Our goal is for Akita University Hospital to be “a hospital loved by all.”

Akita University Hospital was founded in 1971, following the establishment of the Akita University School of Medicine the previous year, with the absorption of Akita Prefectural Central Hospital and the assumption of its operations. Since then, as the prefecture's sole government-designated Advanced Treatment Hospital, Akita University's hospital has been providing high-quality advanced medical care, training outstanding medical professionals, and conducting world-class research.

The hospital became a Prefectural Cancer Treatment base hospital in 2007, a new inpatient ward was completed in 2009, and a cutting-edge educational simulation center—one of the largest in Japan—was established with the support of Akita Prefecture in 2012. In addition, a major renovation of the original inpatient wards was finished in March of 2015, and the hospital reopened for full-scale healthcare services that same year, better prepared than ever to not only provide safe and advanced medical care but also to present a comfortable environment for inpatients and their family members, and for outpatients as well.

Regarding medical care, we provide advanced, high-quality services such as organ and bone marrow transplantation, minimally-invasive (including robot-assisted) surgery, multidisciplinary treatment for refractory cancer and intractable diseases, and PET-CT and other state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging techniques.

Concerning education, we have an abundance of highly-motivated staff members who are dedicated to training new generations of medical professionals. In tandem with the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medicine, we are constantly striving to produce excellent healers and specialists who are prepared to play active roles in medicine and healthcare not only in the prefecture but also across Japan, and beyond its borders, utilizing the Akita Medical Center for Comprehensive Support for Doctors.

As for research, in cooperation with the Graduate School of Medicine, we promote advanced medical care, develop new therapeutic drugs and devices through medical engineering collaboration, and develop new drug administration and surgical methods with fewer side effects and complications.

The physicians and nurses, and all medical and administrative staff members, of Akita University Hospital will continue our efforts to provide high-quality advanced medical care that can meet the current and future needs of everyone in Akita Prefecture and throughout the country while fulfilling our three responsibilities of medical treatment, education, and research. We will also tirelessly strive to make sure that Akita University Hospital is, and remains, “a hospital loved by all.” We humbly ask for your warm support and encouragement in our efforts.