OpenFieldSapporo Medical University Hospital is Hokkaido’s premier Advanced Treatment Hospital, serving as the northern regional core disaster base hospital, tertiary critical emergency center, and an international hub for regenerative clinical trials.
Designated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a regional cancer treatment center and advanced perinatal maternal center, SapMed Hospital features state-of-the-art robotic surgery suites (da Vinci Xi), an autologous cell processing center (CPC), and comprehensive ECMO critical care facilities. It provides world-class post-graduate medical residency and specialized clinical fellowship training.
Clinical residency, post-graduate fellowship programs, and clinical trial research appointments require a medical degree (MD/MBBS) and Japanese Medical Licensure (or approval under the Advanced Clinical Training system for foreign physicians). Nursing and allied health fellowships require active professional licensure.
Specialized hospital clinical fellowship providing direct clinical immersion in cell harvesting, intravenous infusion protocols, and neuro-functional recovery monitoring for stroke and spinal trauma patients.
Intensive senior clinical residency in Hokkaido’s primary tertiary emergency trauma center, mastering resuscitation, ECMO cannulation, bedside ultrasound, and disaster air-ambulance triage.
Advanced subspecialty fellowship mastering da Vinci robotic console surgery for gastrointestinal, urological, and thoracic oncological resections.
Specialized hospital clinical fellowship for registered nurses pursuing Certified Nurse Specialist (CNS) credentials in cancer chemotherapy symptom management and palliative care.
Clinical physics and medical radiotherapy practicum focusing on stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), proton beam planning, and biological tumor response modeling.
Hospital training fellowship within the Center for Clinical Research and Development, managing phase I-III pharmaceutical trials and regenerative medical device protocols.
Director of Radiotherapy & Clinical Professor of Radiology · Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology
Dr. Masato Hareyama directs advanced clinical radiotherapy operations, pioneering high-precision stereotactic body irradiation protocols for early-stage pulmonary and hepatobiliary tumors.
View research profile ↗Chief Surgeon of Cardiovascular Surgery · Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Dr. Eiki Kikuchi leads thoracic aortic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery teams, standardizing sutureless valve repair and off-pump coronary bypass techniques.
View research profile ↗Director of Advanced Nursing Practice & Clinical Nurse Specialist · Division of Nursing and Critical Care
Dr. Mayumi Sasaki coordinates disaster emergency nursing triage and ICU rapid response teams, developing standardized clinical simulation drills across Hokkaido hospitals.
View research profile ↗University profile compiled from official Sapporo Medical University Hospital academic bulletins and institutional directories reviewed on 2026-10-16. OpenField is an independent research guide.