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Director and Specially-appointed Professor of Liver Center
Hirokazu Takahashi
| Background | April 2002: Graduated from Department of Medicine, Saga University April 2011: Graduated from Ph.D degree of Department of Medicine, Saga University |
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| Qualifications and academic activities |
・Board Certificated Fellow and Board Certificated Trainer of the Japan Society of Hepatology ・Board Certificated Fellow of the Japanese Gastroenterology (Councilor of Kyushu Chapter) ・Board Certificated Fellow and Trainer of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine ・Board Certificated Member and Trainer of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine ・Member of the American Diabetes Association ・Member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases |
【Brief History】
| May 23, 2002 | Medical intern at Saga University Hospital |
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| December 1, 2003 | Medical intern at Saga-ken Medical Center Koseikan |
| April 1, 2007 | Medical assistant at Liver, Diabetes, Endocrine Medicine of Saga University Hospital |
| March 1, 2011 | Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Saga University |
| March 15, 2011 | Graduated from Ph.D degree of Faculty of Medicine, Saga University to acquire the medical degree. |
| August 1, 2012 | Doctor at Medical Corporation Locomedical Eguchi Hospital |
| December 1, 2012 | Research Fellow at Joslin Diabetes Center of Harvard Medical School |
| April 4, 2016 | Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Faculty of Medicine, Saga University |
| August 1, 2016 | Lecturer of Liver, Diabetes, Endocrine Medicine at Faculty of Medicine, Saga University |
| April 1, 2019 | Assistant director of Liver Center, Saga University Hospital (Concurrent position) |
| October 1, 2019 | Clinical Associate Professor of Liver, Diabetes, Endocrine Medicine at Faculty of Medicine, Saga University |
| April 1, 2020 | Director and Specially-appointed Professor of Liver Center In the present |
【Awards】
| 2006 | The 18th UEGF Travel Award |
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| 2007 | The 19th Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine Young Investiator’s Award |
| 2012 | Sumitomo Foundation Grant for International Exchanges Fellowship |
| 2013 | Uehara Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship |
| 2016 | Japan Association for Diabetes Education and Care Grand for Younger Researchers |
| 2019 | Elected for AASLD 2019 Best of Liver Meeting |
【Main Publications】
- Takahashi H, et al. Evaluation of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for fibrosis staging of chronic liver disease: a pilot study. Liver Int 2009;30:538-545.
- Takahashi H, et al. Post-challenge hyperglycemia is a significant risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C.J of Gastroenterol 2010;46:790-798.
- Takahashi H, et al. An automated rapid detection system using the quenching probe method for detecting interleukin 28B and inosine triphosphatase single nucleotide polymorphisms in chronic hepatitis C. J Viral Hepat. 2013;20:e124-6.
- Takahashi H, et al. Biphasic effect of alcohol intake on the development of fatty liver disease. J Gastroenterol. 2015;50:1114-23.
- Takahashi H et al. Therapeutic Approaches to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Exercise Intervention and Related Mechanisms. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018 Oct 15;9:588. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00588.
- Takahashi H, et al. TGF-β2 is an exercise-induced adipokine that regulates glucose and fatty acid metabolism. Nature Metabolism 2019;1,291–303.
Lecturer
Satoshi Oeda
- Board Certificated Fellow and Tentative Board Certificated Trainer of the Japan Society of Hepatology
- Board Certificated Fellow of the Japanese Gastroenterology
- Board Certificated Fellow and Trainer of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine
- Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
- General Clinical Oncologist / Board Certificated Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor
Hiroshi Isoda
- Board Certificated Fellow of the Japan Society of Hepatology
- Board Certificated Fellow of the Japanese Gastroenterology
- Board Certificated Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor
Kaoru Inoue
- Board Certificated Fellow of the Japanese Gastroenterology
- Board Certificated Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Nurse
Tomomi Yada
- Medical coordinator of Saga Prefecture hepatitis
- Promotor of hepatitis
- Balance support coordinator
- Bipoji ambassador
4 members of clerical staff
- Medical coordinator of Saga Prefecture hepatitis
