History
1972 July 1
Executive office for establishing Asahikawa MedicalUniversity opened

1973 September 29
Asahikawa Medical University established

November 5First Entrance Ceremony

November 20
University Foundation Ceremony

1975 April 1
Executive office for establishing University Hospital opened

1976 October 26
University Hospital Opening Ceremony

Master’s Program in Nursing established in theMedicine-Related Graduate Course

2001 April 25
Department of Genetic Counseling established2002 April 1
3 Departments of Nursing reorganized into 1 Department ofNursing
Admissions Office opened

2003 April 1
Department of Hygiene and Department of Public Healthreorganized into Department of Health Science

November 5
The 30th Anniversary Ceremony

November 1
University Hospital opened

1979 March 24
First Graduation Ceremony

2004 April 1
National University Corporation Asahikawa Medical
University started
Admissions Office reorganized into Admission CenterApril 1
Graduate School established1981 April 1
Central Laboratory for Research and Education established1983 March 25
First Graduation Ceremony for the Graduate School

June 15
The 10th Anniversary Ceremony

1993 June 11
Funded Department of Clinical Pharmacology(Tsumura; –March 31, 1999)

November 5
The 20th Anniversary Ceremony

1996 April 1
Nursing Course established1999 April 1Telemedicine Center established2000 April 1
Medical Research Graduate Course renamed
Medicine-Related Graduate Course

2005 April 1
Funded Department of Gastro Intestinal Immunology andRegenerative Medicine (–March 31, 2016)
Funded Department of Ocular Tissue Engineering(–March 31, 2021)

August 1
Clinical Laboratory Department and Blood Transfusion Unit
merged into the Medical Laboratory and Blood Center

November 1
University Hospital renamed Asahikawa Medical University
Hospital

2006 April 1
1 Department with two subfields and 12 Departments ofBasic Medicine reorganized into 5 Departments withseveral subfields and 4 Departments; 19 Departments ofClinical Medicine reorganized into 2 Departments withseveral subfields and 14 Departments
Funded Department of Artificial Joints (–March 31, 2021)

November 8
Education Center established2008 April 1
Funded Department of Medicine and Engineering
Combined Research Institute (–March 31, 2021)

May 15
Respiratory Center in the University Hospital established

September 1
Funded Department of Cardiovascular Regeneration andInnovation (–August 31, 2020)2009 September 9
Clinical Simulation Center established

December 9
Hospital Admission Center in the University Hospitalestablished18 National University Corporation Asahikawa Medical University OUTLINE 20202010 February 17
Department of Regional Medicine and Education
established

April 1
Family Support Center established
Funded Department of Cardiovascular Respiratory Frontierof Medical Renovation (–March 31, 2016)

April 1
Joint Research Department of Telemedicine andTelenursing: Establishing the IoT-cloud Based Global Model(–March 31, 2021)
Outpatient Infusion Center renamed Outpatient
Chemotherapy Center

April 11
Department of Advanced Medical Science established2011 April 1
Center for Advanced Research and Education established
Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Central
Laboratory for Research and Education, and Laboratory forRadioactive lsotope Research reorganized into Departmentof Technology Support in the Center for Advanced
Research and Education

May 1
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the University
Hospital established

May 1
Joint Research Department of Advanced Gastroenterology(–March 31, 2021)

September 5
Division of Gastroenterological and General Surgery
reorganized into Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic andTransplant Surgery and Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery

October 17
Center for Complex New Medical Technology Management
established

November 1
Breast Disease Center in the University Hospital established2012 September 1

2019 March 27
Nursing Support Center for Career Development,
Education, and Research established

Funded Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
on Co-operative Network (–March 31, 2016)

April 10

November 14

June 12

Dialysis Room in the University Hospital reorganized intothe Dialysis CenterOctober 1

2013 November 5
The 40th Anniversary Ceremony

2015 January 14
Clinical Research Support Center in the University Hospitalestablished

Integrated Medical Education Center established
Genetic Oncology Department established
Funded Division of Diabetes and Lifestyle Diseases
Prevention and Therapeutics (-September 30, 2021)

October 14
International Medical Educational Institute establishes

December 18
Stroke Center established

2020 March 1
2016 April 1
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery in the Department ofSurgery established

April 13
Institutional Research Office established

October 1

Asahikawa Medical University Fund established
Funded Department of Innovative Head and Neck Cancer
Research and Treatment (–September 30, 2021)

Research Center for Brain Function and Medical
Engineering renamed Advanced Medical Engineering
Research CenterMay 13Integrated Medical Education Center renamed Center for
Integrated Medical Education and Regional Symbiosis

June 18
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy and Cancer Genomicsand Precision Medicine established in the Division ofGastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology

2017 April 1
Department of Health Science renamed Department ofSocial Medicine
Funded Department of Community Medicine Management(–March 31, 2021)

May 17
Diagnostic Ultrasonics Imaging Center established

August 1
Funded Department of Transplantation Technology andTherapeutic Development (– July 31, 2022)

2018 March 14
Center for Training Advanced Medical Specialists
established

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