History of department
Department of Dermatology, Wakayama Medical University was founded in 1945. The first chairman was Prof. Nishimura, who had studied the pathogenesis of collagen diseases biochemically. The second chairman was Prof. Mishima, who has been studying the whole world of malignant melanomaccc The third chairman was Prof.Aoki and the forth was Prof. Matsunaka. In 1999. Dr. Fukumi Furukawa was elected as the fifth chairman( books, reviews and articles from 1978).
- International workshop of Hydroxychloroquine on Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (pdf)
- 3rd International Conference on Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
the 114 Annual Meeting of Japanese Dermatology Association
May 29-31,2015 Yokohama
- Staff and speciality
- Prof. & Chairman Fukumi Furukawa collagen disease, atopic dermatitis
- Hospital Prof. Yuki Yamamoto skin surgery, cancer, cosmetic dermatology
- Associate Prof. Nobuo Kanazawa autoinflammatory syndrome, drug eruption
- Clincal associate Prof. Takashi Yoshimasu alopecia
- Assistant Prof. Takaharu Ikeda collagen disease
- Assistant Prof. Chikako Kaminaka laser therapy, cosmetic dermatology
- Instructor.Naoya Mikita psoriasis
- Instructor.Naotaka Doi
- Instructor.Kayo Kunimoto laser therapy, psoriasis
- Instructor.Yutaka Inaba laser therapy, psoriasis
- Resident.Hisako Okuhira
Chiaki Hamamoto
Sayaka Tani
Tomoko Shima
- Research projects
- 1) lupus erythematosus: cutaneous lupus
- 2) atopic dermatitis: therapeutic effects of novel immunosuppressants
- 3) skin cancer: application of chemical peeling
- 4) autoinflammatory syndrome
- 5) aesthetic dermatology
