History

History

  • 2020

    Mar. 05. 2020 : Dr. Hee Young, Shin took office as the 14th president.

    Mar. 09. 2020 : Nominated the 14th executive team

                            (President, Hee Young, Shin Professor at Medical School of the Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Korea, took office)

  • 2019

    Mar. 28. 2019 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2016 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Aug. 31. 2019 : Held the symposium to 5000th unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant celebration 

    Sep. 21. 2019 : Held the 16th Donors’ Day  and 2019 World Marrow Donor Day(WMDD)

     

  • 2018

    Mar. 09. 2018 : Nominated the 13th executive team

                             (President, Woo Sung, Min Professor at Medical School of the Catholic University of Korea, took office)

    Apr. 02. 2018 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2018 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Sep. 15. 2018 : Held the 15th Donors’ Day and 2018 World Marrow Donor Day(WMDD)

  • 2017

    Mar. 30. 2017 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2017 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Oct. 21. 2017 : Held the 16th Donors’ Day

  • 2016

    Mar. 09. 2016 : Dr. Woo Sung, Min took office as the 12th president.

    Mar. 09. 2016 : Nominated the 12th executive team

                             (President, Woo Sung, Min Professor at Medical School of the Catholic University of Korea, took office)

    Apr. 26. 2016 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2016 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Oct. 15. 2016 : Held the 15th Donors’ Day

  • 2015

    Feb. 17. 2015 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for Human tissue donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

                             (No.42).

    Feb. 27. 2015 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2015 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Sep. 05. 2015 : Held the 14th Donors’ Day

     

  • 2014

    Mar. 17. 2014 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2014 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Mar. 09. 2014 : Nominated the 11th executive team

                             (President, Tai Ju, Hwang Director of Hwasun Geriatric Hospital affiliated with Chonnam National

                              University Hospital took office) 

    Aug. 29. 2014 : Held the symposium to the 20th Anniversary celebration

    Sep. 20. 2014 : Held the 13th Donors’ Day

  • 2013

    Apr. 09. 2013 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2013 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Oct. 19. 2013 : Held the 12th Donors’ Day

  • 2012

    Feb. 28. 2012 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2012 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Feb. 28. 2012 : The 3000th case of unrelated stem cell transplants

                            (bone marrow, peripheral blood and cord blood) succeeded.

    Mar. 09. 2012 : Nominated the 10th executive team

                             (President, Tai Ju, Hwang Director of Hwasun Geriatric Hospital affiliated with Chonnam National

                              University Hospital took office)

    Sep. 01. 2012 : Held the symposium to 3000th unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant celebration

    Nov. 17. 2012 : Held the 11th Donors’ Day

  • 2011

    Feb. 16. 2011 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2011 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Mar. 23. 2011 : Dr. Tai Ju, Hwang took office as the 10th president.

    Apr. 01. 2011 : joined the World Marrow Donor Association(WMDA).

    Sep. 23. 2011 : Hematopoietic stem cells were donated to a Chinese patient for the first time

    Oct. 14. 2011 : Held the 10th Donors’ Day

  • 2010

    Mar. 09. 2010 : Nominated the 9th executive team

                             (President, Byeong Kook, Kim Professor at Medical School of Seoul National University, took office)

    Mar. 11. 2010 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2010 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Nov. 13. 2010 : Held the 9th Donors’ Day

  • 2009

    Mar. 11. 2009 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2009 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Oct. 16. 2009 : Held the 8th Donors’ Day

  • 2008

    Mar. 09. 2008 : Dr. Byeong Kook, Kim took office as the 8th president.

    Mar. 09. 2008 : Nominated the 8th executive team

                            (President, Byeong Kook, Kim Professor at Medical School of Seoul National University, took office)

    Apr. 22. 2008 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2008 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Jul. 09. 2008 : Provided public cord blood to an American patient through KoreaCORD for the first time.

    Nov. 14. 2008 : Held the 7th Donors’ Day

  • 2007

    Jan. 26. 2007 : Signed 'Cooperation Agreement on International Marrow Donor Search’ with CMDP.

    Feb. 22. 2007 : Central Cord Blood Data Center was changed into Korea Network for Cord Blood (KoreaCORD).

    May. 07. 2007 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2007 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

    Nov. 09. 2007 : Held the 6th Donors’ Day

  • 2006

    Jan. 01. 2006 : Began donation exchanges of hematopoietic stem cells with Taiwan.

    Jan. 06. 2006 : The 1000th unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant was performed.

    ​Mar. 09. 2006 : Dr. Dong Jip, Kim took office as the 7th president.

