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Takahiro KINOSHITA, MD, PhD, FACS
Director, Department of Gastric Surgery (2012-present)
Introduction
Dr. Kinoshita received his MD in 1994 and PhD in 1999 from Kanazawa University in Japan. From the very first point of his clinical career, he had already believed that the less invasive surgery must be one of the most important surgical skills for him to obtain for cancer treatment, and that idea led him to study under the supervision of renowned surgeon, Dr. Gerhard Buess in the Division of Minimal Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen (Germany) in 2001-2003.
Since then, Dr. Kinoshita has focused on the minimal invasive gastric/esophagogastric junction cancer surgery, and now his experiences are more extended to not only laparoscopic surgery (since 2003) but also robotic surgery (since 2014). His experiences reached around 1800 laparoscopic surgeries and 400 robotic surgeries.
As his academic achievements and experiences, he has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles, conducted and attended multi-institutional clinical trials, demonstrated more than twenty live surgeries in many countries (China, Vietnam, Russia and Korea). Furthermore, he has currently served on editorial boards of Gastric Cancer, and editorial committee of Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines, since 2022 director of JGCA (Japan Gastric Cancer Association). He is one of the core members of JCOG (Japan Clinical Oncology Group), primary investigator of JCOG1809 study. He focuses on education and training to both domestic and overseas doctors.
Remarkable Certificates
2023-present Senior Membership-Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA)
2021-present Certificate of Accreditation for Robo-Doc Pilot – International Class B-Japan Robotic Surgery Society
2016-present Best Doctors in Japan
Live demonstration of laparoscopic gastric cancer surgeries in foreign countries
2011.1 Daramushira Cancer Center (Delhi, India)
2012.4 Tianjin Union Medical Center (Tianjin, China)
2012.7 VietDuc Hospital (Hanoi, Vietnam)
2017.7 National Cancer Hospital (Hanoi, Vietnam)
2014.7, 2017.1 Qingdao University Hospital (Qingdao, China)
2014.9 Henan Provincial People’s Hospital (Zhengzhou, China)
2014.11 Southern Medical University Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
2015.1 China-Japan Hospital (Beijing, China)
2015.11 Xian Jiaotong University Hospital (Xian, China)
2016.4 Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
2016.6, 2017.4 Beijing University Cancer Hospital (Beijing, China)
2016.6 N.N. Petrov Scientific Oncology Institution (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2016.6 Moscow Oncology Hospital #62 (Moscow, Russia)
2017.7 Jilin University Hospital (Changchun, China)
2018.6 National Cancer Center Hospital (Hanoi, Vietnam)
2018.11 Cho Ray Hospital (Hanoi, Vietnam)
2019.5 Hangzhou Cancer Center Hospital (Hangzhou, China)
2019.8 Max Hospital (New Delhi, India)
2019.10 Beijing Friendship Hospital (Beijing, China)
2019.11 Tang Gu Hospital (Xian, China)
2019.12 Cangzhou People’s Hospital (Cangzhou, China)
Professional Membership and Qualifications
Fellowship of American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Japan Surgical Society (Board Certified Surgeon)
The Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Surgery (Board Member, Board Certified Surgeon, International Affairs Commitee)
Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (Board Certified Surgeon, Skill-qualified Surgeon)
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopic Society (Board Certified Doctor)
Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (Director, Chairman of COI Committee, Chairman of Educational Committee, Member of JGCA Treatment Guideline Editorial Committee)
Japanese Robotic Surgery Association (Board Certified Member)
Japanese Society for Gastro-surgical Pathophysiology (Board Certified Doctor)
Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) (scientific core member)
European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA) (Senior Membership)
Honorable member of Peruvian Surgical Society
Editorial Boards
Gastric Cancer (Springer)