History
| 1941 | Professor Chisato Araki Appointed as Chair of the First Department of Surgery (Term: 1941–1965) |
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| 1964 | “Professor Araki and Associate Professor Handa Establish the Department of Neurosurgery |
| February 1965 | Professor Hajime Handa Appointed as the First Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery (Term: 1965–1986) |
| December 1986 | Professor Haruhiko Kikuchi Appointed |
| March 1997 | Professor Haruhiko Kikuchi Retires |
| October 1997 | Professor Nobuo Hashimoto Appointed |
| March 2008 | Professor Nobuo Hashimoto Retires |
| May 2009 | Professor Toru Miyamoto Appointed |
| March 2023 | Professor Toru Miyamoto Retires |
| May 2023 | Professor Yoshiteru Arakawa Appointed |
| 1897 | Establishment of Kyoto University |
| 1899 | Neurosurgical Operations by Professor Hayazo Ito, Chair of the Second Department of Surgery (Term: 1900–1925) |
| 1975 | Introduction of CT |
| 1981 | Introduction of PET and Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Systems |
| 1985 | Introduction of MRI |
| 1994 | Introduction of MEG |
| 2000 | Introduction of RADIONICS XKnife System and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) |
| 2004 | Introduction of Awake Surgery, Functional MRI (fMRI), and Tractography |
| 2005 | Introduction of BrainLAB Navigation System |
| 2006 | Introduction of Novalis |
| 2009 | Introduction of VMAT (Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy) |
| 2013 | Introduction of Intraoperative Angiography System |
| 2014 | Introduction of Intraoperative 3T MRI System |
| 2015 | Introduction of Intraoperative Mobile CT Imaging System |
| 2015 | Introduction of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) |
| 2015 | Introduction of TrueBeam STx |
| 2020 | Introduction of Ethos (formerly Halcyon) |
Source:
Kikuchi, Haruhiko, M.D., Ph.D.,
The Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Institutions and Programs:
Neurosurgery 38; 558-562, 1996Hashimoto, Nobuo M.D., Ph.D.; Handa, Hajime M.D., Ph.D.
Beyond Conservatism and the Boundaries of a Medical Discipline: A Short History of the Department of Neurosurgery at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine:
Neurosurgery 51;1055-1060, 2002