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Department of Neurology
Our practice
We neurologists perform the diagnosis, treatment, functional recovery, prognostic expectation, genetic counseling and follow-up of the disorders of brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve and muscle.
In our department, neurologists provide medical care for the patients suffering from tremor, numbnesss, headache, dizziness, wamble, weakenss, paralysis, gait disturbance, dementia, impaired consciouseness, seizure, and so on.
We provide management and services for a large variety of disorders as below.
-Neurodegenerative disorders (Parkinson’s disease/Parkinsonian syndrome, spinocerebellar degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease etc.)
-Stroke (Cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack, brain hemorrhage etc.)
-Peripheral neuropathy (Polyneuropahy, Guillain-Barre syndrome etc.)
-Myopathy (Myasthenia Gravis, Muscular dystrophy, Polymyositis etc.)
-Demyelinating disease (Multiple sclerosis etc.)
-Infectious disease (Meningitis, Encephalitis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease etc.)
-Headache (Migrane, tension headache, trigeminal neuralgia etc.)
-Epilepsy
-Neurologic disorders associated with various medical disease
Specialized field
Parkinson’s disease and its associated disorders, Motor neuron diseases, Stroke, Immune-mediated neurological disease, peripheral neuropathy, myopathy, meningitis, encephalaitis, headache, ataxia, gait disturbance, dementia, language disorders, epilepsy
Staff (October 2015)
| Position | Name | Licenses certified by academia |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Hidefumi Ito | Board Certified Member and Attending Physician of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Associate professor | Ken-ya Murata | Board Certified Member and Attending Physician of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board accredited headache specialist Japanese Board-certificated Physiatrist |
| Lecturer | Masaya Hironishi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board Certified Physician and Certified Educator of the Japan Society for Dementia Research |
| Assistant professor | Yasuhiro Hiwatani | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board Certified Physician of the Japan Society for Dementia Research |
| Assistant professor | Masaaki Yasui | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Assistant professor | Jin-su Koh | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Maki Hosokawa | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Maiko Takahashi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Yoshiaki Nakayama | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Megumi Mori | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor | Masae Izawa | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |