is a university hospital in Japan. It's located in Abeno-ku, Osaka, and affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University.

History

The hospital's predecessor was founded in

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, as the municipal hospital for the city of Osaka, located in Abeno-ku, Osaka due to donation from Kichiemon Kichimoto. Its name was changed as the south municipal hospital for the city of Osaka:. In 1944, Osaka Municipal Medical school was founded and the hospital was affiliated with the school. In 1948, Osaka Medical College was founded and the hospital was affiliated with the college. In 1955, the college was united to Osaka City University, and it affiliated with the university. In 1993, a new hospital building was completed. In 2022, the hospital name was changed from "Osaka City University Hospital" to "Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital".

Medical Department

Osaka City University Hospital has 32 medical departments including: * General Medical Center * Cardiovascular Medicine * Respiratory Medicine * Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology * Diabetes Center *

Nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

* Endocrinology * Gastroenterology * Internal Medicine; Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Diseases *

Hematology Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the produc ...

and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation * Neurology * Department of Infectious Diseases * Orthopedic Surgery * Gastroenterological Surgery * Breast and Endocrine Surgery * Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery * Cardiovascular Surgery * Thoracic Surgery * Pediatric Surgery * Neurosurgery * Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery * Pediatrics & Neonatology * Neuropsychiatry * Urology (Kidney Transplantation) *

Obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

Gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

, Women's Lifecare Medicine * Nuclear Medicine * Anesthesiology and Pain Clinic * Dermatology * Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology * Radiation Oncology * Ophthalmology * Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery * Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery * Rehabilitation Medicine * Department of Pathology * Clinical Laboratory * Department of Clinical Genomics

MedCity21

MedCity21 is a branch clinic located on the 21st floor of Abeno Harukas. This clinic was opened in 2014 as the first clinic operated by public university in Japan. It provides physical examination, general medicine, and medical check for pregnant women, and also collects medical data with patients' consent.

Access

According to a travel site, access to Osaka City University Hospital is below *5 minutes walk from Tennōji Station * 7 minutes walk from Tennōji Ekimae Station * 9 minutes walk from Dōbutsuen-mae Station

External links

大阪公立大学医学部附属病院

Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital

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