    Mar. 09. 2006 : Nominated the 7th executive team

                             (President, Dong Jip, Kim Professor at Medical School of the Catholic University of Korea, took office)

    Apr. 25. 2006 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2006 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

    Nov. 10. 2006 : Expanded Central Cord Blood Data Center (Greencross lifeline cord blood bank,

                             Allcord 'Seoul metropolitan public cord blood bank', CHA medical center cord blood bank

    ​                         Yeungnam university hospital hematopoietic stem cell bank)

    Nov. 10. 2006 : Held the 5th Donors’ Day and The symposium to 1000th unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant

                              celebration

    Dec. 02. 2006 : Signed 'Cooperation Agreement on International Marrow Donor Search’ with BTCSCC.

    Dec. 20. 2006 : Joined Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW)

  • 2005

    Mar. 15. 2005 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2005 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

    Sep. 13. 2005 : Signed 'Cooperation Agreement on International Marrow Donor Search’ with NMDP

    Nov. 11. 2005 : Held the 4th Donors’ Day

  • 2004

    Mar. 08. 2004 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2004 stem cell donation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

    Mar. 09. 2004 : Nominated the 6th executive team

                             (President, Sang In, Kim the former Director of Korea Association of Health Promotion, took office)

    Mar. 11. 2004 : Held the 10th anniversary celebration and the 1st symposium

    Nov. 20. 2004 : Held the 3rd Donors’ Day

  • 2003

    May. 15. 2003 : Appointed as a recruiter and enroller for 2003 stem cell donation

                              by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

    Sep. 05. 2003 : The 500th unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant was performed.

    Oct. 18. 2003 : Held the 2nd Donors’ Day

  • 2002

    Mar. 09. 2002 : Dr. Kim, Sang In, Kim took office as the 5th president.

    Mar. 09. 2002 : Nominated the 5th executive team

                             (President, Sang In, Kim the former Director of Korea Association of Health Promotion, took office)

    Nov. 30. 2002 : Held the first Donors’ Day

  • 2001

    Jun. 28. 2001 : Central Cord Blood Data Center was founded, and Cooperation Agreements were signed with Celltree

                             cord blood bank, Medipost, Samsung cord blood bank and Busan Gyeongnam Cord blood bank.

    Aug. 14. 2001 : The first unrelated cord blood transplant was performed.

  • 2000

    Jan. 06. 2000 : Nominated the 4th executive team

                            (President, Moon Ho, Lee director of National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board,

                            ​took office)

    Mar. 08. 2000 : Hematopoietic stem cells were donated from a Korean donor to a Japanese patient for the first time.

    Mar. 14. 2000 : KMDP was designated as a coordination center by the Ministry of health and Welfare.

    Mar. 24. 2000 : The 100th unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant was performed.

    Aug. 10. 2000 : Registered as a non-profit private organization

                              (public announcement (41) of Ministry of Health and Welfare)

  • 1999

    Mar. 15. 1999 : Signed 'Cooperation Agreement on International Marrow Donor Search’ with JMDP

    May. 14. 1999 : Hematopoietic stem cells were donated from a Japanese donor to a Korean patient for the first time.

  • 1998

    Mar. 09. 1998 : Dr. Moon Ho, Lee took office as the 3rd president.

    Mar. 09. 1998 : Nominated the 3rd executive team

                              (President, Moon Ho, Lee director of National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board,

                               took office)

  • 1997

    Mar. 19. 1997 : Established the regulations regarding the unrelated donor coordination.

    Jun. 19. 1997 : Appointed as a beneficiary of public contribution

                            (a public announcement (1997-48) of Ministry of Strategy and Finance).

  • 1996

    Jan. 01. 1996 : Nominated the 2nd executive team

                           (consecutively reappointed the first executive team: President, Young Hoon, Kang

                            ​president of the Korea Red Cross Society)

    Jul. 05. 1996 : The first unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant was performed successfully

  • 1995

    Jan. 13. 1995 : Commenced the work of the unrelated donor coordination 

  • 1994

    Jan. 27. 1994 : Held the promoters' meeting

    Mar. 11. 1994 : The inaugural assembly was held

                             (Young Hoon, Kang president of Korean Red Cross took office as the first president).

    Jul. 19. 1994 : Korea Marrow Donor Program was authorized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (No.166).

    Oct. 21. 1994 : The first volunteer donor of unrelated hematopoietic stem cells was registered.

     

  • 1993

    Nov. 05. 1993 : A bone marrow bank was resolved to be founded at the 34th general assembly

                                of the Korean Society of Hematology (KSH).