{"id":728,"date":"2026-02-09T07:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:56:20","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/about\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Our leaders are responsible for clear decision-making, patient safety, and institutional accountability.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leadership<\/div>\n
\n Leadership at Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital is not only about expertise.
\n It is about making medically appropriate decisions, explaining them clearly,
\n and maintaining standards that patients can trust.\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Decision-making<\/div>\n
\n Care is guided by hospital-wide governance and multidisciplinary collaboration,
\n so decisions do not depend on a single person.\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Hospital Leadership<\/h2>\n
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Satoshi Kuroyanagi, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Hospital President \/ Cardiovascular Surgery<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Dr. Kuroyanagi leads the hospital with a focus on patient safety, timely access to appropriate care,
\n and clear clinical decision-making.\n <\/p>\n

\n In cardiovascular care, he emphasizes teamwork, careful indication, and minimally invasive approaches
\n when clinically appropriate.\n <\/p>\n

\n View profile<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Executive Team<\/h2>\n
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\n Makoto Izuta, M.D., Ph.D. \u2014 Vice President (Neurology \/ QI & Patient Safety)
\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Hiroyuki Matsumoto, M.D., Ph.D. \u2014 Vice President (Neurosurgery)
\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Shoji Oura, M.D., Ph.D. \u2014 Vice President (Breast Surgery)
\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Hiroshi Fujita, M.D. \u2014 Vice President (Cardiology)
\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Masaya Nishihata, M.D., Ph.D. \u2014 Vice President (Robot Surgery Center)
\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Hitomi Matsuda \u2014 Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
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\n Yukihisa Mochida \u2014 Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
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Medical Governance<\/h2>\n
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Quality & Safety<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n We maintain hospital-wide standards through quality improvement activities, patient safety initiatives,
\n and cross-department review.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shared Accountability<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n Our governance structure supports consistent decision-making and reduces reliance on individual discretion
\n alone \u2014 especially important when care involves complex cases or international communication.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our leaders are responsible for clear decision-making, patient safety, and institutional accountability. Leadership Leadership at Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital is not only about expertise. It is about making medically appropriate decisions, explaining them clearly, and maintaining standards that patients can trust. Decision-making Care is guided by hospital-wide governance and multidisciplinary collaboration, so decisions do not depend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":940,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1631,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions\/1631"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}