My Time with Juntendo

Abstract

Here, I review my experience and career from my days in Juntendo University to my retirement. When I was a student at the university and during my residency, I came across patients whose conditions were like those I had read about in novels or seen in movies. When I was working at the department of respiratory medicine, I was engaged primarily in research related to the thoracic cavity and clinical practice related to pulmonary circulation and chronic respiratory failure, and I was able to contribute to my colleagues’ research. When I was an administrative official for health insurance, I was able to see the Japanese health insurance system from the perspective of the operator of the system, rather than its users. This experience was extremely useful while I was working at Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center. At the Center, for the first time in my career, I was able to witness how a hospital develops and improves over the years.