Greetings

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  Greetings from the managing director

  Managing Director

  Makoto Matsushima
  Providing kind treatment to everyone who visits Matsushima Hospital

  　Matsushima Hospital has continued to provide specialized medical services for colorectal disorders from the very beginning, when it was founded as Matsushima Clinic by Senzo Matsushima in 1924.
  Many people tend to leave hemorrhoids untreated for a long time, either out of embarrassment or under the assumption that the disorder is not life-threatening. Our mission is to provide these patients with accurate diagnosis and the best treatment to prevent relapses and anal function disorders.
  A not-insignificant number of malignant colon diseases (such as rectal cancer) and other diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease can be discovered during proctology examinations. That is why we began providing examinations for the early discovery of bowel cancer in 1980 and opened Matsushima Clinic (a facility specializing in colonoscopy examinations) in 1987. We now perform thousands of colonoscopy examinations per year (13,312 in 2020). In order to handle the rapidly increasing number of endoscopy examinations, we opened Landmark Clinic in Yokohama Landmark Tower in 1993. We then opened Matsushima Clinic Shiodome in 2018 to provide even more convenience to patients.
  Throughout 2022, Matsushima Hospital provided examinations for 88,544 patients with anal disorders, performed 9,544 surgeries, and provided 9,644 inflammatory bowel disease examinations.
  　Recently, we completed a new facility integrating Matsushima Hospital with Matsushima Clinic in May 2023, in order to further enhance and improve examinations provided to the many patients visiting us with colorectal disorders.
  The new facility employs 40 specialists in internal medicine and surgery for these diseases, and features the latest equipment and systems in order to provide patients coming from inside and outside Japan with services that best fit their individual needs (as of April 2023).
  Everyone at the new Matsushima Hospital is devoted to ensuring that each and every patient we see is provided with treatment that brings peace of mind.

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  Greetings from the assistant managing director

  Assistant Managing Director

  Haruo Nishino

  　Matsushima Hospital was founded in 1924 in Yokohama as a clinic specializing in anal diseases. It is now possible to discover rectal cancer and colon cancer, and as a result we established Matsushima Clinic in 1987 as a facility specializing in colonoscopy examinations. Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) is an intractable disease that is becoming more common, so we established an outpatient department specialized in the treatment of this disease within the clinic. Finally, in response to requests from patients, we began providing gastroendoscopy examinations, and also introduced comprehensive medical checkups, including gastroendoscopy and colonoscopy examinations.
  　In this way, our hospital and clinic have grown as facilities specializing in colorectal disorders over the years, and we now see many patients. In May 2023, Matsushima Hospital and Matsushima Clinic combined their expertise in anal disorders and gastroenterological endoscopy to form the new Matsushima Hospital. Our facility consists of the Anal Disorder, IBD, and Defecation Function Center (including the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outpatient Department and Defecation Function Outpatient Department), Endoscopy Center, and Medical Checkup Center. All three work closely together, and we continue to introduce the latest medical equipment and technologies. Our mission is to ensure that our patients have a pleasant experience at our facilities. Please feel free to contact us with any suggestions or comments.

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  Greetings from the director

  Director

  Nobuyoshi Miyajima

  　I have served as the director of Matsushima Hospital since June 2021. On May 5, Matsushima Hospital and Matsushima Clinic joined forces to form the new Matsushima Hospital. We can now offer the services of both in a single location, and this has made things much more convenient for all.
  　Our greatest strength is that we are a hospital specializing in colorectal diseases, and can therefore offer consistent and speedy services covering everything from accurate diagnosis to treatment using our full range of diagnosis equipment. For example, if a new patient sees us for bleeding, we can provide a general examination and can also provide on the same day an endoscopy examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon to check for common diseases. If we suspect that a patient has a perianal abscess, we can perform a transanal ultrasonographic examination to determine the extent and depth of the abscess, discover the location of the primary lesion, and even provide same-day treatment, such as opening the abscess. We also emphasize the use of manometry to evaluate anorectal functionality before and after treatment, as a means of ensuring QOL to patients who will undergo surgery. Each member of our staff is an expert on colorectal diseases, and we are committed towards providing effective diagnosis and treatment.
  For functional diseases such as defecation disorder and rectal prolapse, we make use of sensory examinations and defecography in addition to anal manometry to help ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment. We are also equipped to perform rectopexy procedures for cases of rectal prolapse.
  　These examinations are extremely important not just for diagnosis, but for determining future treatment and surgical procedures, and we are proud to offer the range of equipment and speedy service that only a specialized hospital can provide.
  Our internal medicine and surgery specialists work together to provide endoscopic diagnosis and treatment for gastrointestinal tract diseases, as well as diagnosis and treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. We strive to collaborate closely in order to provide the best treatment.
  　Matsushima Hospital has worked hard over the years to become a respected institution for patients and family members concerned about gastrointestinal diseases and colorectal diseases, as well as among our colleagues in the field. We will continue to evolve and provide even better treatment.