No more losing half your day for a three-minute consultation.
Our goal is to free patients from the inconvenient reality of rheumatology care at major hospitals.
Rheumatology care the way a university-hospital specialist always wished it could be—now made possible at our clinic.
Spending half a day for a brief consultation has long been the norm at university/general hospital rheumatology services.
- “It’s a long walk from the station, and with ongoing knee or ankle pain and stiffness, every visit feels exhausting.”
- “Because it takes over an hour for lab results to come back, I have to arrive far earlier than my scheduled appointment.”
- “Even though I had a reservation, I wasn’t called in on time, ended up waiting forever, and the visit was over in just three minutes.”
- “I needed a joint ultrasound, but because it can’t be done at the point of care in an exam room, I had to come back another day for the scan—and then return yet again on a different day to review the results with my doctor.”
- “For anything other than rheumatologic issues (diabetes, Hashimoto’s, asthma, mental health concerns, etc.), I have to make separate appointments with different departments on different days.”
Issues like long travel, long waits, brief consultation time, and departmental silos—these are the hidden costs patients often bear in order to receive soecialty rheumatology care at university/general hospital rheumatology services.
To address these realities, our director—who still actively practices as a rheumatology specialist at a university hospital—established this private practice specifically to bring patients with rheumatic and connective tissue diseases a, more patient-centered, next-generation model of specialty rheumatology care.
Our approach centers on prime accessibility, minimal wait times, and seamless, one-stop, borderless care.
The details are outlined below.
Key Features of Our Next-Generation Model of Rheumatology Care
- Mission-driven humane care: provide care with the same compassion and dedication
we would give to our loved ones. - Highly Specialized Rheumatology Care from a physician who is a US/Japan board-certified rheumatologist, while maintaining continuous engagement with university-level medicine.
- Accurate Assessment of Joint Activity by performing joint ultrasound in a timely manner, right in the examination room. At university/general hospitals, this testing must often be done at a separate time and location (the lab/imaging department).
- Rapid, On-Site Lab Results: We can run nearly the same comprehensive lab tests as major hospitals, but with results available in just 15 minutes!
- One-Stop, Borderless Comprehensive Care. University/general hospitals often require patients to see multiple specialists due to departmental silos. Our director, who is also US/Japan board-certified in internal medicine, provides seamless, integrated care in one convenient visit.
- Excellent Accessibility: We are just a 1-minute walk from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station (Hanzomon and Oedo Lines). Our location offers:
- Quick access from the Bayside Area (Toyosu, Shinonome, Harumi, Kachidoki, Tsukishima): Within 15 minutes/4 subway stops (with transfer at Tsukishima).
- From Tokyo Station: 15 minutes/4 stops (with transfer at Otemachi Station).
- Direct Access: 24 minutes from Shibuya and 30 minutes from Shinjuku.
- Maximum Efficiency: We drastically reduce your total time at the clinic through Web Reservations, Online Questionnaires, Rapid In-House Testing (15-minute wait for results), and Cashless/Web Payment options, minimizing both consultation wait times and checkout wait times.
- Seamless Hospital Coordination: If hospitalization is required, we maintain close collaboration with the Division of Rheumatology at the Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, where the director continues to hold a weekly clinic (We will also coordinate with any other medical institution you prefer).
Diseases we treat
At our clinic, the director, who is a US/Japan board-certified rheumatologist, provides comprehensive care for various rheumatic and connective tissue diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis.
Furthermore, for individuals who are concerned about the possibility of suffering from rheumatoid arthritis or a connective tissue disease, we provide careful diagnostic evaluation and solve problem, addressing both their physical and mental aspects.
Please feel free to consult us.
