**Watch MAS*H Season 5 Episode 9: The Korean Surgeon Online**

	IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 from 151 votes
	Release: 1976 / MAS*H / Season 5 / Episode 9
	Genre: Comedy \| Drama \| War
	Director: Gene Reynolds
	Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan
	Synopsis: A North Korean surgeon, Dr. Paik, (Soon-Teck Oh) who interned at Cook County in Chicago, is injured and brought to 4077. Paik is very worried one of his men will need his leg amputated; Paik is amazed when he awakens to learn about a new procedure where a graft of the saphenous vein is grafted onto the femoral artery, thus saving the leg. Dr. Paik says he wishes he could stay and learn and do surgery at the 4077; at POW camp, all of his skills will be wasted. Radar and Sparky arrange for a "transfer" and with a shave, haircut and eyeglasses, Dr. Paik becomes Capt. Cho Wunho, South Korean surgeon. He is an excellent surgeon and Cho performs a procedure Col. Potter read about which Cho (Paik) learned in Chicago. Hotlips is very suspicious and Frank is very jealous. Two North Koreans, one played by Robert Ito, come to 4077 pretending to be allies needing supplies; Cho (Paik) recognizes who and what they are. Cho tells Klinger and Radar, who try to make it plain to very gullible Frank ...