Hajime Orita
Hajime Orita is an associate professor at the Department of Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital. He specialized in surgery of the esophagus and stomach, laparoscopic surgery of the esophagus and stomach (LADG, LTG), endoscopic diagnosis and therapy (upper gastrointestinal tract), endoscopic surgery of esophagus and stomach (ESD), and chemotherapy for esophageal and stomach cancer patients. Dr. Orita’s research focuses on cancer metabolism, Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS) as a cancer treatment, diagnosis and cancer prevention, cancer metabolism, the relationship between cancer and diabetes, chemoresistance research related to CHFR methylation in esophageal and gastric cancer, new cancer suppressor gene (GASDERMIN), working with the National Institute of Genetics, new prognostic predictors for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), Pfetin by use of proteomics technology, and working with the National Cancer Center Research Institute.