Shinya Shimada

OFFICIAL POSITION: -Director Yatsushiro Social Insurance General Hospital, 2-26 Matsuejo, Yatsushiro-city, Kumamoto 866-8660 Japan -Clinical Professor Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556 Japan EDUCATION: -Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1974-1980 -Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, 1982-1986 TRAINING: Resident: Department of Surgery II Kumamoto University Medical School Affiliated Hospital, 1980-1982 Research Fellow: Visiting Associate, Tumor Immunology and Biology National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health Chief: Dr. Jeffrey Schlom 1988-1992 Faculty Appointments: -Chief, Department of Surgery Mitsui Omuta Hospital, 1992-1993 -Active, Department of Surgery Kumamoto Medical Center, National Health Organization, 1993-1995 -Asistant professor of Surgery II Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1995-2000 -Chief, Department of Surgery Yatsushito Health Insurance General Hospital, 2001-2002 - Lecturer, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, 2002-2005 - Chief, Department of Surgery, Kumamoto City Hospital, 2005-2006 -Director, Yatsushiro Social Insurance General Hospital, 2006-present -Clinical Professor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery,Graduate School of Medical Science,Kumamoto University, 2007-present LICENCE & CERTIFICATION: -M.D., 1980 -Ph.D., 1986 -Board Certified Surgeon, 1986 (Japan Surgical Society) -Board Certified Gastroenterological Surgeon,1994 (Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery) -Board Certified Gastroenterologist, 1994 (Japanese Society of Gastroenterology) -Fellow of the Japanese Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis, 1999 -Fellow of the Japanese Society of Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2000 -Board Certified Gastroenterological Endoscopist, 2002 (The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society) -Board Certified Cancer Therapist, 2007 (Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy) -FACS, 2009 HONORS & AWARDS: -15th Japanese Society of Gastroenterology Award (2002) - 29th Japan Society for Surgical Technique Award (2002) -Kumamoto Medical Award (2002)