Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Overview

Specializes in autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, offering diagnosis, immunomodulatory treatment, and long-term management of systemic inflammatory disorders.

Key Strengths at Kobe University Hospital

  • Expert evaluation of connective tissue disease, vasculitis, and inflammatory arthritis with attention to organ involvement beyond the joints.
  • Use of modern immunomodulatory and biologic therapy tailored to disease type, severity, and patient background.
  • Collaboration with nephrology, dermatology, respiratory medicine, and pathology for systemic autoimmune disease affecting multiple organs.

Major Conditions / Services

  • Rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis
  • Systemic sclerosis, myositis, and other connective tissue diseases

Representative Procedures / Programs

  • Immunologic diagnostic evaluation
  • Biologic and targeted therapy for autoimmune disease
  • Long-term multidisciplinary disease control