Heart Surgeons

Heart Surgeons (Korean: 흉부외과: 심장을 훔친 의사들) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Go Soo, Um Ki-joon, and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS TV from September 27 to November 15, 2018, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) for 32 episodes.

Synopsis

The series revolves around the thoracic surgery department of a hospital.

Cast

Main

Go Soo as Park Tae-soo, a thoracic surgery fellow for four years whose mother is waiting for a heart transplant.
Um Ki-joon as Choi Suk-han, a thoracic surgeon who is renowned for his skills but has not been treated fairly due to his humble medical background from a local university.
Seo Ji-hye as Yoon Soo-yeon, a thoracic surgical assistant. Also the daughter of the director of Taesan hospital, the main setting for this drama.

Supporting

Kim Ye-won as Ahn Ji-na, a cardiology fellow and Soo-yeon's friend .
Jeong Bo-seok as Yoon Hyun-il, Soo-yeon's uncle and the chief of surgery.
Nam Kyung-eup as Yoon Hyun-mok, Soo-yeon's father who is a hospital director and a genius pediatric heart surgeon.
Ahn Nae-sang as Goo Hee-dong
Jang So-yeon as Kang Eun-sook, a veteran nurse with over twenty years of experience in surgery.
Choi Dae-hoon as Goo Dong-joon
Jung Hee-tae as Lee Dae-young
Park Kyung-hye as Lee Seon-young
Lee Jae-won as Nam Woo-jin
Oh Dong-min as Moon Seung-jae
Nam Tae-boo as Lee Mi-ran
Jung Yoo-min as Bae Yoo-ri, a scrub nurse.
Cha Soon-bae as Lee Joong-do
Son Kwang-eop as Son Jae-myung
Jung Hyun-suk as Head Department Yoo
Lee Duck-hee as Oh Jeong-ae, Tae-soo's mother.
Jo Jae-yoon as Hwang Jin-cheol
Seo Ha as Lee Ye-rin

Special appearances

Woo Hyun as Han Sang-wok
Shim Yi-young as Choi Seok-han's wife
Jo Jae-ryong as Hwang Jin-chul
Kim Min-seok as Surgeon (Ep 32)
Shin Rin-ah as Lee Yoon-Seo

Production

Writers Choi Soo-jin and Choi Chang-hwan and director Jo Young-kwang previously worked together on the 2017 TV series Innocent Defendant, along with Um Ki-joon as one of the lead stars.
The first script reading with the cast was held in early August 2018.