Greetings

Director photo

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

Fig 1. Prof. Rhoton
Fig 1. Prof. Rhoton
Fig 2. Prof. Spetzler
Fig 2. Prof. Spetzler
Fig 3. Bypass textbook
Fig 3. Bypass textbook

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
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.