DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

About us
     The thoracic surgery department began in July 1974 when the university hospital opened, but at the beginning, there was no medical service of cardiovascular surgery in the thoracic surgery department. However, the second professor Koichiro Shimada, together with the cooperation of Jikei University School of Medicine and Women's Medical University, performed the first cardiac case on October 29, 1991, with a team led by Professor Yoshitaka Okamura (currently the honorary president of Wakayama Medical University). After that, the number of cases increased steadily and grew into a core facility in the north Kanto area, and in April 2010, it became independent as the "Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Course". In June of the same year, we started vascular surgery service at Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, and now we have about 300 cases in the heart / thoracic aorta lesion and about 300 cases in the peripheral vascular lesion.

 About cardiac and vascular surgery services
      We provide medical care with two pillars, "cardiac surgery" and "vascular surgery".
We will perform surgery that considers the patient's postoperative QOL, minimally invasive heart and vascular surgery that is kind to the body, and team medical care centered on the Heart Center, with the goal of early rehabilitation after surgery. We provide world-class advanced cardiac and vascular surgery services.
 
Education and training for young surgeons
      In recent years, the number of surgeons, which is one of the 3K jobs, especially cardiovascular surgeons, has decreased remarkably as in pediatrics and obstetrics. However, a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found that the percentage of cardiovascular surgeons who prioritized medical care over their own lives was overwhelmingly high. The goal is to join this group of stupid doctors and develop human resources who will lead the future of cardiac and vascular surgery in Japan and around the world. We would like to train surgeons who have the opportunity to operate from an early stage, encourage them to study abroad in Japan and overseas, and have a broad perspective as "surgeons who can cut" and who also have creative academism to create future cardiovascular surgery. The keywords are enthusiasm, sincerity, creativity, technology and harmony.
 
Research
      Another important mission of the university is research in the cardiac and vascular surgery field. Our department is actively promoting joint research with other departments in the hospital, basic science laboratory, and out-of-hospital facilities. In the future, we will continue to conduct research that can be fed back to clinical practice to overcome clinical problems, and strive to contribute to the progress of cardiovascular surgery.

 

1. Medical Practice
Targets to treat
・Ischemic heart diseases
      Acute coronary syndrome
      Angina Pectoris
      Myocardial infarction and its mechanical complications

・Valvular Heart diseases
      Aortic valve disease: aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation
      Mitral valve disease: mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation
      Tricuspid valve disease: tricuspid regurgitation

・Aortic diseases
      Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms
      Acute aortic dissection

・Myocardial diseases
      Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
      Ischemic cardiomyopathy

・Cardiac tumors
      Cardiac myxoma, etc.

・Peripheral vascular diseases
      Arteriosclerosis obliterans
      Acute limb ischemia
      Varix
      Vascular access

・Congenital heart diseases

     Atrial septal defect
     Ventricular septal defect
     Patent aortic duct
     Other adult congenital heart diseases
 
Advanced surgical techniques
・Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB)
・Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS)
・Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
・Trans-catheter mitral valve repair (MitraClip®)
・Endo-vascular aortic repair
・Endo-vascular treatment for peripheral artery diseases
・Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD)
 

2. Education

School of Medicine:
Lectures for medical students
      Subjects in clinical cardiac and vascular surgeries before clinical rotation.

 Clinical clerkship for 4^th/5^th grade medical students
      Students spend 1-4 weeks in our department. Each student is required to be in charge of a patient, plan the treatment, present the plan at the preoperative conference, attend the operation, and present the postoperative course at the morning conference every day.

      The areas of our research interest cover all the fields listed above in “Targets to treat”. We have a lot of publications. (→https://dokkyo-cvs.jp/) Also, several projects are now ongoing. (→https://dokkyo-cvs.jp/) 

Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery
Japanese Circulation Society
Japanese Society for Artificial Organs

Professor and Chairman  Hirotsugu Fukuda, MD, PhD
Associate Professor  Koji Ogata, MD, PhD
Associate Professor  Ikuko Shibasaki, MD, PhD
Senior Assistant Professor  Taisuke Konishi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor  Shunsuke Saito, MD, PhD
Senior Assistant Professor  Go Tsuchiya, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor  Yusuke Takei, MD
Assistant Professor  Masahiro Tezuka, MD
Assistant Professor  Yuta Kanazawa, MD
Assistant Professor  Yasuyuki Kanno, MD
Resident  Shotaro Hirota, MD 
Resident  Taiki Matsuoka, MD
Resident  Ken Niitsuma, MD

Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
Dokkyo Medical University
Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi, 321-0293 Japan
Email:cvs@dokkyomed.ac.jp

See more details → https://dokkyo-cvs.jp/