Department of Gastroenterology Yao Municipal Hospital Yao-city Osaka JAPAN

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Staff

Position	fullname	field	certifications, etc
Vice Director, Director of Pharmaceutical department, Director of Health Information Management	Fukui Hiroyuki	Liver diseases, Liver cancer, General Gastroenterology	・ Japan Society of Hepatology specialist and advisor ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist and advisor ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician and advisor ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine councillor of Kinki branch ・Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society specialist ・Japan Medical Association certified occupational physician ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology councillor of Kinki branch ・Japan Society of Hepatology councillor of western area
Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Assistant Director of Clinical Information Management Office	Sakakibara Mitsuru	Liver disease Gastroenterology disease Gallbladder and Pancreas diseases	・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist and advisor ・Japan Society of Hepatology specialist and advisor ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician and advisor ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine councillor of Kinki branch ・Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society ・Japan Medical Association certified occupational physician ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology councillor of Kinki branch ・Japan Society of Hepatology councillor of western area
Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of Endoscopy Center	Kizu Takashi	Therapy and medical examination for gastrointestinal cancer Endoscopic diagnosis and therapy for early-stage gastrointestinal cance	・Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy specialist and advisor ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist and advisor ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology councillor of Kinki branch ・Japan Society of Hepatology specialist ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician and advisor ・Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	Suehara Shigeki	Gastroenterology	・Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist ・Japan Society of Hepatology specialist ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician ・Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy certified oncologist ・Designated physicians for intractable diseases
Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	Ogura Satoshi	Gastroenterology	・Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist ・Japan Society of Hepatology specialist ・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician ・Designated physicians for intractable diseases
Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	Horie Mai	Gastroenterology	・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician ・Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist ・Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	Tamura Takeshi	Gastroenterology and Hepatology (biliopancreatic region) Tumor/chemotherapy treatments	・Japanese Society of Internal Medicine certified physician ・Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society ・Japanese Society of Gastroenterology specialist ・Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy certified oncologist ・Japanese Society of Medical Oncology cancer drug therapy specialist ・Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Assistant Medical Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	Segawa Tomomi	General Gastroenterology
Physician of Gastroenterology	Kitagawa Ayaka
Physician of Gastroenterology	Jouno Midori
Physician of Gastroenterology	Nishiue Kouji

Features

Yao municipal hospital is a facility accredited by the Japanese Society of gastroenterology, the Japan Society of Hepatology and Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.

・We proactively provide antiviral therapy for hepatitis C and hepatitis B. ( treatment by an oral antiviral drug )

the treatment by a therapy specialist is essential to make good on a prognosis of Hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver. Please contact us for inquiries on patients who find abnormal liver function by blood test.

・Early detection and qualitative diagnosis are highly significant to make good on a prognosis of liver cancer developed by chronic liver diseases.

Combining high-performance CT/MRI with contrast abdominal ultrasonography conducted by Society of Ultrasonics certified sonographer, we work on early detection of liver cancer and accurate qualitative diagnosis.

・In the treatment of liver cancer, the choice of appropriate treatments for individual cases are highly significant.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radiology, and Gastroenterological Surgery, and work on improving prognosis of liver cancer by properly combining the treatment options such as ultrasonic therapy, intracatheter treatment, abdominal operation or anticancer treatment.

・We have introduced radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for over 10 years, which is one of the treatment options for liver cancer and many patients have already been treated.

・The number of introduced patients of biliary tract neoplasm and pancreatic tumor has increased. Therefore, we work more actively than before, on treatments for gallbadder and pancrea diseases cooperating with the staff of Surgery and Radiology.

・As for the treatment of endoscopic therapy for early gastric cancer, we have provided submucosal dissection (ESD) for over 10 years, which is more advanced than mucosal resection (EMR). In addition, we introduced submucosal dissection (ESD) as endoscopic therapy for early colorectal cancer. ESD makes it possible to cure early gastric cancer and early colorectal cancer without an abdominal operation.

・There are many cases of diseases relevant to gastrointestinal medicine in emergency medical care, we treat emergency diseases such as biliary colic, acute pancreatitis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

・We make good use of ultrasonic endoscope which is effective for treatments and puncture test for stomach and pancreatic tumor, and enteroscopy which is effective for careful treatment for tumor and hemorrhage of small intestine.

・Endoscope system using NBI (Narrow Brand Imaging) is extremely useful for the diagnoses of esophageal and gastric cancer. We also work harder on treatment for digestive tract cancer.

Department of Gastroenterology Yao Municipal Hospital Yao-city Osaka JAPAN

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

・Internal Medicine

・Hematology

・Gastroenterology and
　Hepatology

・Cardiovascular Medicine

・Oncology

・Psychiatry

・Surgery・
　Gastroenterological
　Surgery

・Thoracic Surgery

・Breast Surgery

・Neurosurgery

・Orthopedics Surgery

・Plastic Surgery

・Obstetrics＆Gynecology

・Pediatrics

・Ophthalmology

・Otorhinolaryngology

・Urology

・Dermatology

・Rehabilitation

・Anesthesiology

・Radiology

・Radiotherapy

・Dentistry and
　Oral Surgery

・Pathology

・Emergency