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Medical Foundation Keimeikai
Hara Eye Hospital

Nishi 1-1-11, Utsunomiya 320 0861, Tochigi

Director

Tsutomu Hara, MD
Educated at Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai
Degree of Medical Doctor from Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, in 1967
Research at Institute of Ophthalmology, London University, London

Associate Director

Takeshi Hara, MD
Educated at Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka
Degree of Medical Doctor from The University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, Tokyo, in 1998
Assistant Professor, Jichi Medical School

Doctor

Masaya Narita, MD
Educated at Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo
Degree of Medical Doctor from Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, in 1999
Ex-director, Eye Cere Unit, Saiseikai Mukojima Hospital, Tokyo

Doctor

Reiko Hara, MD
Educated at Nippon Medical School
Practiced at The University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, Tokyo

Doctor

Takako Hara, MD
Educated at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine
Degree of Medical Doctor from Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, in 1977

Doctor

Takako Hashimoto, MD
Educated at Yamagatal University, School of Medicine
Practiced at the Jichi Medical School

Staff:

Akira Hashimoto, Administrator General

Nurses	22
Ophthalmic Technicians	9
Pharmacist	1
Clerks	16
Secretary	1
Dietitian	1
Facility staff	3
Total	54

Number of personnel as of October 2007

The hospital campus occupies

2,813 square meters

Facilities

1,120 (2,697 in total) square meters of floor space

30 inpatient beds

Parking lot for 48 cars

History of the Hospital

1913		Keizo Hara, MD, and his wife, Haruko Hara opened their clinic in Yojo-machi, Utsunomiya
1933		Moved to the present location.
1951		Founded the medical foundation, Keimeikai Hara Eye Hospital
1972		New clinical building was completed
1984		Facility renovated and enlarged
1993		Facility again enlarged
1997		Partially renovated, introduced standard inpatient care, and separate dispensary system
2004		Accredited by Japan Council for Quality Health Care

Academic Activities of Staff Physicians

1984	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place in the category of technical advance at Film Festival of American Intraocular Implant Society Congress (AIIS) in Los Angeles, California.
1985	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded Grand Prix for the film entitled “Intracapsular phacoemulsification and in-the-bag IOL implantation” at Film Festival of AIIS in Boston, Massachusetts.
	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Opened educational courses for ophthalmologists at the AIIS during the following four consecutive years.
1987	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place in a category for a film demonstrating a new glaucoma surgery at Film Festival of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) in Orlando, Florida.
1989	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place in the category for a film entitled “Accommodative intraocular lens with spring action” at Film Festival of ASCRS in Washington DC.
	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Demonstrated cataract surgeries as an invited surgeon at Chirurgic Extracapsular della Cataratta con Implanto di Lenti Intraoculari in Milan, Italy.
1990	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Presented educational lecture “Basic technique of cataract surgery” at Congress of Clinical Ophthalmology in Tokyo, Japan.
1992	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place in the category for the film entitled “Lens refilling with the use of balloon for restoring accommodation” at Film Festival of ASCRS in San Diego, California.
1993	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Invited lecture “Capsular surgery” at the First International Symposium of Ophthalmology in Bordeaux, France.
1994	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first and second places at the Film Festival of the International Congress of Ophthalmic Photographers, in Toronto, Canada.
	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Presented invited lecture “Lens refilling with the use of balloon for restoring accommodation: Results on animal experiments” and “Equator ring to retain complete circular contour of the capsular bag equator and posterior capsule transparency” at the Greek Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery Society in Athens, Greece.
1995	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Presented invited lecture “Capsular surgeries for the future” at the Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nürnberg, Germany.
	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded Grand Prix for the film entitled “Lens refilling with the use of balloon for restoring accommodation” at the Film Festival of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nürnberg, Germany.
1996	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Presented invited special lecture “Studies to maintain the capsular bag integrity after cataract surgery” at the Japanese Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in Nagoya, Japan.
	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place for the film entitled “Equator ring–Results of rabbit and monkey eyes” at the Film Festival of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nürnberg, Germany.
1997	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place for a film entitled “A new pterygium surgery” at the Film Festival of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nürnberg, Germany.
2000	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Served as organizer at the symposium “Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery” at the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nagoya, Japan
	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Served as organizer at the symposium “Cataract surgery, summary of the present century and the prospect for the 21st century” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Society in Kyoto, Japan.
	Takeshi Hara, MD (Son of the present Director)	Awarded excellent poster by “High incidence of increased iris pigmentation in Japanese brown eyes with using topical latanoprost for glaucoma” at the Congress of Japanese Ophthalmological Society in Kyoto, Japan.
2001	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded third place for the film entitled “Preventing postoperative infectious endophthalmitis following cataract-IOL surgery” at the Film Festival of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Amsterdam, Netherland.
2002	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Presented 3 invited lectures regarding “Capsular surgeries for the future” at the Turkish Ophthalmic Society in Ankara, Turkey.
2003	Tsutomu Hara, MD	Served as organizer at the symposium “Pearls based on 30-year clinical experience” at the Japanese Clinical Ophthalmological Society in Nagoya, Japan
2004	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded second place for the film entitled “A total care system aiming the postoperative confortable life after vitreoretinal surgery” at the Film Festival of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nürnberg, Germany.
2004	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Presented a report regarding “Infero-eyebrow rhytidectomy” at the Japanese Society of Aesthetic Surgery in Yokohama.
2005	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takeshi Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded first place for the film entitled “Endocapsular equator ring: results in human eyes” at the Film Festival of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Lisbon, Portugal.
2006	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takeshi Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded Grand Prix for the film entitled “Endocapsular equator ring: results in human eyes” at the Ophthalmic Film Award of Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons in Tokio.
2006	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takeshi Hara, MD Takako Hara, MD	Awarded second place for the film entitled “Endocapsular equator ring: results in human eyes” at the Film Festival of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in San Francisco, USA
2007	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takeshi Hara, MD	Awarded second place for the film entitled “The preoperative explanation using a flexible eye modell” at the Ophthalmic Film Award of Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons in Kyoto.
2007	Tsutomu Hara, MD Takeshi Hara, MD	Awarded second place for the film entitled “The preoperative explanation using a flexible eye modell” at the Film Festival of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in San Diego, USA

