Tokyo Women's Medical University

Graduate School of Medical Science

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

About us

The Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU) was founded in 1965 by Prof. Komei Nakayama. The institute leads Japanese gastroenterological surgery and internal medicine and has established a special clinical postgraduate training system for young doctors. In the postgraduate school of TWMU, we have focused on regenerative medicine, liver transplantation, cell therapy, immunotherapy and gene therapy for tailor-made treatment. We await active young surgeons to enter our postgraduate school for creating a new era in the 21st century.

Research

1. Immune cell therapy　（Prof. Egawa and Kotera）
2. Open MRI (Prof. Ohki)
3. Biomarker of bile duct cancer (Prof. Yamamoto and Higuchi)
4. Mucin producing biliopancreatic tumor (Prof. Furukawa and Higuchi)
5. Robotic surgery for gastrointestinal disease （Prof. Yamamoto, Itabashi and Ohki））
6. Imaging system and Interventional Radiology　（Prof. Yamamoto and Ariizumi）

Faculty

Prof. and Chairman：Masakazu Yamamoto
Prof.：Hiroto Egawa
Prof.：Toru Furukawa
Prof.：Harushi Osugi
Associate Prof.：Akiyoshi Seshimo
Associate Prof.：Michio Itabashi
Assistant Prof.：Yuji Inoue
Assistant Prof.：Takeshi Ohki
Assistant Prof.：Shyun-ichi Ariizumi
Assistant Prof.：Yoshihito Kotera
Assistant Prof.：Shinpei Ogawa
Assistant Prof.：Ryota Ogawa

Related links

Research Achievements Database

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