A Message from Prof. Akinobu Taketomi
Team-based medical practice
to provide the best surgical care
- Prof.Akinobu Taketomi
- MD,Ph.D.
Contributing to the development of clinical surgeryas one of the leading surgical schools in the country
Established with the launch of Hokkaido University Hospital in 1921, our department is a surgical school with a history of more than 90 years. We have produced over 600 surgeons, engaged in community healthcare within and outside Hokkaido and conducted front-line medical research, contributing to the development of clinical surgery as one of the leading surgical schools in the country. The Department of Surgery was reorganized in the fall of 2011 and the Department of Surgery I changed its name to the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I. With this, I assumed the post of the seventh professor of the department.
The realization of safe surgery with less physical burden on patients by thorough control before, during and after operation.
The Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I encompasses four main treatment areas: digestive surgery (coloproctological surgery), hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, organ transplant surgery, and pediatric surgery. We also work closely with the Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery in providing medical care. Our Coloproctological Surgery Group proactively uses an approach involving laparoscopic surgery. Approximately 70% of colectomy cases in recent years were performed by laparoscopic surgery, which involves small incisions. We also actively utilize multidisciplinary treatment for advanced colorectal cancer cases and work on the development of new therapeutic methods in collaboration with over 40 medical/research institutes in Hokkaido. Our Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Group has one of the largest numbers of liver resection cases in the country. We perform safe surgeries by thorough control before, during and after surgery, which can reduce the physical burden on patients and better meets their needs. Our organ transplantation group is recognized as one of the leading liver transplantation facilities in the country, with more than 200 cases of living-donor and/or brain-dead liver transplantations that have achieved extremely stable conditions after surgery. In the pediatric surgery group, our specialized pediatric surgeons provide medical care to extremely delicate surgical diseases such as pediatric malignancy and congenital anomalies.A genuine desire to care for each and every patient
I believe that the most desired quality in surgeons is the ability to choose and implement the optimum treatment to correspond to the needs of patients and their families. To do this, surgeons must keep learning and always have a genuine desire to help each and every one of their patients. More importantly, this idea should be shared and nurtured among all team members. Surgical treatment cannot be performed by a single individual. It must be performed as a team. To achieve this, we are committed to building a mature team, in which individual members maximize their ability, work closely with each other toward the same goal and fulfill their potential, to provide the best surgical treatment to our patients.
Nurturing of surgeons to lead the next generation
Other than providing medical services, we also focus on providing medical education as part of our mission as a university. We have established an educational/medical care system that can meet the needs of young doctors by placing priority on the creation of a challenging environment which can satisfy motivated medical students and young doctors. To do this, it is necessary to promote personnel exchanges beyond the frameworks of conventional systems and provide young doctors with opportunities to play active roles in medical care. We will create such opportunities for personnel exchanges based on collaboration with both domestic and international medical and research institutes and nurture surgeons to whom we can hand over the baton for the future development of medical care. Based on such activities, we also hope ourselves to develop further as an educational institute and medical care provider.
Details
- Prof.
- Akinobu Taketomi
I am engaged in clinical practice, basic research, and medical education in the spirit of “one-on-one meeting(一期一会).” I truly value the moment of not only working in the field of operation, but also meeting with patients and their families, inspiration in research, and encounters with medical students and young doctors.
Qualifications
- Passed the 84th National Examination for Medical Practitioners
- Board Certified Surgeon, Japan Surgical Society
- Board Certified Surgeon, Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Board Certified Specialist, Japan Surgical Society
- Board Certified Specialist, Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
- oard Certified Instructor, Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
- oard Certified Specialist, Japan Society of Hepatology
- entative Instructor of Clinical Oncology, Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
- Certified Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgeon
- General Clinical Oncologist, Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
- Board Certified Instructor with advanced skills, Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
- Board Certified Specialist, Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
- Board Certified Instructor, Japan Surgical Society
Qualifications
- Japan Surgical Society (Delegate, Board Certified Instructor, Board Certified Specialist and Board Certified Surgeon)
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (Councilor, Board Certified Instructor, Board Certified Specialist and Board Certified Surgeon)
- Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (Councilor and Board Certified Instructor with advanced skills)
- Japan Society of Hepatology (Councilor and Board Certified Specialist)
- Japanese Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis (Councilor)
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (Board Certified Specialist)
- Japanese Liver Transplantation Society (Manager)
- Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (Executive Secretary)
- Japanese Society for Advancement of Surgical Techniques (Manager)
- Japanese Cancer Association
- Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (Delegate)
- Molecular Biology Society of Japan
- Japan Surgical Association
- Japanese Society of Medical Oncology
- Japan Society for Transplantation
- Japan Robotic Surgery Society
- Japan Surgical Association, Hokkaido Branch (Manager and Councilor)
- Japan Society of Coloproctology, Hokkaido Branch (Councilor)
- apan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Hokkaido Branch (Councilor)
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido Branch (Executive Secretary)
- Hokkaido Surgical Society (Director)
- nternational Liver Transplant Congress
- American College of Surgeons(Fellow)
Qualifications
- JBest Presentation Award, 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (2010)
- Outstanding Presentation Award, 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Liver Transplantation Society (2011)
Education
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- 1990
- Graduated from the School of Medicine, Kyushu University
- 1996
- Graduated from the Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
Professional experience
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- 1990.06
- Medical staff member, Kyushu University Hospital (Surgery II intern)
- 1990.10
- Intern, Fukuoka Children’s Hospital & Medical Center for Infectious Diseases (Surgery)
- 1991.01
- Medical staff member, Kyushu University Hospital (Surgery II intern)
- 1991.04
- Intern, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital (Surgery)
- 1996.04
- Physician, National Hospital Organization’s Kyushu Cancer Center (Department of Gastroenterology)
- 1998.09
- Researcher, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah (U.S.)
