昭和大学横浜市北部病院消化器センター International Training Center
Showa University International Training center for Endoscopy (SUITE)
Showa University International Training center for Endoscopy and endoscopic surgery(SUITE) （Chief: Professor Haruhiro Inoue）
Showa University International Training center for Endoscopy and endoscopic surgery (SUITE) is an international training center for endoscopy and endoscopic surgery, solely focusing on endoscopy-oriented diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disease. This facility closely collaborates with Digestive Disease Center of Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital.
Training program of SUITE is strictly dedicated to endoscopy and endoscopic surgery . It involves various aspects of endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of GI disease; magnifying endoscopy, colonic pit pattern diagnosis (well known as Kudo's classification), IPCL pattern diagnosis in the squamous epithelium, NBI magnifying diagnosis in the stomach, EMR/ESD,per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia, single incision surgery, and laparoscopic & thoracoscopic surgery. A cutting edge topic in SUITE is endocytoscopy (ultrahigh magnification endoscopy), which allows us to observe living cancer tissue in vivo.
Every year more than 50 foreign doctors visited SUITE.Now we have 3 visiting doctors who stay more than 6 months. First director of SUITE was Prof. Rikiya Fujita, and then succeeded by Prof. Shin-ei Kudo. SUITE & Digestive Disease Center is endorsed by OMED as a "Center of Excellence". This affiliation is provided solely to the endoscopic units which are recognized as a truly world leading center.
Yokohama Live (International seminar on gastrointestinal endoscopy with live demonstration) is a major annual event of SUITE. Yokohama Live started in 2001 and has been held annually at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital. Every year, approximately 500-700 delegates gather to this seminar. More than 20 cases of live demonstration are carried out during 2 days course. As distinguished faculties, world renowned endoscopists (domestic and international) are invited.
The task of SUITE involves achievement of high-quality endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, dissemination of acquired knowledge and skills to whole world. SUITE is strictly dedicated to human health care.
(Prof. Haruhiro Inoue )
Access to Our Hospital for Foreign Guests
Digestive Disease Center,
Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Address: Chigasaki‐Chuo 35-1, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama City,
Kanagawa Prefecture, 224-8503 Japan Tel: +81-45-949-7000
Access to the hospital
Subway
Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue line or Green line
Station: Center-Minami Station
5 minutes's walk to our hospital
Airport bus or taxi
1. From Haneda Airport (International & Domestic)
By limousine: Approximately 1 hour (1000 Yen), Destination:Center-Minami.
By taxi: Approximately 1hour (10000 ~12000Yen) ,Destination:Showa University
Northern Yokohama Hospital in Center-Minami.
2. From Narita International Airport
By limousine: Approximately 2 hours (3000 Yen) Destination:Center-Minami
Recommendation: From Narita International Airport to our hospital, taxi is too expensive (about 500 USD). We recommend you to take the limousine.
Notice! When you take a taxi, please show taxi driver the destination written in Japanese as below!
We have many big other hospitals close to ours. In order to avoid the taxi driver's confusion, you had better show the Japanese-written hospital's name and the address.
昭和大学横浜市北部病院
住所：横浜市都筑区茅ヶ崎中央35-1 電話：045-949-7000
Hotels and access to our hospital
1. Hotel Atlas (economy class): 0 minutes on foot
Link http://hotelatlas.jp/
2.Yokohama Bay Sheraton (premier class): 20 minutes by taxi, 30 minutes by subway
Link www.yokohamabay-sheraton.co.jp/ reservation@ybsh.jp
3.Yokohama Park Hyatt (Luxuary): 40 minutes by taxi, 40 minutes by subway
Link www.hyatt.com
4.Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel (Luxuary): 25 minutes by taxi, 20 minutes by subway
Link www.princehotels.com/en/shinyokohama/