Background
I am a thoracic surgeon and postdoctoral researcher in lung transplant program in University Health Network, Canada. I obtained my Medical Degree (2017) from Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan. I subsequently completed training in junior residency program (2019), senior residency program of general surgery (2022) at National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo, Japan. I also completed general thoracic surgery training at Juntendo University School of Medicine (2024), and becoming a board-certified thoracic surgeon. In 2022, I completed postgraduate training and obtained Doctor of Philosophy in Course of Advanced and Specialized Medicine at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine. I underwent robotic surgery training under Prof. Kenji Suzuki (Juntendo University school of medicine).
Other Interests
2026 Ajemera Transplant Center Research Fellowship Awards
2025 Outstanding Author, Journal of Thoracic Disease, AME Publishing Company.
2025 Research fellowship, Takeda Science Foundation
2025 Research fellowship, Watanabe Foundation
2024 ESTS POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM-MASTER CUP, TEAM ASIA, The 32nd European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, Barcelona, Spain.
2022 NCGM Hakoneyama Award
Licence
2024 Bord certified surgeon, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
2023 Da Vinci Console Surgeon Certificate, Intuitive Surgical
2023 Bord certified surgeon, Japan Surgical Society
Research
Lung injury and regeneration in both human patients and animal models with chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), which is the main long-term complication of lung transplantation. Carcinogenesis of lung cancer in young patients, novel robotic surgical techniques, lung transplant.
Practice Areas
- Cancer
- Lung
- Young generation