Staff Profile

Career History

• 1994 Residency in Internal Medicine, Osaka University Hospital
• 1995 Residency in Internal Medicine, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital
• 1997 Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University (Professor Hiroshi Nojima, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases)
• 2002 COE Researcher, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University (Prof. Yukihiko Kitamura)
• 2004 Research Assistant, Education Center, Osaka University School of Medicine
• 2014 Associate Professor, Center for Postgraduate Education Development, Osaka University Hospital
• 2020 Professor and Director of Education Center, Osaka University School of Medicine
• 2020 Deputy Director, Intestinal Insufficiency Treatment Center, Osaka University Hospital

Board Certification, Specialist Certification, Instructor, Councilor, etc.

• Japanese Society of Gastroenterology: Medical Specialist, Councilor of Kinki Branch, Councilor of the Society
• Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Specialist in General Internal Medicine
• Japan Society of Medical Education: Medical Education Specialist
• Shared Testing Implementation and Evaluation Organization: Supervisor dispatched by CBT/OSCE Organization
• Japan Organization for Medical Education Evaluation: Evaluator
• Clinical Training Council: Program Directors
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Clinical Training Advisors

Hobbies

Running, Art, Philosophy

Message

　When I graduated, it was before organ organization like gastroenterology and cardiology. I was instructed by Professor Yuji Matsuzawa of the Second Department of Internal Medicine to examine the whole body extensively to build a foundation as a general internist, and as an organ-specific specialty, I specialized in digestive organs because I wanted to be involved in cancer treatment. At the time, there was no effective treatment for gastrointestinal cancer other than surgery, and it was difficult to even announce the name of the disease. I strongly wanted to contribute to the elucidation of the disease and focused on research. As a postdoctoral fellow in the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, I was engaged in research on mast cells and GIST (Gastrointestinal Involved Stem Cells) under the guidance of Professor Yukihiko Kitamura.
　I resumed the practice of gastrointestinal oncology at the affiliated hospital when I finished graduate school. Since Cajal interneurons are also involved in chronic pseudo intestinal obstruction, I have been engaged in the practice of intractable diseases, intestinal obstruction, as the deputy director of the Center for the Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction at the affiliated hospital since 2020. In the same year, I was appointed as Director and Professor of the Education Center and Director of the Postgraduate Education Development Center, which became my main street, and I would like to "contribute widely to education, medical treatment, and research with my identity as an internist".
　Decide what you should do with your curiosity and hope. You only live once. Also, there are unexpected developments from various encounters. This is also interesting. I hope you will be excited by such encounters and carve out your own life. I wish you the best of luck.