It is my great pleasure to be assigned to the Office for the Promotion of International Medical Affairs (OPIMA) at the University of Tsukuba Hospital since fiscal year 2014. I graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Tsukuba in 1986, and am currently committed to a Vice Dean of the School of Medicine. As a chairman of the Office for the International Medical Affairs, I have also been dedicating to support medical students through international students exchange programs with affiliated and non-affiliated medical institutions all over the world.
As an office deputy for OPIMA, my goal is to help to dispatch medical students, young physicians and all the faculty/staff members to partner institutions abroad, as well as to facilitate accepting overseas patients, medical students and young investigators to our hospital in the light of truly international understanding. I sincerely hope that global activities of OPIMA will bridge over the oceans and across borders between Japan and other countries with racial, cultural, religious, and political diversities. Thanks very much for your continued devotion and support.
My name is Alexander Zaboronok, I’m from Belarus. I started working at the Office for the Promotion of International Medical Affairs in September 2013. I studied linguistics, foreign languages and medicine in Minsk, Belarus, and graduated from the Ph.D. course at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. I worked as a neurosurgeon in my country and as a researcher and English language teacher in Japan. I speak English, Russian, Belarussian, Japanese and German, and glad to participate in development and promotion of international relations of the University of Tsukuba and University of Tsukuba Hospital with other medical universities and clinics all over the world.
Greetings. I am Megumi Fukaya. I started with this company on 1 October 2013. As this is my first position at a hospital, there will be many things that I don't know but I will work hard to overtime those shortcoming's and I ask for your support in fulfilling my position.
Previously, I have always worked in education. I think, teaching students who individually think differently is similar to cultural exchange; that is, understanding the other party's thinking and having our thinking be understood. This cultural exchange is one thing that I have been invovled for many years. I would be pleased if you will try to understand the world of shared understanding, which forms on the foundation of your understanding of the other party's culture and personality, and introduce this world of shared understanding to as many people as you can. My motto therefore is "Be a bridge for a better future!" I will make efforts to become a bridge for a better future for many people. Thank you for your support.
Hello. My name is Hiroka Suemasu. I began working at OPIMA two days a week from April 1, 2014. I enjoy communicating with students from abroad and organizing hospital tours for visitors from foreign countries. I have just resumed learning English, which is essential for my job. Because OPIMA is a new department, we face a lot of challenges at the moment, such as the way to develop an environment for promoting international exchange in various fields. We are sure that the establishment of international relations will benefit our patients, our hospital, and overseas students. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.