Takeshi Sano (m.d., Ph.d., Facs)

Biography

Education and professional career - Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo in 1980 - Research fellow of the French Government Scholarship at the Institute Curie,Paris, 1986-7 - Doctor of Medical Science (Ph.D), University of Tokyo, 1993 - Staff surgeon/Chief at the National Cancer Center Hospital, 1993-2008 - Cancer Institute Hospital since August 2008 Editorial work in medical journals Editor, Gastric Cancer Regular Reviewer: Br J Surg, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Surgery, etc Academic Activities Council of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Chairman of the JGCA Committee of the Treatment Guidelines Secretary of the International Gastric Cancer Association Steering Committee member of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group Visiting Professor for universities in Asia, Europe, and South America Honorary member of European Surgical Association, German General and  Visceral Surgery, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Brazilian Gastric Cancer Association, Chilean Surgical Society, etc Author of 160 English papers in peer-reviewed journals International collaboration Live demonstration of gastrectomy at UK, Italy, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, China, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Mongolia Invited lectures at 89 cities in 37 countries outside Japan  

Research Interest

Surgical Oncology