General physicians play an essential role in modern society, especially in aging countries like Japan. Many patients have multiple diseases and visit several hospitals, but no specialist sees t...
This is a patient who visited our clinic recently.
She is an elderly woman who regularly attends rehabilitation for her shoulder at a nearby general hospital.
On that day, her family was planning to d...
Yamato Kikuchi
Chairman, Medical Corporation ONE / Director of Kikuchi General Practice Clinic
Protecting Community Healthcare in an Aging Society Through Comprehensive Primary Care
As Japan’s p...
How I Came to My Current Profession
I was born and raised in Shizuoka City, where I spent my childhood devoted to swimming and long-distance running. Through these activities, I developed a strong wor...
In this edition of Doctors’ Insight, a series that explores the true faces and convictions of physicians working on the front lines of medicine, we spoke with Dr. Yamato Kikuchi, Chairman of the Medic...