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| Welcome to our Faculty of Medicine,Kagoshima University ! |
Dean of Faculty of Medicine
@@Yoshito Eizuru, MD, PhD.
Welcome to our home page.
Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University was started originally as Satsuma-
Han Medical School and Hospital in 1869 in Kagoshima where the Meiji
Restoration broke out.  William Willis, a British doctor was invited as the first
president in 1869.
In 1943 Kagoshima Prefectural Medical Vocational School was authorized;
this was the beginning of the resent Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University.
@@In 1998 the School of Health Sciences, which comprises three coursed, namely
Course of Nursing, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, was established
as a part of Faculty of Medicine. Together with Faculty of Dentistry,Kagoshima
University located next to us, our Faculty of Medicine is now expected to be a
Sanctuary of Medicine and Health Sciences in south Kyushu district. 
Our Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University has produced more than 5,700
graduates over 62 years.
Kagoshima is situated at the southern tip of Japan, our Faculty of Medicine has
had good opportunities of contribution to and collaboration with China, Korea,
and East-Asian countries in medical fields. 
Kagoshima has many islands that lie far south from the mainland, and diseases
peculiar to these sub-tropical islands have been studied vigorously.
The motto of our Faculty of Medicine is the medicine and medical service that
attaches great importance to ghumanityh.  We train students to be professional
doctors and co-medical staff with humanity, global view and mind for community
medical service.
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