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Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Surgery · 2025 - Present Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery

Recent Publications


Microglia Display Heterogeneous Initial Responses to Disseminated Tumor Cells.

Journal Article Cancer Res · March 16, 2026 UNLABELLED: Brain metastases are frequent and often lethal complications of advanced cancers. Microglia, resident immune cells of the brain, are known to exert both anti- and protumor functions in late-stage metastases; however, their response during the i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prophylactic protocol for cerebral infarction after left upper lobectomy and prospective analysis of pulmonary vein stump thrombosis.

Journal Article J Thorac Dis · February 28, 2026 BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vein (PV) stump thrombosis (PVST) has been proposed as a risk factor for cerebral infarction (CI) after left upper lobectomy (LUL). We developed a CI prevention protocol and aimed to evaluate its safety and efficacy, as well as to ide ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Evaluation of Radiofrequency Identification for Accurate Wedge Resection of Small Lung Lesions With Reference to Dye Marking.

Journal Article Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · February 5, 2026 OBJECTIVES: We developed a radiofrequency identification (RFID) marking system to improve localization of small, deeply situated pulmonary lesions during thoracoscopic surgery. This study was conducted to evaluate RFID marking efficacy with reference to in ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education


Okayama University (Japan) · 1988 Ph.D.
Okayama University (Japan) · 1984 M.D.