	Including the above awards, Drs. Tsutomu Hara and Takako Hara were recipients of awards 21 times at ophthalmic film festivals at foreign international congresses. They also have made numerous presentations and published studies domestically and internationally.

Domestic Academic Activities by Staff Members

Department of Ophthalmic Examination

1989	Yuki Sohma	Awarded gold prize at the photography section of the Japanese Clinical Ophthalmological Society
2000	Mikino Kobayashi	Awarded silver prize at the photography section of the Japanese Clinical Ophthalmological Society
2001	Atsushi Chiba, ORT, et al.	Presented a report titled "Key points of preoperative explanation for LASIK: reviewing the research on post LASIK patients' satisfaction using VF-14" at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Osaka, Japan.
	Atsushi Chiba, ORT	Served as an instructor at the course of slitlamp photography of the Japanese Clinical Ophthalmological Society.
2004	Aki Kaneda, ORT, et al.	Presented a report titled "The measurement of diurnal variation of intraocular pressure and the hospital system which makes it possible as a routine procedure" at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Hamamatsu, Japan.

Nursing Department

1986	Akiko Aoyama, RN et al.	Presented the first report titled “Assisting low vision patients” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Gunma, Japan Since 1986, numerous presentations have been made by members of the nursing staff at this meeting annually to date.
1992	Fumiyo Ohashi, RN, et al.	Presented a report titled “Simultaneous TV demonstration of ophthalmic surgery for patient’s family members” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Koriyama, Japan.
1995	Naomi Hagiwara, RN, et al	Presented a report titled “Detecting bacteria from eyes before and after cataract surgery” during the nursing program of Japanese Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in Kanazawa, Japan.
1996	Keiko Kikuchi, RN, et al	Presented a report titled “Patient’s understanding of informed consent after cataract surgery” at a nursing symposium during the Japanese Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in Nagoya, Japan.
1997	Keiko Kikuchi, RN, et al.	Presented a report titled “Teamwork in the surgical room” at a nursing symposium during the Japanese Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in Yokohama, Japan.
1998	Tomoko Takayama, RN, et al.	Presented a report titled “Outpatient and inpatient cataract surgery” at a nursing symposium during the Japanese Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in Sendai, Japan.
1998	Keiko Kikuchi, RN	Presented an invited lecture titled “How to prevent postoperative bacterial infection after cataract surgery in the hospital” at seminar for co-medical staffs of Kanto-Ko-Shin’etsu Ophthalmological Society in Utsunomiya, Japan.
2000	Yasuko Ohashi, RN, et al.	Presented a report titled “Efforts to prevent medical mistakes in a surgical room” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Morioka, Japan.
2001	Tomoko Takayama, RN	Presented an invited lecture titled “A fail-safe system to prevent medical incidents” at a nursing symposium during the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons in Osaka, Japan.
	Tomoko Takayama, RN	Presented an invited lecture titled “The rotating working system in an ophthalmic facility -its merits and demerits” at a nursing symposium during the Japanese Clinical Ophthalmological Society in Kyoto, Japan.
2001-2002	Tomoko Takayama, RN	Presented 6-hour educational lectures at ophthalmic courses for nursing staff by Nihon Sogo Kenkyusho in Sapporo, Morioka, Nagoya, and Sendai.
