Internal Medicine Yao Municipal Hospital Yao-city Osaka JAPAN

Title / Role	Doctor	Specialty	Board Certifications & Qualifications
Vice President / Director, Medical Technology Bureau / Head, Department of Internal Medicine / Director, Postgraduate Medical Education Center / Chief, Medical Technology Section / Assistant Director, Regional Medical Liaison Office	Tetsuya Watanabe	General Cardiology Arrhythmia Ischemic Heart Disease Coronary Intervention Heart Failure / Echocardiography	The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Board Certified Specialist & Preceptor in Internal Medicine Japanese Circulation Society: Certified Cardiologist Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT): Board Certified Member & Interventional Cardiology Specialist Japanese Heart Rhythm Society: Board Certified Arrhythmia Specialist The Japan Society of Ultrasound in Medicine: Certified Specialist & Preceptor Clinical Training Supervisor Completed ICD/CRT Training
Director, Endocrinology and Diabetes / Chief Physician, Internal Medicine / Chief, Department of Clinical Nutrition	Rika Kido	Endocrinology & Diabetes	The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Board Certified Specialist & Preceptor in Internal Medicine The Japan Endocrine Society: Certified Specialist & Preceptor in Endocrinology and Diabetes The Japan Diabetes Society: Certified Specialist & Preceptor
Senior Physician, Internal Medicine	Mitsuru Ota	Endocrinology & Diabetes	The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Certified Physician The Japan Diabetes Society: Certified Specialist & Preceptor
Senior Physician, Internal Medicine	Haruhito Watase	Geriatric Medicine	The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Certified Physician & Board Certified Specialist Japan Geriatrics Society: Board Certified Geriatrician Japan Geriatrics Society: Certified Specialist in Elderly Nutrition Therapy
Director, Infectious Diseases / Deputy Senior Physician, Internal Medicine / Assistant Director, Infection Control Office	Tatsuya Fukumori	Infectious Diseases Infection Control	The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases: Board Certified Specialist & Preceptor The Japanese Respiratory Society: Board Certified Pulmonologist The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Board Certified Specialist Infection Control Doctor Coordinating Council: Certified Infection Control Doctor (ICD)
Director, Palliative Care / Deputy Senior Physician, Internal Medicine	Masayuki Okamoto	Palliative Care	The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Certified Physician The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Board Certified Specialist Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine: Certified Physician & Training Instructor JMA Certified Occupational Physician Completed Facilitator Training for Basic Palliative Care Education

The Department of Internal Medicine at Yao Municipal Hospital is a certified educational institute of The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.
Specialists across various fields of internal medicine deliver expert medical care.
As a core regional hospital providing acute and emergency care, we continuously strive to strengthen inter-hospital and clinic-hospital cooperation to better serve our community.

To provide advanced specialized medical services, our department is divided into key subspecialties: General Internal Medicine, Hematology, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Medical Oncology, and Endocrinology & Diabetes. Each unit is staffed with medical professionals possessing highly specialized knowledge and clinical skills.