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〒162-8666 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Thanks to the achievements of Professor Fukuyama (predecessor), Professor Osawa (predecessor), and Professor Oguni (predecessor), Associate Professor Ishigaki (current), our department is world-renowned in the field of pediatric neurological and muscular diseases, and many patients visit us from all over Japan. We are also focusing on the recently increasing number of cases of non-attendance at school and other child mental health issues, and have three psychologists on staff to provide counseling and other services. Since 2013, in order to establish specialties in the medical groups of the wards, we have clearly established the following medical groups: neurology and development, epilepsy, neuromuscular diseases, rheumatology, gastroenterology, metabolism, endocrinology, and diabetes to efficiently and more broadly address the medical fields. In addition to the Department of Pediatrics, we have integrated the Departments of Cardiovascular Pediatrics, Nephrology, Neonatology, Pediatric Surgery, and Pediatric Neurosurgery to form the Pediatric Comprehensive Medical Center (established in April 2010). We are aiming to establish a close collaboration system for medical treatment, education, and research among the various medical centers on campus, including the Collagen Disease and Rheumatology Center and the Diabetes Center, as well as between the Adachi Medical Center and the Yachiyo Medical Center. Through this collaborative system, we are striving to nurture pediatricians who can work as generalists with broad exposure to pediatric care, who can also delve deeply into a single field as a specialist and develop internationally competitive medical care and research activities through study abroad experiences.
The basic concept of pre-graduate education is that "two-thirds of the lecture and practical training hours should 'reflect the results of a well-researched national examination” and one-third should be “useful in the initial training and convey the fun of clinical practice". For post-graduate education, a comprehensive training program has been created in anticipation of the pediatric specialist system to be implemented in 2017. When linked with the aforementioned Pediatric Comprehensive Medical Center, the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology of the University's Adachi Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology, and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Yachiyo Medical Center, the total number of beds is nearly same as those of national and public children's hospitals, making this a revolutionary program that enables smooth rotations between these centers. In addition to this, through cooperation with supporting and affiliated facilities, we also offer specialized training in hematology and oncology diseases, as well as training in community medicine, preparing a variety of tailor-made options to meet each resident's needs.
Our department concept is "from 'no cure' to 'cure'" from now on. For example, in the past, once a disease with a genetic abnormality was diagnosed, the only way that could be done was to "watch and wait. From now on, the department plans to introduce new treatments such as “antisense oligonucleotides”,“gene therapy” or "cell therapy" for such neuromuscular diseases that were thought to be incurable. We also plan to make a groundbreaking announcement in the very near future regarding the cause of Kawasaki Disease and the key to remission of food allergy, which is causing a great deal of public concern. Recently, the regulation of intestinal microflora has been getting attention as one of the treatment strategies for intractable diseases. Our laboratory is analyzing intestinal microflora using molecular biological techniques with a high precision unmatched by conventional methods. And, based on this technology, we continue to take on challenges in extremely new fields such as "prevention of premature birth," "prevention of obesity and lifestyle-related diseases," "prevention of recurrence of inflammatory bowel disease," and "prevention of cancer”.
Satoru Nagata
Keiko Ishigaki
Satsuki Kakiuchi
Takayuki Kishi
Susumu Ito
Akiko Takeshita
Takatoshi Sato
Based on the research concept of our department, "From 'no cure' to 'cure'", we are currently proposing the following graduate research themes.
① Immunology and Allergy Group: Research to elucidate the cause of Kawasaki
disease, elucidation of the mechanism of remission of food allergy, measures
against lifestyle-related diseases using probiotics.
② Developmental Group: Visual perception and cognitive development of
neonates and premature infants and its disorders
③ Epilepsy Group: Research on indications for surgical treatment of pediatric epilepsy, neuropsychological research on refractory epilepsy, and neurophysiological research on epileptic seizures
We also plan to launch other groundbreaking themes such as "Research on cell therapy for muscle and neurodegenerative diseases" and "Molecular biological research on ketone diet therapy for epilepsy.
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〒162-8666
8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
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