IBD centres in Japan
4 hospitals with a dedicated service for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Listed alphabetically by city — not ranked.
Nagoya
Nagoya University Hospital
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center offers consultation with doctors specialising in IBD, combining medicine, surgery and post-operative care in a multidisciplinary approach. Its stated investigations and treatments include endoscopy, small-bowel endoscopy by capsule and double-balloon, laparoscopic surgery and pelvic and anal surgery, and the team includes nurses, pharmacists and nutritionists. The centre states it also supports patients returning to life events such as school, pregnancy and childbirth, and that it runs clinical trials and clinical research. Clinics are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Okayama
Okayama University Hospital
The Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center brings together gastroenterology, GI surgery, paediatrics and paediatric surgery, working with nurses, pharmacists and dietitians. It describes itself as a core hospital for IBD, taking not only mild and moderate disease but also patients with severe or refractory disease referred from other general hospitals. Specialised IBD clinics run Monday to Friday, and the centre also admits patients for multidisciplinary treatment and detailed assessment.
Tokyo
Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital
The IBD Center is the hospital’s unit for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, described by its gastroenterology department as one of Japan’s bases for the diagnosis, treatment and study of refractory inflammatory bowel disease. Diagnosis combines endoscopy with capsule endoscopy and intestinal ultrasound alongside blood and stool inflammation markers, an approach the centre presents as accurate while placing less burden on the patient. Doctors, nurses, registered dietitians, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and administrative staff hold a weekly conference on patients together, and the centre also helps patients apply for medical cost assistance.
2 named clinicians
Yokohama
Yokohama City University Medical Center
Physicians and surgeons work as a single team covering adults and children (mainly upper-primary age and above), including refractory and severe disease. Alongside ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease the centre names intestinal Behçet’s disease, non-specific multiple small-intestinal ulcers and Cronkhite–Canada syndrome as conditions it treats, and accepts undiagnosed enteritis and intestinal ulcers. Beyond diagnosis and treatment it states it supports nutrition, drug therapy, pregnancy and birth, and school and working life. Internal medicine is referral-only, so a referral letter and an appointment are needed.
4 named clinicians
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