Department of Neurosurgery

Head of the Office: Hiroyoshi AKUTSU, MD, PhD

Message from the Head of the Office

     Dokkyo Medical University (DMU) Department of Neurosurgery has been a center for high-level surgical care and research in the field of neurologic disorders. DMU Department of Neurosurgery faculty consists of experts in all subspecialties of neurosurgery and has provided comprehensive neurosurgical care to patients with brain tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, intractable pain, spasticity, and spine and spinal cord diseases. DMU Department of Neurosurgery also performs Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery and is one of only three university hospitals in Japan that has the Gamma Knife unit.
     We collaborate with the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine in providing care to patients with head/neck trauma and cerebral strokes.
      We perform state-of-the-art endoscopic and open skull base surgery for treating pituitary tumors and various skull base tumors in collaboration with the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.
      Our neurosurgeons who are experts in endovascular surgery have a cooperation with the Department of Neurology to help provide care for patients in DMU Stroke Center.
     DMU Department of Neurosurgery is also a center for training physicians and residents. We have trained neurosurgeons and neurologists involved in interventional neuroradiology (endovascular treatments). We work closely with the DMU Saitama Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery, one of the leaders in the field of interventional neuroradiology in Japan. Our collaboration will give residents more educational and training opportunities.
     Dokkyo Medical University is located in a favorable training environment for residents and medical students. It is about one hour away from the scenic Nikko and Nasu area and is also close to Utsunomiya city with a population of more than 500,000.
     We are enthusiastic to pass on our skills to the next generation of neurosurgeons. We believe that persons who developed professional knowledge, judgment, and skills, as well as humanity, will be vital to the society no matter how the world changes. We aspire to continue becoming the regional and international leader in clinical practice and academic training and develop advanced medical care and academic research.

Faculty

Professor and Chairman Hiroyoshi AKUTSU, MD, PhD
Professors Hideyuki KANO, MD, PhD
Ayataka FUJIMOTO, MD, PhD
Associate Professors Ryu KUROKAWA, MD, PhD
Takeo UZUKA, MD, PhD
Go IKEDA, MD, PhD
Senior Assistant Professors Katsuya SAITO, MD, PhD
Shunsuke SHIBAO, MD, PhD
Yusuke MORINAGA, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Akiko ARAKAWA, MD
Takuma SUMI, MD
Takeshi HONGO, MD
Sotaro OSHIDA, MD, PhD 
Sho HANAI, MD
Residents Minami KASAHARA, MD
Miki SAKUMA, MD

Outpatient

    

From Monday to Friday, at least two Japanese board certified (BC) neurosurgeons are available in our outpatient clinic. Most of them fluently speak English and welcome the non-Japanese speakers.
      BC neurosurgeon covers all the neurosurgical diseases/ disorders, however, each subspecialty recommends you to visit us on…

Monday Spine and spinal cord diseases, skull base tumors and pediatric diseases (Dr. KUROKAWA)
Cerebrovascular diseases, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia (Dr. SAITO)
Tuesday Cerebrovascular diseases, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia (Dr. IKEDA)
Brain tumor (Dr. UZUKA)
Epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, movement disorder, functional neurosurgery (Dr. FUJIMOTO)
Wednesday Cerebrovascular diseases and general neurosurgery (Dr. OSHIDA)
Pituitary tumors, intractable headache, hydrocephalus (Dr. MORINAGA).
Thursday Pituitary and skull base tumors (Dr. AKUTSU).
Head injury and general neurosurgery (Dr. ARAKAWA)
Skull base tumors, acoustic neurinoma, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, brain tumors (Dr. SHIBAO)
Friday Benign and malignant brain tumors (Drs. UZUKA and SUMI)
Gamma knife (Dr. KANO)
Saturday Spine and spinal cord diseases, skull base tumors and pediatric diseases (Dr. KUROKAWA)

Contact

Department of Neurosurgery
Dokkyo Medical University
Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi, 321-0293 Japan

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