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Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

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Our department targets a variety of metabolic and endocrine disorders including type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hyperuricemia, atherosclerosis, pituitary and adrenal diseases (primary aldosteronism, Cushing’s syndrome and pheochromocytoma), and thyroid diseases (Basedow’s disease and Hashimoto's disease).

The number of subjects with diabetes has been markedly increasing in Japan. Diabetes is caused by pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance and has various complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, ischemic heart disease, stroke and arterial obstruction. It is very important to understand each patient’s pathology and choose an appropriate therapy based on it in order to protect β-cells against glucose toxicity and prevent various diabetic complications.

Endocrine system plays a crucial role in the maintenance of homeostasis in our body. The slight disturbance of each hormone can lead to serious consequences. It is very important to obtain the knowledge about endocrinology area such as negative feedback system and to obtain the ability to comprehensively interpret various clinical data. Since many endocrine disorders can be theoretically comprehended, we think such ability would be very important not only in this area but also in various clinical fields.

We aim to establish an attitude to think from each patient's perspective and to engage in medical care with a sense of mission, and finally to contribute significantly to clinical medicine. Also, regarding clinically important issues, we would like to perform clinical and basic research and finally send various messages in academic meetings and/or journals.