Mitsuru Sasako (m.d., Ph.d., Facs)

Biography

1. 1976-1981: Junior and senior resident at Tokyo University Hospital and its affiliated hospitals 2.1982-1984: Assistant, Tokyo University Hospital 3. 1984-1985: Foreign assistant at Paris University 4. 1985-1987: Assistant Professor at Tokyo University Hospital 5: 1987-1989: Staff surgeon, Gastric Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital (NCCH) 6. 1989: Boerhaave Professor (full professor for a year) at Leiden University 7. 1990: Staff surgeon, Gastric Surgery Division, NCCH, 8. 1991-1997: Head, Gastric Surgery Division, NCCH 9. 1997-2006: Chief, Gastric Surgery Division, NCCH, 10. 2006-2007: Deputy Director, NCCH 11. 2007: Professor of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine 12. 2008~2016: Chairman, Upper gastrointestinal division, Department of Surgery, Hyogo college of Medicine 13. 2016~: Specially Appointed Professor, Department of Multidisciplinary Surgical Oncology, Hyogo College of Medicine Specialized Field: Upper gastrointestinal surgery, Surgical oncology Major Publications: Many publications, including a book, “GASTRIC CANCER” from Oxford University Press, and 3 original papers in NEJM Honors and awards: Gold medal of the Dutch Surgical Association (1992), Honorary member of the French Surgical Association (1995), Tamiya award from NCC Tokyo (1997), Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (2002), Honorary member of Slovakia Surgical Association(2006), Honorary fellow of Brazilian Gastric Cancer Association(2009), Special award from Sagawa Cancer Research Foundation(2011), Prince Takamatsu Cancer Research Foundation Prize(2014), Medical Award of the Japan Medical Association (2015) Editorial Board:Actual:Surgery, Gastric Cancer, The Surgeon (RCSEd), Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, Clinical and Translational Oncology,in the Past: Br J Surg, Ann Oncology, J Clin Oncol, Presse Medicale, Int J Clin Oncol, Annal of Surgical Oncology Medical Society Japanese Surgical Society (council member), Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology (honorary member), Japan Gastric Cancer Association (honorary member), Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (inspector), American Society of Clinical Oncology(active member), Japanese Cancer Association (honorary member), European Society of Medical Oncology(active member)  

Research Interest

Surgery