- 2001.04
- Chief Physician, Medical Treatment Department, Nakatsu Municipal Hospital
- 2003.04
- Medical staff member, Kyushu University Hospital (Surgery II)
- 2003.06
- Assistant, Kyushu University Hospital (Surgery II)
- 2003.10
- Lecturer, School of Medicine, Kyushu University (gastroenterology and general surgery)
- 2011.04
- Lecturer, Kyushu University Hospital (hepatology, spleen, portal vein and liver transplantation)
- 2011.11
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Ⅰ Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine Professor
About the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I
Nurturing of surgeons to lead the next generation
Our department is the oldest surgical department in Hokkaido, having been established as the Department of Surgery in 1921 along with the establishment of the University Hospital and subsequently becoming the Department of Surgery I in 1924 with the establishment of the Department of Surgery II.
The Department of Pediatric Surgery was established in 1999and the Department of Surgery I changed its name to the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery & General Surgery. Donated fund projects have also been established, namely the Department of Organ Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine in 2001, the Department of Molecular Surgery in 2007, and the Department of Transplantation Surgery in 2011. In 2011, the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery & General Surgery (formerly the Department of Surgery I) changed its name to the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I following the reorganization of the department, and the Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (a medical care department) was establishment and the Department of Pediatric Surgery was incorporated again in the department to form the present organization.
n November 2011, Professor Akinobu Taketomi came from Kyushu University to assume the post of the department’s seventh professor. The department provides multidisciplinary treatment centering on surgery based on the latest medical research for gastrointestinal diseases (liver, biliary tract, pancreas, esophagus, stomach, intestines), pediatric surgical diseases, and breast and endocrine diseases (in collaboration with the Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery), including transplantation medicine which was established by the department’s Former Professor Satoru Todo.
Our department is Hokkaido’s first surgical school and currently has approximately 160 members and over 550 alumni who engage in cutting-edge research in Hokkaido and in/outside Japan, daily general surgical treatment or community healthcare, widely contributing to the development of medicine and the improvement of medical care standards.Hospital history
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- 1921
- Establishment of the Department of Surgery at the same time as the establishment of the University Hospital. Dr. Benzo Hata assumed the post of First Professor of the department.
- 1924
- The name of the department was changed from the Department of Surgery to the Department of Surgery I with the establishment of the Department of Surgery II.
- 1925
- Dr. Yoshihide Nishikawa assumed the post of Second Professor.
- 1944
- Dr. Jiro Mikami assumed the post of Third Professor.
- 1967
- Dr. Yoichi Kasai assumed the post of Fourth Professor.
- 1985
- Dr. Junichi Uchino assumed the post of Fifth Professor.
- 1997
- Dr. Hajime Todo assumed the post of Sixth Professor.
- 1999
- Establishment of the Pediatric Surgery Section
- 2001
- Establishment of the Department of Organ Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine as a donated fund project Dr. Hiroyuki Furukawa assumed the post of Professor. The name of the department was changed from the Department of Surgery I to the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery & General Surgery.
- 2007
- Establishment of the Department of Molecular Surgery as a donated fund project Dr. Michitaka Ozaki assumed the post of Professor.
- 2011
- Establishment of the Department of Transplantation Surgery Dr. Hajime Todo assumed the post of Professor. The name of the department was changed from the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery & General Surgery to the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery I. Dr. Akinobu Taketomi assumed the post of Seventh Professor.
- 2012
- Establishment of the Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Dr. Keiko Yamashita assumed the post of Professor.