A medical AI born in the clinic
Built by nephrology professors at Seoul National University Hospital and trained on 4 million clinical records — a solution that begins in the clinic and returns to the clinic.
Why we built this company
A 100-minute ER wait. Eleven to twelve dialysis blind spots. Needle burden in wellness care. We verified that the answer was inside the ECG with four million records.
From the clinic,
to the data, to the answer
A clinical question became a cohort, a model, and a company.
Pain points on the ward
“Why do we still need a needle to know what is happening inside our patient?”
4 million ECG–blood matches
Twenty years of patient-indexed data from SNUH.
1D-CNN + Transformer
A time-series ensemble with AUC 0.90+.
Wavena founded
January 14, 2026, at the SNU Medical Convergence Center.
Founders who bridge clinic and code
Clinical pain points, algorithm design, regulatory strategy, and hospital deployment are connected directly.
Yong-Chul Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO · Co-founder · Nephrology Professor, SNUHA practicing physician with hands-on experience deploying medical devices, navigating KFDA approval, and breaking through hospital sales silos.
Dong-Hwan Yoon, M.D., Ph.D.
CTO · Co-founder · Nephrology Professor, SNUHA clinician-developer who personally designed the 1D-CNN + Transformer model and processed the 4M-record ECG dataset.
Clinical, technical, regulatory, and global
Advisors across the domains required to commercialize medical AI.
Sa-Ram Lee
Professor, Convergence Medicine, SNUH · KFDA approval
Suk-Woo Park
Professor, Nephrology, SNUBH · Clinical research
Jae-Yoon Park
Professor, Nephrology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital
Baek-Rok Oh
CPO, INOCRAS · US market entry
Jin-Gu Jung
CEO, Theia · Functional medicine
Gun-Hyung Kim · Ho-Joon Yoo
Clinical field data · Data analysis
Our partners
Clinical infrastructure, portable ECG, EMR, consumer apps, and functional medicine.
A clinical network spanning Korea
Collaborations extend from major tertiary hospitals to university hospitals nationwide and veterinary medicine.
Key tertiary hospitals
SNUH · Severance · Asan Medical Center · Samsung Medical Center · SNUBH · Korea University Guro Hospital
National university and regional network
- SNUH Gangnam Center
- Chung-Ang University Hospital
- CHA Bundang
- Konyang University Hospital
- Keimyung University Hospital
- Dongguk University Ilsan
- Kangwon National University
- Eunpyeong St. Mary's
- Chonnam National University
- Kangbuk Samsung
- Hanyang University Guri
- Uijeongbu Eulji
Company information
| Company | 웨이비나 주식회사 (Wavena Co., Ltd.) |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 14, 2026 |
| CEO | 김용철 |
| Headquarters | 6F #651, SNU Medical Convergence Center, 214 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul |
| Business reg. | 179-86-04290 |
| Corporate reg. | 110111-0947891 |
| Domain | Medical AI solutions and R&D |
Ready to bring Wavena into your hospital?
Give us 30 minutes. We will arrive with the materials, the demo, and the clinical evidence your team needs.