Associate Editor

Dr. Itasu Ninomiya graduated from Kanazawa University, School of Medicine in 1988. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of medicine in 1994. He completed a residency in gastroenterological surgery at Kanazawa University Hospital. He is an active member in International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC), Japan Surgical Society (JSS), Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JSGS), Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES), Japan Surgical Association (JSA), Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery (JATS), