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Dr. Ryusuke Sumiya

General Thoracic Surgery - Surgeon

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

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