Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Our division provides medical services to patients with poor physical growth, disorders of sex development/maturation, and metabolic diseases caused by congenital/acquired endocrine and metabolic disorders. We provide optimal diagnosis and treatment to patients according to their life-stage, ranging from the fetal period through to young adulthood.

Medical services

We provide hormone replacement and suppression treatments, special nutritional management, and health and lifestyle education delivered by board-certified specialists in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolic diseases, and fellows. We serve as a multidisciplinary team consisting of special nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, and doctors of other specialties.

Diagnosis and treatment policy

Diagnosis is made using appropriate, evidence-based tests and advanced testing technology. We provide a comprehensive diagnosis and determine the most suitable type of treatment that best fits the patient’s age and environment. We believe this approach is beneficial not only to improve the patient’s current wellbeing but also to ensure long-term health outcomes.

Specialties

Endocrine disorders

growth disorders caused by hypothalamic-pituitary disorders and thyroid disorders, disorders of sexual development and maturation, adrenal diseases

Metabolic disorders

diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2), inherited metabolic disorders

Rare endocrine and metabolic diseases

syndromes with endocrine and metabolic involvement

International focus

We provide learning opportunities for international fellows, and we also accept patients from overseas.

Target diseases

Growth failure, disorder of sex development, precocious puberty, adrenal disorders, diabetes insipidus, and all other endocrine diseases (thyroid, parathyroid, gonad, pancreas, etc.)
Systemic bone diseases, type 1 & 2 diabetes mellitus, inherited metabolic disorders (urea cycle disorders, organic aciduria, etc.) and syndromes accompanying endocrine disorders (Prader-Willi, McCune-Albright, Turner, Klinefelter, etc.)

Advanced/specialized treatments

Based on translational research in molecular genetics and new technological approaches, we provide highly individualized treatments for patients with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, pituitary hormone deficiency, and disorder of sex development.

Frequently performed tests

Hormone stimulation tests, diurnal blood and urine sampling tests for endogenous hormone secretion, imaging (including X-rays of bones, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, radioisotope imaging, ultrasonography, measurement of enzyme activity, genetic testing).