CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME:                                     Hironori Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D.

EDUCATION:

                 1978-1984               Jichi Medical School, Tochigi,Japan

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING:          

1990-1991               Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

1991-1993                    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

APPOINTMENT:

                 2007                         Professor of Medicine, Jichi Medical  University

Head of the Department of Endoscopic Research and International Education (Funded by Fujifilm)

2009                         Visiting Professor of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore

2014                         Chief Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University

2017                         Visiting Professor, Peking University International Hospital

2018                         Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

2008-                       Director, Endoscopy Center, Jichi Medical University Hospital

2012-2015, 2020-   Director, Gastroenterology Center, Jichi Medical University Hospital

2015-2022               Vice President of Hospital, Jichi Medical University Hospital

AWARDS AND HONORS:

1998                                The 55th Congress ofJapanGastroenterological Endoscopy  Society Award

1999                                Runner-up, 1999 Audio Visual Award of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

2000                                The 59th Congress ofJapanGastroenterological Endoscopy  Society Award

2006                        American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Audiovisual Award “Double-balloon endoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal diseases”

2006                         The 31st Harushige Inoue Award “Double balloon endoscopy”

2009                                The 19th Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Award

2015                         American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) 2015                                           Crystal Awards “International Service Award”

2015                         German Society of Gastroenterology 2015 (Leipzig, Germany) “Endoscopy Award”

                                  (Gastroenterologie Viszeralchirurgie Viszeralmedizin)

                                  (State of the Art Lecture: Small bowel endoscopy -a challenge for more than 10 years)