Provided are a diagnosis supporting apparatus and a diagnosis supporting method that analyzes characteristics of medical examinations and supports diagnosis, in which examination characteristics of a practitioner may be analyzed by comparing the characteristics with a reference examination, thereby enabling accurate and efficient diagnosis. The diagnosis supporting apparatus includes: an examination path acquiring component configured to acquire an examination path of an examination device； an examination characteristic analyzer configured to analyze characteristics of the examination based on the acquired examination path by using reference examination information； and a diagnosis component configured to determine an analysis point based on the reference examination and the analyzed examination characteristics, and to obtain a diagnosis with respect to one or more images that relate to the analysis point on the examination path.
