Ophthalmology
Outline
"Current members of the Department of Ophthalmology are as follows: 2 professors, 1 professor emeritus, 1 visiting professor, 1 associate professor (adjunct), 2 senior assistant professors, 8 assistant professors, 3 clinical fellows, and 12 orthoptists. All conduct clinical practice, education, and research. Teams of specialists treat patients and perform over 1,600 surgeries per year for cataracts, vitreoretinal diseases, glaucoma, nasolacrimal duct disorders, blepharoptosis, strabismus, and corneal and conjunctival diseases. In August 2019, a new operation room (Eye Center) with the latest surgical equipment was constructed next to the Ophthalmology Ward. We particularly specialize in treating cataracts, performing the highest level of refractive surgery and surgical correction (multifocal intraocular lens implantation) to treat presbyopia in Japan.
All members of the Department of Ophthalmology are actively engaged in conducting research on various topics. Research includes epidemiologic ophthalmology (research related to ultraviolet light, environmental temperature and ocular diseases), ophthalmological optics, clinical research of cataracts and intraocular lenses, basic research on cataracts (development of anti-cataract and secondary cataract drugs), studies on ocular infections and IgG4-related diseases, ocular pharmacology, and the development and evaluation of eye protection glasses."
e-mail: ophthal@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
Faculty
Professor and Chair
Professor
Professor Emeritus
TAKAHASHI Nobuo
Visiting Professor
KITAGAWA Kazuko
Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Senior Assistant Professor
Senior Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
FUJITA Nobuyuki
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
KOUYAMA Yukihiro
Assistant Professor
ISHIDA Hidetoshi
Assistant Professor
KAWASAKI Akane
Assistant Professor
OKEMOTO Hajime
Assistant Professor
TAKEDA Shun
Clinical Fellow
IKOMA Toru
Clinical Fellow
KAWAKAMI Honoka
Clinical Fellow
SASAKI Yu
Research Achievements
- Hatsusaka N, Seki Y, Mita N, Ukai Y, Miyashita H, Kubo E, Sliney DH, Sasaki H. UV index does not predict ocular ultraviolet exposure. Translational Vision Science and Technology 2021. [in print]
- Shibata T, Ikawa M, Sakasai R, Ishigaki Y, Kiyokawa E, Iwabuchi K, Singh DP, Sasaki H, Kubo E. Lens–specific conditional knockout of tropomyosin 1 gene in mice causes abnormal fiber differentiation and lens opacity. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 2021; 196: 111492.
- Shibata S, Shibata N, Ohtsuka S, Yoshitomi Y, Kiyokawa E, Yonekura H, Singh DP, Sasaki H, Kubo E. Role of Decorin in Posterior Capsule Opacification and Eye Lens Development. Cells 2021; 10(4): 863.
- Yamamoto N, Hiramatsu N, Ohkuma M, Hatsusaka N, Takeda S, Nagai N, Miyachi E-i, Kondo M, Imaizumi K, Horiguchi M, Kubo E, Sasaki H. Novel Technique for Retinal Nerve Cell Regeneration with Electrophysiological Functions Using Human Iris-Derived iPS Cells. Cells 2021; 10(4): 743.
- Shibata N, Ishida H, Kiyokawa E, Singh DP, Sasaki H, Kubo E. Relative gene expression analysis of human pterygium tissues and UV radiation-evoked gene expression patterns in corneal and conjunctival cells. Experimental Eye Research 2020; 199: 108194.
External Research Funding
- 2021-2023: SHIBATA Teppei (Representative), “ Protective effects of Peroxiredoxin 6 on corneal epithelial disorder and dry eye injury”, funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, KAKENHI, MEXT, Japan [4.03 million yen]
- 2019-2021: SHIBATA Shinsuke (Representative), “ Effects of decorin on epithelial-mesenchymal transition and regeneration of lens”, funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, KAKENHI, MEXT, Japan [2.99 million yen]
- 2020-2021: SASAKI Hiroshi (Co-researcher), “Multiple research to promote development of equipment for radiation protection and reduce exposure into crystalline lens of eye”, funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan [6.70 million yen]
- 2019-2021: SASAKI Hiroshi (Co-researcher), “Epidemiological research on health effects of radiation workers”, funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan [79.42 million yen]
- 2015-2018: SASAKI Hiroshi (Co-researcher), “Epidemiological research in emergency workers at Tokyo Electric Power Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant”, funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan [40.00 million yen]