2003	Hirofumi Yoshida, RN	Presented a report titled “A total care system aiming the postoperative confortable life after vitreoretinal surgery” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Sappro, Japan.
2005	Shigemi Nozawa, RN, et al.	Presented a report titled “Medical network: from a viewpoint of an ophthalmic hospital” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Kyoto, Japan.
2006	Emi Ishida, RN, et al.	Presented a report titled “The preoperative explanation using a flexible eye modell” at the Japanese Ophthalmological Nurse Society in Yamaguchi, Japan.

Clerical Department

2001	Akira Hashimoto	Presented an invited lecture titled “Risk managiment in the ophthalmic clinic and hospital” at seminar for co-medical staffs of Tochigi Ophthalmic Association in Utsunomiya, Japan.
2003	Akira Hashimoto	Presented an invited lecture titled "A consideration to patients' complaints" at Hyogo Clinical Ophthalmoogical Research Association in Kobe, Japan.
2005	Akira Hashimoto	Presented an lecture titled "The theory and practice on patient service in a ophthalmic practice" at a comedical symposium during the Japanese Clinical Ophthalmological Society in Sapporo, Japan.

International Academic Activities by Staff Members

Department of Ophthalmic Examination

1990	Noriko Kokabe, et al.	Presented the first report entitled “Specular microscopy of anterior lens capsule” and awarded first places at poster and photography sections in the International Congress of Ophthalmic Photographers in Singapore.
1994	Mikino Inami, et al.	Presented report titled “Oral fluorescein angiography” at the International Congress of Ophthalmic Photographer in Toronto, Canada.
1996	Minako Sakai, RN, et al.	Presented report titled “Consensual change in the corneal thickness following cataract surgery” at clinical and surgical program of ASCRS in Seattle, Washington.

Nursing Department

1990	Tomoko Takayama, RN, et al.	Presented the first report during the nursing program of ASCRS in Los Angeles, California. Members of the nursing staff presented reports at this meeting from 1990 to 1995.
1992	Tomoko Takayama, RN	The Hara Eye Hospital sponsored a 1-year training program in ophthalmic practice for the chief nurse in the United States, Italy, and France.
1993	Keiko Kikuchi, RN	The chief nurse of the inpatient care division visited the United States as a member of the nursing inspective tour group promoted by the Tochigi prefecture government.
1996	Naomi Hagiwara, RN, et al.	Published an article “Changes in bacterial strains before and after cataract surgery” in the journal Ophthalmology, the official ophthalmic journal of the US Ophthalmic Society.
2004	Tomoko Takayama, RN et al.	Presented a report entitled “A total care system aiming the postoperative confortable life after vitreoretinal surgery”at the European Society of Ophthalmic Nurses & Technicians in Paris, France.
2005	Kazue Okuyama, RN, et al.	Presented a report entitled "The measurement of diurnal variation of intraocular pressure and the hospital system which makes it possible as a routine procedure" at the European Society of Ophthalmic Nurses & Technicians in Lisbon, Portugal.

Others

2000	Akiko Kikuchi	Director of the Clerical Department attended the congress of American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) in Boston. (anually attended in 2001 and 2002)
2006	Kunihiko Fukuda	Director of the Hospital Maintainance Department presented a report entitled "A Flexible eye model for explanation of surgeries to patients" at the European Society of Ophthalmic Nurses & Technicians in London, UK.