Staff
Prospective researchers are always welcome!
Hidenori Ojima
Position
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Deputy Director of the Research Institute and Head of the Molecular Pathology Division (also affiliated with the Department of Pathology, Integrated Clinical Services).
Ken Yamazaki
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Senior Researcher
Career Background
- 1997: Completed Doctoral Program in Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
- 1997: Assistant, Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Waseda University
- 2000: Research Fellow, National Cancer Center (on secondment from the Organization for Pharmaceutical Safety and Research)
- 2005: Special Research Assistant, Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
- 2020: Research Fellow, Japan Bioindustry Association (on secondment to Keio University)
- 2022: Assistant Professor (Special Appointment), Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
- 2024: Senior Researcher, Tochigi Cancer Center Research Institute
Affiliations
- Japanese Cancer Association
- Molecular Biology Society of Japan
Makoto Abe
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Researcher (Dual Appointment: Department of Pathology, Diagnostic Division & Biobank Center)
Career Background
- March 2008: Graduated, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
- October 2008: Transferred to Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Fukui University
- March 2013: Graduated, Fukui University Faculty of Medicine
- March 2015: Completed Clinical Training, Hachinohe City Hospital
- April 2015: Enrolled in Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Hirosaki University
- April 2019: Physician, Department of Pathology, Tochigi Cancer Center
- 2024: Chief Physician, Department of Pathology, Tochigi Cancer Center; Researcher, Research Institute
Affiliations
- Japanese Society of Pathology
- Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
- Japanese Cancer Association
Eisuke Miura
Position
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Researcher (Dual Appointment: Department of Pathology, Diagnostic Division & Biobank Center)
Career Background
- 2018: Pathology Resident, Keio University Hospital
- 2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
- 2024: Physician, Department of Pathology, Tochigi Cancer Center; Researcher, Research Institute
Affiliations
- Japanese Society of Pathology
- Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
- Japanese Cancer Association
- Japanese Lung Cancer Society
- Japan Liver Cancer Study Group
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Mutsuo Fujikura
Position
- Researcher (Dual Appointment: Diagnostic Pathology and Biobank Center)
Career Background
- 2017: Pathologist, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Teikyo University Hospital
- 2014: Graduated from Teikyo University School of Medicine
- 2025: Pathologist, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tochigi Cancer Center
Affiliations
- Japanese Society of Pathology
- Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
Hirofumi Shirakawa
Position
- Researcher (Dual Appointment: Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery)
Career Background
- 2000: Graduated from Ehime University School of Medicine; Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery I
- 2001: Resident, Department of Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital
- 2004: Surgical Resident, National Cancer Center Hospital
- 2007: Specialized Fellow, Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, and Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center East Hospital; Ph.D. in Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute
- 2010: Surgeon, Gastroenterology, Tochigi Cancer Center
- 2017: Hepatobiliary Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center
- 2020: Clinical Professor, Dokkyo Medical University
Affiliations
- Japanese Society of Surgery
- Japanese Society of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
- Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgery
- Japanese Biliary Association
- Japanese Pancreatic Society
Hirofumi Shimoda
Position
- Researcher (Dual Appointment: Hepato Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery)
Career Background
- 2010: Graduated from Keio University School of Medicine
- 2010: Resident, Saiseikai Central Hospital
- 2012: Surgical Resident, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital
- 2013: Surgical Resident, Sano Kosei General Hospital
- 2014: Resident, Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Keio
University Hospital
- 2017: Staff Surgeon, Nerima General Hospital
- 2019: Staff Surgeon, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center
- 2025: Chief Surgeon, Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center
Affiliations
- Japan Surgical Society
- Japanese Society of Clinical Surgery
- Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
Daisuke Horikawa
Position
- Research Fellow (Graduate Student, Asahikawa Medical University)
Career Background
- 2017: Graduated from Asahikawa Medical University School of Medicine
- 2017: Resident, Nayoro City General Hospital
- 2018: Resident, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital
- 2019: Surgeon, Engaru Kosei General Hospital
- 2021: Surgeon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital
- 2021: Surgeon, Asahikawa Kosei Hospital
- 2023: Chief Surgeon, Furano Kyokai Hospital
- 2025: Visiting Researcher, Tochigi Cancer Center
Affiliations
- Japan Surgical Society
- Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery
- Japan Society of Coloproctology
- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
- Japan Surgical Association
- Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine
Reiko Ogura
Position
- Researcher (Dual Appointment: Clinical Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Pathology)