EDUCATION

2009 Ph.D.    

Department of Pediatric and Neonatal- Perinatal Research,

Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka Japan  

Dissertation: Anti-annexin A2 IgM antibody in preterm infants: its association with chorioamnionitis

Children Nationwide Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Centre,

King’s College Hospital, London, UK

1999 M.D.      

Faculty of Medicine, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024-

Deputy Director, Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

2023-

Professor of Pediatrics, Chief for Research, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

2023-

Invited Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

2019-2023

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chief for Research, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

2018-2019

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Deputy Chief for Research, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

2013-2018        

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Deputy Chief for Research, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

2012-2013

Visiting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

2009-2013         

Postdoctoral Fellow, Joseph Stokes Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2009         

Research Fellow, Department of Neonatology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

2004- 2005   

Clinical Fellow, Department of Neonatology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan

2002- 2004   

Clinical Fellow, Department of Neonatology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

2002       

Resident, Department of Neonatology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan

2000- 2001   

Senior House Officer, Department of Pediatrics, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Okayama, Japan

1999        

Senior House Officer, Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan

 BOARD CERTIFICATION

 2007           

Japan Pediatric Society, No 30174, Expiration Sep/30/2027                       

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 2024-

Honorary Member, American Pediatric Society

2022-2024

Director, Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development

2022-2024

Chairman of International Negotiation Committee, Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development

2020-

Social Media Editor, International Society of Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNeo)

2020-2026

Member of Clinical Research Consortium Committee for Perinatology, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

2020-2026

Member of Negotiation Committee, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

2020-2024

Management Board Member of Symposium in Perinatal Medicine, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

2018-2026

Councilor, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

2018-

Member, Cochrane

2016-

Member, Society for Pediatric Research

2016-2024

Councilor, Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development

2014-2020

Deputy Secretary-General, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

HONORS & AWARDS

2024

Hospital Director’s Award, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

2023

Editorial Apprenticeship Program, Pediatric Research

2021

The Kawano Prize for Pediatrics, Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics

2021

JRS Young Scientist Award, The 25th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology

2018

Travel Award grant for Early Career Investigators, Pediatric Research

2018

Japan Pediatric Society Academic Research Award 2018

2012        

The 2012 Distinguished Research Trainee Awards Nominee, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute

2011-2013      

ALA Senior Research Training Fellowship, American Lung Association

2011           

PAS Travel Grants, Pediatric Academic Societies

2006         

Sata King’s College Fellowship, Japan Society for Premature and Newborn Medicine

GRANTS

2025-2026-

Health Labour Sciences Research Grant, Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases, The Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

2023-2024

Health Labour Sciences Research Grant, Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases, The Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

2023-2025

Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

2022-2026

Project for Baby and Infant in Research of Health and Development to Adolescent and Young Adult (BIRTHDAY), The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)

2021

Project for Baby and Infant in Research of Health and Development to Adolescent and Young Adult (BIRTHDAY), The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)

2021-2022

Health Labour Sciences Research Grant, Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases, The Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

2021

Investigator-Initiated Research, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

2021

Research Grant, Neonatal Research Network of Japan

2020

Research Grant, Japan Foundation for Pediatric Research

2019

Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

2018

Research Grant, Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics

2018

Research Grant, Neonatal Research Network of Japan

2016

Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

2015

Grant for Pediatric Medical Research, The Mother and Child Health Foundation

2015

Research Grant, Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics

2015

Research Grant, Neonatal Research Network of Japan

2014

Health Labour Sciences Research Grant, The Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

2014

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

2013

Saitama Medical University Internal Research Grant, Saitama Medical University

2013

Young Investigator Grant, Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics

2008          

Short-term Overseas Research Exchange Student Aid, Osaka University          

2008           

The International Exchange Fund, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2025

Name: Massiel Apuy Acón

Trainee Level: Neonatal Fellow (National Children Hospital, San José, Costa Rica)

Current Position & Affiliation: Neonatal Fellow, National Children Hospital, San José, Costa Rica

2024

Name: Coşkun Armağan

Trainee Level: Clinical Neonatal Fellow (Division of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey)

Current Position & Affiliation: Clinical Neonatal Fellow, Division of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

2024

Name: Hsiao-Chin Wang

Trainee Level: Attending Physician (Department of Pediatrics, Shuang ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei, Taiwan)

Current Position & Affiliation: Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei, Taiwan

2024

Name: Mohad Azahari Basri

Trainee Level: Neonatal Fellow (Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)

Current Position & Affiliation: Neonatal Fellow, Faculty of Medicine Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

2024

Name: Kana Saito

Trainee Level: Attending Physician (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Attending Physician, Tokai University Hospital

Dissertation: Antenatal corticosteroids in specific groups at risk of preterm birth: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 22;13(9):e065070.

