Greetings
I am prof. Masatou Kawashima. I was graduated from faculty of medicine at Kyushu University in 1994. Immediately after graduation, I became a resident of neurosurgical department at Kyushu University. I obtained board certification of Japanese Neurosurgical Society in 2000. I was a post-doctoral research fellow at University of Florida (UF) from 2001-2003. I studied micro-neurosurgical anatomy at UF under the instruction of prof. Rhoton (Fig 1) who was world-wide famous neuro-anatomist. I also collaborated with prof. Spetzler (Fig 2) who was former director at Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona and published a bypass textbook with him (Fig 3). I became a chairman at department of Neurosurgery at International University of Health and Welfare in Chiba in 2017.
I established a neurosurgery clinic in the central area in Fukuoka city in 2023. It is 10 min from Hakata station and 20 min from Fukuoka airport by subway. Patients from all over the world are very welcome to my hospital. If you have any concern might be related to brain malfunction including headache, dizziness, memory disturbance, and numbness of extremities, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
July, 2023MASATOU KAWASHIMA
Curriculum Vitae
- 1994/3
- Graduated from Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine
- 2001/10-2003/5
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Florida, Neurological Surgery
- 2004/4
- Assistant Professor, Kitasato University, Dept. of Neurosurgery
- 2009/10
- Associate Professor, Saga University, Dept. of Neurosurgery
- 2017/4
- Professor and Chairman, International University of Health and Welfare, Dept. of Neurosurgery
- 2023
- Director at Yakuin Kawashima Neurosurgery Clinic
Doctor degree
- PhD: 2001 Kyusyu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Membership
- The Japan Neurosurgical Society
- The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- The Japan Stroke Society
- Japanese Society on Surgery for Cerebral Stroke
- Japanese Society for Neuroendoscopy
- Japanese Society for Microvascular Decompression Surgery
- Japanese Society for Skull Base Surgery
- The Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery
- Japanese Society for Microneurosurgical Anatomy
Subspecialties
Cerebrovascular, Skull base tumor, Microvascular Decompression Surgery
Representative papers
- Kawashima M, Suzuki SO, Doh-ura K, Iwaki T: alpha-Synuclein is expressed in a variety of brain tumors showing neuronal differentiation. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 2000;99:154-160.
- Kawashima M, Rhoton AL Jr., Matsushima T: Comparison of posterior approaches to the posterior incisural space: Microsurgical anatomy and proposal of a new method, the occipital bi-transtentorial / falcine approach. Neurosurgery 2002; 51:1208-1221.
- Kawashima M, Rhoton AL Jr., Tanriover N, Ulm AJ, Yasuda A, Fujii K: Microsurgical anatomy of cerebral revascularization, Part I: Anterior circulation. J Neurosurg 2005;102:116-131.
- Kawashima M, Noguchi T, Takase Y, Nakahara Y, Matsushima T: Decrease in leptomeningeal ivy sign on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images after cerebral revascularization in patients with moyamoya disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2010;31:1713-1718.
- Kawashima M, Takase Y, Matsushima T: Surgical treatment for vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: special reference to the importance of the cerebellomedullary fissure dissection. J Neurosurg 2013;118:460-464.
About the Business
We accept a patient without a Japanese public medical insurance.
- Consultation
- 15,000 Yen/30 min
- Consultation + head MRI + cervical ultra-sonography
- 40,000 Yen
- Consultation + DWIBS
- 50,000 Yen
- Consultation + head MRI + cervical ultra-sonography + DWIBS*
- 80,000 Yen
DWIBS* : Diffusion-weighted whole body imaging with background body signal. Newly developed MRI examination for detecting malignant tumor in the body.
Hours
Mon. | Tue. | Wed. | Thu. | Fri. | Sat. | Sun.& Public holidays | |
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9:00-13:00 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
15:00-19:00 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
- Closed : Tuesday afternoon, Sunday, Public holidays
Location
#101, 1-2-2 Yakuin Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 810-0022, Japan
- From Fukuoka Airport
- by subway: Fukuoka airport - Hakata sutation (5 min), Hakata station - Yakuin station (7 min), walk 3 min
- From Hakata Station
- 2.4 km from Hakata Port Passenger Ship Terminal, 15 min by taxi
CONTACT US
Please contact us by email if you would like to visit us or have any question.