The University of Tokyo Hospital (東京大学医学部附属病院, ''Tōkyō daigaku igakubu fuzoku byōin'') is an
academic health science centre
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and
tertiary referral hospital
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located in
Bunkyō
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as ...
,
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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. The hospital is part of the
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
's
Faculty of Medicine
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. It is one of the country's fifteen core clinical research hospitals, which are hospitals that also serve as medical research centres with large government grants.
It has consistently been ranked as the best hospital in the country in several hospital rankings. ''
Newsweek
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's ''World's Best Hospitals 2023'' ranks it 17th in the world, 2nd in Asia, and 1st in Japan. Notably, it serves as the primary hospital for the
Imperial Family of Japan
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, with both the
current emperor and the
emperor emeritus having undergone major operations there.
Departments

The hospital is organised as below:
* Internal Medicine Departments
** General Internal Medicine
** Cardiology
** Respiratory Medicine
** Gastroenterology
** Nephrology & Endocrinology
** Diabetes & Metabolism
** Hematology & Oncology
** Allergy & Rheumatology
** Infectious Diseases
** Neurology
** Geriatric Medicine
** Psychosomatic Medicine
* Surgical Departments
** General Surgery
** Stomach & Esophageal Surgery
** Colorectal & Anal Surgery
** Liver, Bile Duct, & Pancreatic Surgery
** Vascular Surgery
** Breast & Endocrine Surgery
** Artificial Organ & Transplant Surgery
** Cardiac Surgery
** Thoracic Surgery
** Neurosurgery
** Anesthesiology & Pain Centre
** Urology & Men's Health
** Women's Surgery
* Sensory & Motor Functions Departments
** Dermatology
** Ophthalmology & Vision Correction
** Orthopedic Surgery & Spinal Surgery
** Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
** Rehabilitation
** Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery
** Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Orthodontics
* Pediatrics, Perinatal & Women's Health Departments
** Pediatrics
** Pediatric Surgery
** Gynecology & Obstetrics
* Psychiatry and Neurology Departments
** Psychiatry and Neurology
* Radiology Departments
** Radiology
* Emergency Departments
** Emergency Medicine
References
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Hospitals in Tokyo
Hospitals established in 1858
University of Tokyo