Looking Back at the Last Fifty-odd Years of the Department of Neurosurgery at Juntendo University

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　The Department of Neurosurgery at Juntendo University was established in 1968 by Prof. Shozo Ishii. This was followed by the appointment of Prof. Kiyoshi Sato as the second professor in 1988, and then Prof. Hajime Arai as the third in 2002. Currently, nearly 1,000 surgeries are performed at the neurosurgical department only, with the total number performed by Juntendo-affiliated hospitals amounting to approximately 4,300. At present, the Neurosurgical Group of Juntendo University has 197 members, of whom 186 are board certified neurosurgeons. Ever since the time of Prof. Ishii, our institution has been accepting many new members every year without interruption, and they continued to carry out the main three domains of neurosurgical activities: clinical work, research, and education in a well-balanced manner, and moving forward with a spirit of continued progress into the next 50 years.