Medical examinations can be conducted in English
TEL 0952-51-2922 FAX 0952-51-2923
Doctor's Introduction
Director's Profile
Satoru Mitsuoka (Born: September 10, 1959)
Originally from Isahaya City in Nagasaki Prefecture. After graduating from Isahaya Senior High School and the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, accepted into First Internal Medicine Department at Nagasaki University Hospital. Graduated from Nagasaki University Graduate School as a Doctor of Medicine.
Worked at Sasebo Chuo Hospital and Saga National Hospital.
Opened Mitsuoka Naika Shokakika Clinic on July 1, 2000.
Became Medical Corporation Mitsuoka Naika Clinic in January 2017.
Medical examinations can be conducted in English
Qualifications & Appointments, etc.
Qualifications
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Internist & specialist physician certified by the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
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Industrial physician certified by the Japan Medical Association
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Clinical Ethics Adviser certified by the Japan Association for Clinical Ethics
The clinic director is an all-rounder offering a wide variety of medical care as a primary care physician, being qualified in a number of disciplines, such as “personal physician” and “general internist” by the Japan Medical Association.
Main appointments
◎Executive Board Member in charge of Academic Training & Saga Chairman of the Japan Society for Dying with Dignity
◎Organizer for the Japanese Association for Clinical Research on Death and Dying
◎Councilor of the Japanese Association for Home Care Medicine
◎Councilor of the Japanese Society for Hospice and Home Care
◎Representative of the Japan Association for Home Care Support Doctors
Educational posts
◎Part-time Lecturer at Faculty of Medicine, Saga University (Cancer notification, terminal care)
◎Part-time Lecturer at Saga Joshi High School Health Nursing Course (Palliative care)
◎Part-time Lecturer at Saga City Medical Association Nursing School (Home palliative care)
〇School Doctor for Saga City Yamato Junior High School
〇Executive Board Manager of Hinatamura Shizenjuku
Advance Care Planning (ACP) related
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Completed instructor training to support decision-making that respects the wishes of each individual
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Completed the HOME version of training to support decision-making that respects the wishes of each individual
Books
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Co-author: “Home Care Guidebook” by the Saga Prefectural Home Care Net – Saga (Mokuseisha)
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Sequel: “Home Care Guidebook” by the Saga Prefectural Home Care Net – Saga (Mokuseisha)
■ Hobbies
Reading, playing go (3rd dan), karaoke, travel, visiting art museums, jogging, cycling, choral singing, mountain hiking, etc.
■ Lifework
Changing our area into a hospice community that provides compassion and support through medical care
As a Local School Doctor
While providing medical care, doubled as a school doctor for Yamato Junior High School for 20 years, giving lectures on life, such as anti-smoking education, and life classes. Also provided life classes at elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture.
Communal Medical Care Education
Provided lectures on cancer notification, and terminal care at Saga University’s Faculty of Medicine. Also taught palliative care at Saga Joshi High School Health Nursing Course for 18 years.
Nationwide Lectures
Also, works as an educator on preparations for death, giving classes, lectures, and workshops on life nationwide.
Past locations: Places visited for lectures
Tochigi, Chiba, Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Okayama, Kagawa, Kochi, etc.
Kyushu region: Fukuoka prefecture (Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka City, Itoshima City, Kurume City, Omuta City, Yanagawa City), Saga prefecture (Saga City, Tosu City, Kanzaki City, Kashima City, Karatsu City, Ureshino City, Takeo City, Genkai-cho), Nagasaki prefecture (Nagasaki City, Sasebo City, Isahaya City, Shimabara City), Oita prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Kagoshima prefecture, Miyazaki prefecture, Okinawa prefecture
Home Healthcare Public Awareness Activities
In 2010, with the help of volunteers, we set up the Saga Prefectural Home Care Net – Saga, a multidisciplinary cooperative network for home healthcare and nursing care, and held case review meetings every other month, and bi-annual public lectures. In 2013, the Saga Prefecture Home Care Guidebook was published, and in 2010 and 2018, forums were held to promote home healthcare in Kyushu. This activity has been suspended since 2019.
Decision-making Support Activities
As the Saga Chairman of the Japan Society for Dying with Dignity since 2013, and as an Executive Board Member in charge of Academic Training for the Japan Society for Dying with Dignity since 2017, the director has been coordinating a Living Will Workshop, planning training, and striving to increase awareness of advance directives.
The director completed an instructor’s workshop to support decision-making while respecting patients’ wishes in 2018, completed a workshop to support decision-making while respecting patients’ wishes in 2021, and a counselor’s workshop for healthcare providers at homes and facilities, and also provides training and lectures as an advance care planning (ACP) instructor in various locations.
Completed advance care planning (ACP) instructor training in 2018, and now provides training as an ACP instructor in various locations.