Tohoku University Hospital is a public hospital with 57 departments and 1,262 beds. The hospital offers diagnostic and therapeutic treatment using advanced medical equipment by healthcare professionals who aim to provide patient-centered care. As an academic institution, TUH provides specialist training and is committed to continued research on intractable diseases and advanced medical care practices. For research on primary aldosteronism, the Tohoku University interdisciplinary team is recognized as one of the top centers in the world. They have recently developed the method of measuring plasma aldosterone and active renin concentrations in only ten minutes (most commercial laboratories take days to return results).
