period March 16, 2012 to March 15, 2014

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CHA Bundang Medical Center Neurosurgery Professor Kim Tae-gon’s overseas training (June 2014) 2016.01.12

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CHA Bundang Medical Center Neurosurgery Professor Kim Tae-gon’s overseas training (June 2014)

Training at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) of McLean Hospital, the US

CHA Bundang Medical Center Neurosurgery Professor Kim Tae-gon completed his study on the differentiation of stem cells to GABA cells at the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory of McLean Hospital located in Massachusetts, the US. GABA (Gamma-aminobutyric acid) cells, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, were found to be effective for cerebral blood flow, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and pain caused by posttraumatic neurosis and are being studied in various fields.

Study at the world"s most prestigious Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory

McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, located in Belmont, Massachusetts, the US, is a leading research institute in the stem cell field. During the training period, CHA Bundang Medical Center Neurosurgery Professor Kim Tae-gon studied the differentiation of stem cells at the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory of McLean Hospital.

Differentiation of stem cells to GABA cells

Prof. Kim Tae-gon participated in the research on the differentiation of stem cells at McLean Hospital, under the guidance of Dr. Jeong Sang-mi of the Prof. Kim Gwang-su"s team and his advisory professor. This study about the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells to GABA cells aims for efficiently obtaining homogenous cells by properly using signaling molecules embryologically associated with these cells. This study encompasses a study to find the proper combinations of signaling molecules, work of checking cells in the human body, and study to check cell"s movement and differentiation through animal testing. GABA cells act as mature GABA cells at the cerebral cortex after the differentiation and movement processes. Malfunctions of GABA cells are known to be involved in epilepsy, schizophrenia, autism, and pain caused by posttraumatic neurosis

Need more efforts and fierce studies

The research participated in by Prof. Kim Tae-gon does not only facilitate researches related to the disease mechanism and generation but also enables cytotherapy and regenerative medicine including the stem cell"s industrial application and transplantation. "I"d like to appreciate Hospital Director Ji Hun-sang, Prof. Jeong Sang-seop, Department Head Jo Gyeong-gi, and my respectable instructors, Prof. Kim Gwang-su and Dr. Jeong Sang-mi, giving me such a good chance of training," said Professor Kim Tae-gon.

Location Harvard Stem Cell Institute / McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, the US

Training period July 30, 2012 to December 18, 2013

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Medical Service, The love of Christianity
for underprivileged people

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Deliver Love: CHA Gangnam Medical Center Chanuri Volunteer Group

The Chanuri Volunteer Group at CHA Gangnam Medical Center is delivering love to
underprivileged people by visiting a welfare facility for the disabled every fourth
Saturday and collecting dues to donate them to facilities for single mothers. The Chanuri Volunteer Group, composed of 45 CHA Gangnam Medical Center
employees, are trying to encourage employees volunteer work and operating free
medical service, meal assistance, cleaning, and rehabilitation programs. The Chanuri Volunteer Group will keep doing its best to help underprivileged people.

Guardian Angel Fund, Through volunteer work,
CHA employees work tirelessly to provide a healthy life and hope to low-income patients

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Patients assistance fund

Guardian Angel Fund started from CHA Bundang Medical Center
employees’ first donation for hospitalized patients suffering
from the hardships of life in January 2002. The goal of Guardian Angel Fund of CHA Bundang Medical
Center is to give a healthy life and hope to low-income patients
who gave up treatment or couldn’t have an operation
because of financial difficulties. Many local residents and hospital employees are proactively
participating in and providing various types of sponsorship to
Guardian Angel Fund. CHA Bundang Medical Center will keep
doing its best to deliver love to patients in need
through continuous proactive activities of Guardian Angel Fund.

Scholarship, Full scholarships for
all students in the medical college/graduate school for the past 17 years

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Since its foundation in 1997,
CHA University has been providing full scholarships to all medical students. CHA University has spent \50 billion for the last 17 years,
to foster competitive medical professionals. CHA University’s generous scholarships are based on
the Chairman Kwang-yul Cha’s educational philosophy of
“All students, including poor students, deserve equal educational opportunities”. Especially, CHA University recently extended scholarships
including overseas training for physician researchers. CHA University will contribute to more scholarships and investment,
aiming at fostering professors specialized in research and
Korea’s first Nobel Prize winner in Medicine.

Love Messenger Campaign, Free cardiac surgeries
for indigent population overseas for the past 17 years

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History of the Love Messenger Campaign

2014

CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
for overseas Koreans in 2014.

The 17th ‘Love Messenger Campaign’ has saved176 lives to date. As part of the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’, CHA University CHA Bundang Medical Center invited six Goryeo and
Uzbekistan people suffering from congenital/acquired cardiac diseases and provided free cardiac surgeries in July 2014. From April 25 to 28, 2014 CHA Bundang Medical Center Thoracic Surgery Professor Im Chang-yeong visited Tashkent,
Uzbekistan and examined approximately 60 patients with heart conditions. Among them, he selected three Goryeo people and three Uzbekistan people, suffering from congenital cardiac disease, who needed but could not afford cardiac surgery. After the invited patients arrived in Korea in July 14, 2014 they checked into CHA Bundang Medical Center for a precise preoperative assessment and received cardiac surgeries from July 15 to 18, 2014.at CHA Bundang Medical Center and the patients received cardiac surgeries from August 21 to 23, 2013. Four pediatric patients underwent cardiac surgery from June 25 to July 5, 2011,
and four adolescent and adult patients had a surgery from July 4 to 15, 2011.
2013

