Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes
May 29,2023 Update
Introduction
The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology at Saitama Medical University General Medical Center focuses on the treatment and research of diabetes mellitus, endocrine disorders, and hereditary rare intractable diseases. The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes was established in 1985 as the first Department of Internal Medicine, focusing on gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes, and endocrine diseases. After the first Professor, Dr. Fukashi MATSUZAKI, Dr. Shoji Kawazu and Dr. Masafumi Matsuda were assigned as a professor in the General Medical Center. Since 2019, Yoshihiko IZUMIDA joined the department from the University of Tokyo as a professor in the field of endocrinology and diabetes.
Endocrine diseases also require accurate diagnosis and treatment of various symptoms associated with the alteration of a wide range of hormone-producing organs in the body. We are committed to providing you with the latest medical care in the field of endocrinology and diabetes mellitus, where drug discovery and development are keenly advancing, by promoting specialized medical care in our specialized fields.
Our department is practicing excellent team medicine and has about 40 diabetes care instructors, which is the third largest number in Japan next to the University of Tokyo Hospital. We work as a multidisciplinary metabolic medical team to ensure that diabetic patients can receive safe and high-quality medical care at our hospital. The team consists of physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, clinical laboratory technicians, physical therapists, and nurses, and many of them have professional qualifications such as the Japan Diabetes Therapy Instructor.
About our department
The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology diagnoses patients on the first visit and treats patients professionally on the second visit by appointment. The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology provides highly specialized outpatient services such as genetic diabetes, dyslipidemia, perinatal diabetes, care for insulin pump, evaluation of diabetic complications, and thyroid and endocrine diseases. In particular, since our medical center has one of the world's largest comprehensive perinatal medical centers, we can provide high-quality medical service on the extensive experience in the management of pregnant women with diabetes and thyroid diseases. Accessibility to medical care on right time and right facility is important for the long-term treatment of diabetes, our department cooperates with a network on regional clinics so that patients can visit the appropriate medical institution at the appropriate time. We encourage you to get a Patient Referral Document from your local clinic to our department, and we will refer you back to your local clinic after your condition is cured.
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*Please note that our division is not open on Saturdays.
Target diseases and symptoms
We are in charge of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia (gout), and obesity, as well as endocrine diseases caused by hormonal abnormalities in the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, and adrenal glands. Diabetes mellitus includes type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, and diabetes due to other causes.
Endocrine diseases include hyperthyroidism (e.g. Graves' disease), chronic thyroiditis (e.g. Hashimoto's disease), pituitary, parathyroid, and adrenal diseases (central uropathy, acromegaly, adult growth hormone deficiency, growth disorders, Cushing's syndrome, hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, pheochromocytoma, aldosteronism, etc.) are also handled by our department. We also have extensive experience in radioactive iodine therapy for Graves' disease.
For rare and intractable diseases in the fields of diabetes, metabolism, and endocrinology, please consult with us on an expert consulting for diabetes and metabolic diseases on Mondays and an expert consulting for endocrine diseases on Tuesdays.
List of rare and incurable diseases.
- Werner's syndrome
- Cockayne syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome.
- Kabuki syndrome
- Wolfrum syndrome
- Adrenoleucodystrophy
- Mitochondrial disease
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
- Glucose transporter 1 deficiency
- Glycogen storage disease
- Sitosterolemia
- Tangier's disease
- Primary hyperchylomicronemia
- Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis syndrome
- Abetalipoproteinemia
- Lipodystrophy
- β‐ketothiolase deficiency
- Pituitary ADH hypersecretion
- Pituitary TSH hypersecretion
- Pituitary hypersecretion of PRL
- Cushing's disease
- Pituitary gonadotropin hypersecretion
- Pituitary hypersecretion of growth hormone
- Anterior pituitary hypofunction
- Thyroid hormone refractory disease
- Congenital adrenocortical enzyme deficiency
- Congenital adrenal hypoplasia
- Addison's disease
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone refractory disease
- Vitamin D-dependent rickets/Osteomalacia
Treatment results
| Disease name | (Number of cases) |
|---|---|
| Total | 160 |
| Diabetes | 125 |
| Type 1 diabetes mellitus | 28 |
| Hospitalization for diabetes education | 42 |
| Pituitary gland disorder | 6 |
| Thyroid gland disease | 11 |
| Adrenal gland disorder | 20 |
| Other endocrine metabolic disease | 5 |
| (Number of cases) | |
|---|---|
| Number of patients seen | 16,881 |
| By ID (number of patients) | 3,537 |
| Diabetes (Estimated) | 2,105 |
| Pregnant | 96 |
| Gestational diabetes | 64 |