2024

Name: Yukiko Motojima

Trainee Level: Attending Physician (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Attending Physician, Saitama Medical University Hospital

Dissertation: Management and outcomes of periviable neonates born at 22 weeks of gestation: a single-center experience in Japan. J Perinatol. 2023 Nov;43(11):1385-1391.

2024-2027

Name: Shinsuke Kawase

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Dissertation:

Award:

2024-2027

Name: Koji Hirohata

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (The University of Tokyo)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Dissertation:

Award:

2024

Name: Yuting Zhu

Trainee Level: Attending Physician (Wuxi Children’s Hospital, Wuxi, China)

Current Position & Affiliation: Attending Physician, Wuxi Children’s Hospital, Wuxi, China

2023

Name: David Morales Aguilar

Trainee Level: Neonatal Fellow (National Children Hospital, San José, Costa Rica)

Current Position & Affiliation: Neonatal Fellow, National Children Hospital, San José, Costa Rica

2023-2024

Name: Mikiko Murakami

Trainee Level: Neonatal Fellow (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Dissertation:

Award: Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2023)

2022-2024

Name: Takeshi Fujimoto

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Nagoya University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Dissertation:

Award: Clinical Research Award, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine (2023), Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2023)

2021-2023

Name: Yohei Minamitani

Trainee Level: Neonatal Fellow (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Dissertation: Noninvasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in preterm infants with respiratory distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Award: Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2022), Sata King’s College Fellowship, Japan Society for Premature and Newborn Medicine (2023)

2021-2022

Name: Shun Sakatani

Trainee Level: Neonatal Fellow (Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center)

Current Position & Affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center

Dissertation: Respiratory outcomes in adults born prematurely with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

2020-2023

Name: Naoyuki Miyahara

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Award: Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2020), Clinical Research Award, Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine (2021), Saitama Medical University Internal Research Grant (2022), Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2023)

2019-2023

Name: Mitsuhiro Haga

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

Dissertation: Changes in in-hospital survival and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants: a retrospective study of a Japanese tertiary center

Award: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (2020), Young Investigator Grant, Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics (2023)

2017-2021

Name: Kosuke Tanaka

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (The University of Tokyo)

Current Position & Affiliation: The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Dissertation: Difference in pyruvic acid metabolism between neonatal and adult mouse lungs exposed to hyperoxia

Award: Sata King’s College Fellowship, Japan Society for Premature and Newborn Medicine (2019)

2016-2021

Name: Junichi Ozawa

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: New York Medical College

Dissertation: Thioredoxin-1 ameliorates oxygen-induced retinopathy in newborn mice through modulation of angiogenic factors

Award: Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2019), Saitama Medical University Young Doctors Educational Grant (2021), Saitama Medical University Medical Association Research Encouragement Award (2022)

2017

Name: Shun Matsumura

Trainee Level: M.D. (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: New York Medical College

Dissertation: Low-dose intravenous paracetamol for patent ductus arteriosus in indomethacin-resistant or contraindicated preterm infants: three cases reports

2016-2017

Name: Nobuhiko Nagano

Trainee Level: M.D., Ph.D. (Nihon University School of Medicine)

Current Position & Affiliation: Nihon University School of Medicine

Dissertation: Attenuation of hyperoxic lung injury in newborn thioredoxin-1 -overexpressing mice through the suppression of proinflammatory cytokine mRNA expression

Award: Young Investigator Grant, Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics (2016), Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (2017)

2015-2017

Name: Fuyu Miyake

Trainee Level: M.D. (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: University of Occupational and Environmental Health

Dissertation: Influence of endotracheal tube length on work of breathing in infants: a laboratory study

2014-2018

Name: Takaaki Watanabe

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Tsuchiya Children’s Hospital

Dissertation: Measurement of brain tissue oxygen saturation in term infants using a new portable near-infrared spectroscopy device

Award: Travel Grant to Congress of the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies (FAOPS) (2016)

2014-2015

Name: Ryo Ogawa

Trainee Level: M.D. (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)

Current Position & Affiliation: Nagano Children’s Hospital

Dissertation: Effects of the early administration of sivelestat sodium on bronchopulmonary dysplasia in infants: a retrospective cohort study

Award: Japan Pediatric Society Fellow Exchange Award, Society for Pediatric Research

2014-2015

Name: Masato Ito

Trainee Level: Graduate Student (Akita University Graduate School of Medicine)

Current Position & Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine

Dissertation: Genetic ablation of Bach1 gene enhances recovery from hyperoxic lung injury in newborn mice via transient upregulation of inflammatory genes

2011　

Name: Jennifer A. Laporta (Murphy)

Trainee Level: Medical Student

Current Position & Affiliation: Monmouth Medical Center-Long Branch Campus

Dissertation: Expression level and subcellular localization of heme oxygenase-1 modulates its cytoprotective properties in response to lung injury: a mouse model

Award: American Pediatric Society & Society for Pediatric Research Student Research Program (2011), The Charles V. Smith APS/SPR Student Research Award (2012)