Message from Dr. Takada
For almost 30 years since my graduation, I have practiced internal medicine and rheumatology at university hospitals, general hospitals, and clinics.
Throughout my career, I have always considered my patients as my own family, and provided care with the same compassion and dedication I would give to my loved ones. Specifically, I have always strived to live by the following principles:
- Always be responsible and reliable
- Never give up on patients or leave issues unresolved
- Always be flexible to the needs and circumstances of patients: Rather than imposing treatment guidelines unilaterally, I listen to the patient's situation, propose multiple treatment plans, and collaboratively find the one that best suits their needs.
Additionally, while specialization has ensured high-quality healthcare at the specialty level, I recognized the following drawbacks:
- Lack of seamless integration between rheumatology and internal medicine services: Patients need to visit rheumatology and internal medicine clinics separately, leading to the development of otherwise avoidable drug interactions or specialists’ passing patient’s clinical issues back and forth.
- Lack of seamless integration between internal medicine or rheumatology and psychiatry services: For example, patients may receive inappropriate treatment for psychiatric symptoms which are misdiagnosed as those related to internal medicine or rheumatology conditions.
Furthermore, non-Japanese-speaking patients are not provided with medical services of the same quality as Japanese-speaking patients.
In my clinic, I provide high-quality care in internal medicine, rheumatology, and primary-care psychiatry without boundaries, regardless of the language used (Japanese or English).
I support patients both mentally and physically, allowing them to actively engage in health-related decision-making and in their treatment, so that they could have hope for tomorrow, and realize their full potential and self-actualize.
About Dr. Kazuki Takada
Kazuki Takada, MD, is a provider of internal medicine and rheumatology services for patients throughout the Metropolitan Tokyo area. At Park East Clinic Kiyosumi Shirakawa, Dr. Takada offers expert medical care for various rheumatic, autoimmune, and systemic inflammatory conditions, as well as internal medicine diseases.
After receiving M.D. from Kyushu University School of Medicine in 1994, Dr. Takada completed one-year super-rotating internship at United States Naval Hospital in Yokosuka and one-year internal medicine residency training at Kameda Medical Center in Japan. He then moved to the United States in 1996 and completed a three-year internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, and a three-year rheumatology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. During the fellowship, Dr. Takada engaged in observational as well as investigational clinical research in rheumatoid arthritis, lupus nephritis, and dermatomyositis. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to clinical care, teaching, and research, Dr. Takada was honored with the Rheumatology Fellow Award by the American College of Rheumatology.
Dr. Takada returned to Japan in 2002 and served as a full-time faculty member at Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Medical and Dental University). Throughout his tenure, he provided compassionate, patient-centered care, which he considers as his lifelong mission. In addition to practicing rheumatology at the university hospital, Tokyo Midtown Clinic in Roppongi, and Karuizawa West General Hospital in Nagano, he conducted observational and investigational clinical research focused on interstitial lung diseases associated with idiopathic inflammatory myositis during the first decade of his academic career. In the following decade, he contributed to curricular reform and university internationalization of the university. As a teaching professor, Dr. Takada received numerous awards for his excellence in teaching from graduating classes and from the university.
To dedicate more time to his patients and fully pursue his mission, he left his full-time university position at Institute of Science Tokyo and established Park East Clinic Kiyosumi Shirakawa in May 2024.
Dr. Takada is one of the most dedicated English-speaking, US-licensed, and US board-certified internists and rheumatologists in Tokyo. If you need compassionate, patient-centered, expert care in internal medicine or rheumatology, e-mail or call the friendly team at Park East Clinic Kiyosumi Shirakawa or book an appointment online.
EDUCATION
1994 Doctor of Medicine (MD) Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
2003 Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Research (MHS) NIH Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center and Duke University School of Medicine.
2008 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medical Science Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
2019 Master of Business Administration (MBA) Graduate School of Management GLOBIS University
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Japan
1994 ~ 1995 Rotating Internship United States Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan.
1995 ~ 1996 Internal Medicine Residency Kameda General Hospital, Kamogawa, Japan.
United States
1996 ~ 1999 Internal Medicine Residency Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY.
1999 ~ 2002 Rheumatology Fellowship National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2002 Staff Clinician National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
2002 ~ 2003 Staff Physician Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
2003 ~ 2006 Assistant Professor Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Science Tokyo
2006 ~ 2010 Junior Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Science Tokyo
2010 ~ 2012 Associate Professor Center for Interprofessional Education, Institute of Science Tokyo
2012 ~ 2016 Professor International Exchange Center, Institute of Science Tokyo
2016 ~ 2018 Professor Institute of Education, Institute of Science Tokyo
2018 ~ 2024 Professor Institute of Global Affairs, Institute of Science Tokyo
2024 ~ Emeritus Professor Institute of Science Tokyo
Licensure, board certification
- Physician's License, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
- Licensure for Physician, the Maryland Board of Physicians
- Diplomate in Internal Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate in Rheumatology, the American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate in General Internal Medicine, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate in Rheumatology, the Japan College of Rheumatology
Society membership
- Fellow, the American College of Physicians
- Fellow, the American College of Rheumatology
- Member, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- Member, the Japan College of Rheumatology