| Type 1 diabetes mellitus | 213 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 1,731 |
| Other diabetes | 20 |
| Patients | 1,260 |
| Metabolic diseases (diabetes, etc.) | 772 |
| Endocrine disorders | 488 |
Medical staff
| Name | Job Title | Position | Specialized Field | Credentials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 泉田 欣彦 (Izumida Yoshihiko) 
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Professor | Chief of Clinical Services Chief of Education Chief of ResarchChief of Clinical Services Chief of Education Chief of Resarch |
Diabetes Molecular genetics Biomedical engineering |
Specialist, Japan Diabetes AssociationEndocrine Endocrine Metabolism and Diabetes Medicine clinical internship supervisor Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Certified I.M. Physician Designated physician for difficult diseases |
| 足立 淳一郎 (Adachi Junichro) 
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Assistant Professor | Diabetes Endocrine |
General Internal Medicine Diabetologist Diabetes Society Endocrinologist Endocrine Metabolism |
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| 山崎 悠理子 (Yamazaki Yuriko) 
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Assistant Professor | Diabetes Endocrine |
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| 大村 卓士 Omura Takashi
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Assistant Professor | Diabetes Endocrine Public health |
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| 大谷 亮二 Otani Ryouji 
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Assistant Professor | Diabetes Endocrine |
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| 奥野 雄貴 Okuno Yuki 
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Assistant Professor | |||
| 宮下 将 Miyashita sho 
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Assistant Professor | |||
| 村岡 和 Muraoka Wataru 
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Assistant Professor | |||
| 石原 優理香 Ishihara Yurika
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Assistant Professor | |||
| 森脇 優人 Moriwaki Yuto 
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Assistant Professor | |||
| 大村 榮治 (Omura Eiji) 
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Visiting Professor | Diabetes Endocrine |
Board Certified Diabetoosist (by JDS) Board Certified Endocrinolosist(by JES) Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine(FJSIM) |
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| 中島 啓 (Nakajima Kei)
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Visiting Professor | Diabetes Endocrine |
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| 松田 昌史 (Matsuda Masafumi) 
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Visiting Professor | Diabetes Endocrine |
Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (FJSIM) Board Certified Diabetologist (by JDS) Board Certified Endocrinologist (by JES) |
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| 秋山 義隆 (Akiyama Yoshitaka) 
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Visiting Instructor | Diabetes Endocrine |
Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine(FJSIM) Board Certified Diabetoosist/Instructor (by JDS) Board Certified Endocrinolosist(by JES) Board Certified Specialist for thyroid disease(by JTA) |
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| 皆川 真哉 (Minagawa Shinya)
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Visiting Instructor | Diabetes Endocrine |
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| 矢澤 麻沙子 (Yazawa Masako)
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Visiting Instructor | Diabetes Endocrine |
Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine(FJSIM) Board Certified Diabetoosist (by JDS) Board-nominated Health Care Physician |
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| 大竹 啓之 (Ohtake Hiroyuki)
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Visiting Instructor | Diabetes Endocrine Thyroid gland |
Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (FJSIM) Board Certified Diabetologist (by JDS) Board Certified Endocrinologist (by JES) Board Certified Specialist for thyroid disease (by JTA) |
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| 小泉 千恵 (Koizumi Chie)
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Visiting Instructor | Diabetes Endocrine |
JTA: Japan Thyroid Association
To the Medical Institutions
| Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes | ||||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
| 午前 | ||||||
| 初診 |
(交替制) |
(交替制) |
(交替制) |
(交替制) |
(交替制) |
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| 再診 |
大竹 啓之 (Otake Hiroyuki) |
泉田 欣彦 (Izumida Yoshihiko) |
足立 淳一郎 (Adachi Junichiro) |
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| 午後 | ||||||
| 再診 |
(交替制) |
(交替制) |
大村 卓士 (Omura Takashi) |
矢澤 麻佐子 (Yazawa Masako) |
中島 啓 (Nakajima Kei) |
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土曜日の診療は行っておりません。
※We have no services of return visits on Saturdays
To the Medical Institutions
When the conditions of diabetes or endocrine disease has stabilized, they will be referred to a nearby medical institution. At that time, the information of the referral list for diabetes and thyroid gland disease will be presented to the patient in an A4 version and the patient will choose from the list. If possible, please provide the name of the medical institution, address, access, medical table, doctor's name, etc. together in the A4 version. Please let us know whether you can have injectable preparations for diabetes, anti-thyroid medication, or prescriptions for thyroid preparations. Also, if patients wish hospitalization for diabetes education or education for dialysis prevention, we will refer the patient with detailed information after the education.
