| ”School of Medicine |
 |
| First Department of Internal Medicine |
General description of the First Department of Internal MedicineThe goal of our department is to contribute to both medical services and research effort of the university as a department of comprehensive gastroenterology by providing integrated services in medical practice, education, and research related to liver, pancreas, biliary tract, and digestive tract diseases. In order to achieve this goal, we need two things. The first one is "improvement". We must improve our knowledge, technology, and systems to be able to practice safe, advanced, and effective medicine in a wide range of gastroenterology. The second one is "innovation". We must seek innovation in science and technology in order to challenge gastrointestinal disorders such as malignant tumors and chronic inflammation, which are difficult to treat with existing therapeutic approaches. Our research activies aim at new methods of diagnosis and treatment using novel imaging and interventional techniques as well as molecular gastroenterology.
Profile of the Faculty Members (the area of research)Professor Nobuyuki Enomoto, M.D., Ph.D.Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Viral Hepatitis
Associate Professor Tadashi Sato, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy
Assistant Professor Shun-ichi Okada, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Assistant Professor Hiroyuki Otsuka, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy
Assistant Professor Masahiko Otaka, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy
Assistant Professor Shinya Maekawa, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Assistant Professor Minoru Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Research Associate Taisuke Inoue, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Research Associate Tomoyoshi Uetake, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy
Research Associate Takatoshi Kitamura, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Research Associate Tatsuya Yamaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy
Research Associate Mitsuharu Fukasawa, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy
Research Associate Fumitake Amemiya, M.D., Ph.D. Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Research
- Development of a new imaging system for digestive tract, which includes;
Digestive endoscopic system
MRI, CT, US
- Application of medical interventions based on various imaging systems to the treatment of gastrointestinal disease, which includes;
Endoscopic mucosal resection of GI cancer
Thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma
Stenting of biliary tract and pancres
- Clarification and application of genes that are related to malignant tumors in the digestive tract, which includes;
p53 and colon cancer
EGFR and esophageal cancer
VEGF and pancreas cancer
- Molecular biological analysis of the mechanism of the development of chronic inflammation in the digestive tract and its clinical application, which includes;
HCV, HBV and chronic hepatitis
H.pylori and gastritis
- Molecular biological analysis of motility disorders, which includes;
molecular analysis of c-kit positive interstitial cells of Cajal
|
 |
|
