 He became Professor of Internal Medicine and Tuberculosis at the Severance Union Medical College, Seoul, from 1953-1960.He established his first clinic there in 1954, and he believed that overcrowded housing and poor infrastructure were major issues causing a tuberculosis crisis.On December 22, 1956, New York financier John Hay Whitney gave Struthers $5,000 for his tuberculosis control project of the Korean Church Works service.