Fellowship Program Information
Affiliation (Center Type): Wakamatsu hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 3 month to 1 years
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?: Yes
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 3
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Soshi Uchida, MD, PhD, hip arthroscopy, shoulder , knee, elbow, and ankle arthroscopy.
Yoichi Murata, MD, PhD, hip arthroscopy, hip arthroplasty
Shinichiro Takada, MD, PhD, shoulder, knee, elbow, ankle arthroscopy
Hirotaka Nakashima MD, PhD, shoulder, knee, osteotomy around the knee, elbow, ankle arthroscopy
Shinichiro Takada MD, PhD, knee, osteotomy around the knee, hip arthroscopy, shoulder arthroscopy
Recent activity of Teaching Center: Research Projects
Each fellow can complete one original research project that is suitable for publication in a peer reviewed journal prior to completion of the fellowship. These findings are also presented at the end of the year at the Scientific Advisory Committee meeting.
Financial Support and Expenses
Types of Financial Support Available: No financial assistance or other support is available
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide: The teaching center can help fellows to apply for some fellowship funds.
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs): Housing is available
Guest house
It takes about 45 minutes to go to hospital.( 15 minutes walk to Orio station, 15 minutes train to Wakamatsu station and 10 minutes walk to the hospital). Many fellows found it is comfortable and affordable. Rental cost is around 31000 yen per month, utilities is roughly 10000 to 12000 depending on usage.
Train cost about 560yen per day.
Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases
Arthroscopy 70%
Knee Surgery 10%
Sports Medicine 10%
arthroplasty 10%
Area(s) of Specialty: Ankle Arthroscopy Biologics Elbow/Wrist Arthroscopy Knee Arthroplasty Knee Arthroscopy Hip Arthroplasty Hip Arthroscopy Shoulder Arthroscopy
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities: The WAKAMATSU HOSPITAL Sports Medicine Fellowship Program is a one year Knee, Shoulder, elbow, and Hip Sports Medicine Fellowship. The foreigner fellows can participate in what they want to learn that allows each physician to garner experience in a variety of orthopaedic sports medicine specialties. The twelve months of sports medicine training consist of seeing patients in the Clinic, assisting in surgery. Our physicians who participate in the fellowship program perform approximately 800 surgeries per year. The Clinic serves recreational and elite athletes and patients from Fukuoka prefecture, across Japan, and around the world.
Types of Educational Opportunities: Scrub in for surgery, Assist in clinics under supervision, Receive hands-on training, Assist with research, Didactic sessions, Publishing opportunities
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: clinical outcome following hip arthroscopy for the treatment of FAI.
clinical outcome following hip arthroscopy for the treatment of hip dysplasia.
Related Conference/Lecture Schedule: research meeting per week.
Journal club per week.
grand rounds weekly,
Visiting professor
Athletic Team Coverage: Professional Soccer team
Professional basketball team