Kunihiro Tsukasaki

Biography

Dr. Tsukasaki received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Nagasaki University in1984 and 1997 respectively. He served as resident in the Department of Hematology at Nagasaki University Hospital until 1989 and then as staff physician in the Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya General Hospital until 1991. Dr. Tsukasaki was chief resident in the Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University Hospital from 1991 until 1994, where after he served as Staff Physician at Shimabara Prefectural Hospital until 1996. From 1996 to 1998 Dr. Tsukasaki held the post of Instructor in the Department of Hematology at Nagasaki University Hospital and from 1998 to 2000 was a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the US. He then returned to Nagasaki University Hospital where he served as Instructor and Lecturer in the Department of Hematology until 2004 when he was appointed as Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, a post that he held until becoming Chief of the Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital East in 2012. Dr. Tsukasaki is a member of numerous Japanese and International Hematology/Oncology societies and serves on a variety of advisory committees including as Chairman of the Lymphoma Study Group of JCOG. He is a member of the Editorial board of the “Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology” as well as “Advances in Hematology” and Associate Editor of “Annals of Oncology”. Dr. Tsukasaki is a reviewer for multiple scientific publications and is a prolific author of peer-reviewed publications.

Research Interest

Business, Management, Finance, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology