A world leader in basic and clinical research of the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, gall bladder and pancreas
Juntendo University School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology
A world leader in field of basic and clinical research of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, gall bladder and pancreas.
The Department of Gastroenterology was established in 1968 by reorganizing the 1st and 2nd Departments of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hikoo Shirakabe was the founder professor; he was the pioneer of the double contrast radiography. The second professor was Dr. Toshihiko Namihisa, the leading hepatologist of the time, and the third was Dr. Nobuhiro Sato, a famous clinician and researcher. Since September 2006, Professor Sumio Watanabe has presided over the department, and our department has been further expanding and developing. The university has carried out numerous reforms in the education of medical school and innovations in post graduate course such as increasing the capacity of numbers of students till now. Our department is also increasing in numbers of the staffs and is the largest in the university.
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