Research Interests
•Thoracic Anesthesia, Airway Management, Peripheral Nerve Block, Immune Suppression
Education Background
• 2000 MD, National Kagawa Medical University
• 2008 PhD, Juntendo University Graduate school
• 2006 Resident, National Toranomon Hospital
Current Position
•Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine,
Professional Experience
• 2006 Assistant, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
• 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
• 2014 Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine
• 2022 Senior Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine
• 2022 Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine
The number of thoracic surgeries has increased worldwide, about doubling over the past two decades. Surgical procedure has been changed from open thoracotomy to video-assisted to robotassisted procedure. Even though the surgical procedure has been improved to be less invasive, the chronic pain after thoracic surgeries remains a clinical problem. Generally, acute pain control is important to prevent moving to chronic pain and postoperative complications. For this session, I will show the trend of the analgesic method for thoracic surgeries in Japan based on the global situation. It would be happy if we could share the valuable knowledge with you.
