William McColl, who completed his orthopedic training course at the University of Illinois, offered to volunteer abroad for two years, and he was a missionary to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in 1962, he visited Korea with his wife Barbara Bird McColl as an orthopedic surgeon at Dongsan Christian Hospital. On April 1, 1963, orthopedic surgery and general surgery were separated and opened as independent departments. The separation of orthopedics from general surgery was very groundbreaking, inspiring, and historic in the medical situation in Korea at the time and the situation in the Daegu medical community, and McCall played a role as a midwife.

The surgical treatment of polio patients and the hand and foot transplantation of the leprosy patient people accompanied by Professor Kim Ik-dong and Professor Kang Chang-soo, who trained orthopedic surgery in Peachburg, U.S, drew admiration from many doctors, and McColl took photos of the entire operation and sent the film to a leading missionary agency in the U.S.

He worked until July 1964, and then returned to the U.S. to open a new business in California.

William McColls Couple

The missionary couple who worked together at Dongsan Christian Hospital. From left, Mr. and Mrs. Van Cleve, Mr. and Mrs. Sibley, Mr. and Mrs. Maffet, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. McColl