Medical K-Dramas
If you love medical stories, these 21 Korean dramas are a good place to start, from the trauma code: heroes on call, hospital playlist and descendants of the sun. Each page has the story, the cast and where to watch.
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The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
2025 · Netflix · 8 episodesBaek Gang-hyeok is a brilliant trauma surgeon who has worked in war zones, and he arrives at a university hospital with…
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Hospital Playlist
2020 · tvN · 12 episodesFive doctors who became friends in medical school in 1999 now work at the same hospital.
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Descendants of the Sun
2016 · KBS2 · 16 episodesThe story follows a romance that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer.
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Daily Dose of Sunshine
2023 · Netflix · 12 episodesNurse Jung Da-eun is transferred to a psychiatric ward, a place she knows nothing about, and has to learn how to care…
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Resident Playbook
2025 · tvN · 12 episodesAt the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, a group of young residents choose the obstetrics and gynecology…
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Dr. Romantic
2016 · SBS · 20 episodesTeacher Kim was once one of the best surgeons in the country, but he walked away and now works quietly at a small-town…
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Partners for Justice
2018 · MBC · 32 episodesBaek Beom is a brilliant but prickly forensic doctor who has spent ten years reading what the dead have left behind.
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Kill Me, Heal Me
2015 · MBC · 20 episodesDo Hyeon is the heir to a big company, and behind his polished surface lives a mind split into seven distinct…
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Jewel in the Palace
2003 · MBC · 54 episodesJang Geum begins as an orphaned kitchen girl in the royal palace of Joseon and rises with talent and grit against every…
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Ghost Doctor
2022 · tvN · 16 episodesYoung Min is a supremely talented but cold surgeon who dies in an accident, only for his spirit to end up in the body…
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Doctor John
2019 · SBS · 32 episodesCha Yo Han is a brilliant anesthesiologist and the youngest professor at his hospital, who treats a patient's hidden…
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If You Wish Upon Me
2022 · KBS2 · 16 episodesKyeo Re has grown up through abuse, orphanages and prison, and is close to giving up.
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Thirty-Nine
2022 · jTBC · 12 episodesThree best friends have leaned on each other since childhood, and now, on the brink of turning forty, they're facing…
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D-Day
2015 · jTBC · 20 episodesA massive earthquake tears through Seoul, cutting off emergency aid and plunging the city into chaos.
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Doctor Slump
2024 · jTBC · 16 episodesJeong U is a successful plastic surgeon whose picture-perfect career is derailed by a medical accident that changes…
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A Love So Beautiful
2020 · Kakao TV · 24 episodesCha Heon is the kind of student everyone notices. He is smart, good looking, and keeps his distance, even though he is…
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Emergency Couple
2014 · tvN · 21 episodesOh Chang-min and Oh Jin-hee were college sweethearts turned bitter divorcees, and years later, after his once-wealthy…
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Doctors
2016 · SBS · 20 episodesYoo Hye-jeong was a troubled teenager who once nearly threw her future away, until a tough-love teacher turned her life…
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Good Doctor
2013 · KBS2 · 20 episodesPark Si-on has autism along with a savant-level memory and spatial ability, which lands him a surgical residency in…
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The Perfect Lie
2026 · MBC · 12 episodesKang Ji Seon teaches modern dance at an arts middle school.
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Doctor X
2026 · SBS · 12 episodesGye Su-jeong is a surgeon with extraordinary talent and no patience for the way things are usually done.
Questions about Medical K-Dramas
What are the best Medical K-Dramas?
Our top picks are The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Hospital Playlist, Descendants of the Sun, followed by Daily Dose of Sunshine. Open any drama for its story, cast and where to watch.
How often is this list updated?
Automatically. The list changes as new dramas air, episodes come out and streaming links change.
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