Tokyo Medical And Dental University Hospital Faculty of Medicine, hospital in Japan
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital Faculty of Medicine is a university hospital in Bunkyo ward, Tokyo, combining medical and dental patient care with academic training. The campus is made up of several buildings linked by covered walkways, with clinical wards, research labs, and specialized departments spread across the site.
The institution was founded in 1928 as Japan's first national dental school before adding a medical department during World War II. After 1946, it grew into a full university with separate faculties for medicine and dentistry.
Medicine and dentistry students train side by side in the same wards where patients are treated. Walking through the corridors, visitors can see white coats of different ranks moving together, which gives the place the feel of a working teaching environment rather than a standard hospital.
The hospital is close to Ochanomizu Station and is straightforward to reach by public transit, with signs around the area pointing the way. Once on campus, the covered walkways between buildings help you move from one department to another without going outside.
The hospital has formal partnerships with Harvard Medical International and Imperial College London, which is uncommon for a Japanese university hospital. This brings visiting researchers and clinicians from abroad on a regular basis, making the site an active node in global medical exchange.
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