In 2013, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
to three low-income foreign patients with heart conditions

170 lives have been saved through the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’
since its founding 16 years ago. As part of the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’, CHA University CHA Bundang Medical Center invited three Goryeo and
Uzbekistan people suffering from congenital/acquired cardiac diseases and provided free cardiac surgeries
from August 19 to September 1, 2013. From April 19 to 23, 2013, CHA Bundang Medical Center Thoracic Surgery Professor Im Chang-yeong and
Kim Shi-ho visited Tashkent, Uzbekistan and examined about 60 patients with heart conditions.
Among them, they selected two Goryeo people and one Uzbekistan person who desperately needed
cardiac surgery. The six-year-old, twelve-year-old, and 38-year-old patients were suffering from
congenital cardiac diseases but could not afford surgery. After the patients arrived in Korea on August 19, 2013, the medical professionals took
a precise preoperative assessment at CHA Bundang Medical Center and the patients received cardiac surgeries
from August 21 to 23, 2013. Four pediatric patients underwent cardiac surgery from June 25 to July 5, 2011,
and four adolescent and adult patients had a surgery from July 4 to 15, 2011.
2012

In 2012, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
to five low-income foreign patients with heart conditions.

167 lives have been saved through the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’
since its establishment 14 years ago. As part of the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’, CHA University CHA Bundang Medical Center invited five low-income foreign
patients (1 Goryeo person and 4 Kyrgyzstan people) and provided free cardiac surgeries from June 18 to 26, 2012.
From April 16 to 21, 2012, CHA Bundang Medical Center Thoracic Surgery Professor Im Chang-yeong and
Cardiology Professor Kim In-jae visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and selected one Goryeo person and four Kyrgyzstan people
who desperately needed cardiac surgery. The five patients aged between 2 and 24 were suffering from congenital cardiac
diseases but could not afford surgery because of the poor medical environment and economic difficulties. After they arrived in Korea on June 18, 2012, the medical professionals took a precise preoperative assessment at CHA
Bundang Medical Center and the patients received cardiac surgery from June 19 and 21, 2012.
2011

In 2011, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
to eight Goryeo and Uzbekistan people suffering from heart conditions.

153 lives have been saved through the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’
since its establishment 13 years ago. As part of the ‘Love Messenger Campaign’, CHA University CHA Bundang Medical Center invited
eight Goryeo and Uzbekistan people suffering from heart conditions to Korea for free cardiac surgery
from June 25 to July 15, 2011. From April 29 to May 3, 2911, CHA Bundang Medical Center Thoracic Surgery Professor Im Chang-yeong
visited Tashkent, Uzbekistan and selected two Goryeo people and six Uzbekistan people who desperately
need surgery. The eight patients aged between 4 and 36 were suffering from congenital cardiac diseases
such as interventricular septal defects and pulmonary stenosis but could not afford surgery
because of the poor medical environment and economic difficulties. Four pediatric patients underwent cardiac surgery from June 25 to July 5, 2011,
and four adolescent and adult patients had a surgery from July 4 to 15, 2011.

Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated 10 billion KRWfor a stem cell R&D fund in December 2011.

On January 2010,Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated 2 billion KRWto Yonsei University Health System for the global development of cancer research and created the ’Cancer Research Prize’.

On January 2009, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha personally donated 100 million KRW for the Yonsei University Scholarship Campaign.

On January 1998, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha personally donated32 billion KRW to assist in bringing national relief after the IMF bailout.

The 1st Beautiful Companionship Benefit Exhibition "Happiness & Love"

2013 [Beautiful Companionship] New Year Benefit Concert

[Beautiful Companionship] Arts Exhibition - “The Soul of Africa” Exhibition

CHA Bundang Medical Center Otolaryngology Professor Yu Chan-gi’s overseas training (February 2015)

Training at the UAB, the US

Experienced researches of the UAB

New possibility of stem cells collected from the amniotic fluid and amnion

CHA Bundang Medical Center Nephrology Professor Lee So-yeong’s overseas training (September 2014)

Studied "the mechanism of renal fibrosis and its inhibition" during the overseas training

A precious opportunity to learn up-to-date knowledge of kidney diseases

CHA Bundang Medical Center Neurosurgery Professor Kim Tae-gon’s overseas training (June 2014)

Training at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) of McLean Hospital, the US

Study at the world"s most prestigious Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory

Differentiation of stem cells to GABA cells

Need more efforts and fierce studies

Deliver Love: CHA Gangnam Medical Center Chanuri Volunteer Group

Patients assistance fund

CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeriesfor overseas Koreans in 2014.

In 2013, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeriesto three low-income foreign patients with heart conditions

In 2012, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeriesto five low-income foreign patients with heart conditions.

In 2011, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeriesto eight Goryeo and Uzbekistan people suffering from heart conditions.

Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated 10 billion KRW
for a stem cell R&D fund in December 2011.

On January 2010,Chairman Kwang-yul Cha donated 2 billion KRW
to Yonsei University Health System for the global development of cancer
research and created the ’Cancer Research Prize’.

On January 2009, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha personally donated
100 million KRW for the Yonsei University Scholarship Campaign.

On January 1998, Chairman Kwang-yul Cha personally donated
32 billion KRW to assist in bringing national relief after the IMF bailout.

CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
for overseas Koreans in 2014.

In 2013, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
to three low-income foreign patients with heart conditions

In 2012, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
to five low-income foreign patients with heart conditions.

In 2011, CHA Bundang Medical Center provided free cardiac surgeries
to eight Goryeo and Uzbekistan people suffering from heart conditions.