Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

General Description of the Department and the Course

In our department, each member of the staff is concerned with providing satisfactory medical services to the people visiting the hospital. For the purpose, we try to functionally combine cutting-edge medical services which are expected in a university hospital and community-oriented medical services as the leading hospital in Yamanashi Prefecture. We provide the medical services in the areas of high-risk pregnancy, childbirth management, state of the art reproductive medicine, multidisciplinary treatment and management of gynecologic cancers, and menopause and geriatric gynecology in addition to general Obstetrics and Gynecology. If you wish to consult with us about anything, please do not hesitate to talk to the doctors, nurses, and midwives. Since this is a University Hospital, education and training of future doctors, nurses, and midwives are also our important mission. This is why you might find our system is slightly intimidating and different from general hospitals. If you can understand this situation and cooperate with us, it would be greatly appreciated.

The Members of the Faculty (Area of Research)

Professor: Shiji Hirata (Reproductive Biology)
Associate Professor: Akihiko Hashi (Gynecologic Oncology)
Associate Professor: Tsuyoshi Kasai (Reproductive Medicine)
Reserch Associate Professor: Yasuhiko Okuda (Perinatology)
Senior Assistant Professor: Masatoshi Nara (Gynecologic Oncology)
Senior Assistant Professor: Makiko Omori (Gynecologic Oncology)
Assistant Professor: Hiroko Fukasawa (Gynecologic Oncology)
Assistant Professor: Eriko Ogasahara (Perinatology)
Assistant Professor: Maki Ohgi (Reproductive Medicine)
Assistant Professor: Hikaru Tagaya (Gynecologic Oncology)
Assistant Professor: Tatsuyuki Ogawa (Reproductive Medicine)
Reserch Assistant Professor: Yumika Watanabe (Perinatology)
Clinical Assistant Professor: Megumi Oi
Clinical Assistant Professor: Keiko Kagami
Clinical Assistant Professor: Satoshi Shinohara

General Description of the Research Activities (themes)

Obstetrics and gynecology can be generally categorized into the three specialized areas of "Gynecological Oncology", "Perinatology" and "Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology". In the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Advanced Studies in Medicine and Engineering, Yamanashi University, there are three research groups specializing above three areas, plus another research group mainly investigating "Molecular Biology". The main research theme for the each group is described below.

• Research Group for "Gynecological Oncology"
  Gynecologic cytology, diagnostic imaging, chemical therapy against gynecologic     malignant tumors, gene therapy
• Research Group for "Perinatology"
  Fetal diagnosis, medical electronics, diagnostic imaging, complication of pregnancy
• Research Group for " Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology"
  Assisted reproductive technology, reproductive biology, mechanism of gamete     maturation, fertilization and early development
• Research Group for " Molecular Biology"
  Molecular cytological approach to the development of gynecologic tumors,     mechanism of gamete maturation, fertilization and early development

General Description of the Medical Practice

• Perinatology:
  The childbirth in this Hospital is a complete reservation system.
  We handle it towards pregnant women with complications such as previous Caesarean section, diabetes, advanced maternal age, the fetus abnormality mainly in this Hospital.
  Only for a reason called this Hospital hope, we do not accept the childbirth reservation after the no vacancy.
  In addition, please have a checkup according to the reservation.
• Infertility and endocrine related disorder:
  In　Japan, when the couple has not conceived after about 24 months of unprotected intercourse with hoping have a baby, it is considered that they are infertile. When you do not conceived after 6 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if women is over the age of 35 with hoping have a baby, please visit our center for infertility and reproductive medicine. We can provide the best fertility treatment.
• Tumor-related diseases including hysteromyoma:
  We have been investigating many areas related to gynecological oncology. Specially, we have paid attentions to lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia, cervical adenocarcinoma independent of human papillomavirus infection (HPV), immunohistochemical staining of p16INK4a, and high-risk HPV in situ hybrididation signal  etc.
• Women’s Health Care:
  Specified outpatient department is designed to meet the expectations of peri- and postmenopausal women having climacteric disorders, autonomic nervous system dysfunction and osteoporosis.
  We provide total health care to these patients by information on prevention, management and treatment (HRT, Kanpou, anti-osteoporotic drug, etc).