Tokyo Women's Medical University

Graduate School of Medical Science

Gastroenterology

About us

Digestive internal medicine is targeted to many organs, including the liver, gallbladder, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine). The target diseases are various, consisting particularly of high incidences of gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, and pancreatic cancer. Early detection of these diseases is difficult. There are many research challenges, and the mission of our Department is to identify the pathogenesis of these diseases, and define early diagnosis and treatment. We cooperate with the Department, as well as both inside and outside the basic research groups and facilities. We are looking for young researchers for digestive science.

Research

(1)Hemodynamics and therapy of gastric and esophageal varix
(2)Therapy of virus hepatitis,
(3)Improvement of long survival in the patients with liver transplantation
(4) Hepatocarcinogenesis from NASH,
(5) Genomic background in liver diseases,
(6) Basic and clinical research of autoimmune pancreatitis
(7) Early detection of pancreatic tumor
(8) Regeneration of colon epithelial cell

Faculty

Professor; Katsutoshi Tokushige MD　　　Senior lecture; Maiko Taniai MD
　　　　　Etsuko Hashimoto MD　　　　　　　　　　　　 Nobuyuki Torii MD
　　　　　Shinichi Nakamura MD　　　　　　　　　　　　 Bunei Iizuka MD
　　　　　Kyoko Shimizu MD　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Tomomi Kogiso MD
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yukiko Takayama MD

Related links

Research Achievements Database

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