Heart Surgeons

Heart Surgeons 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.

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.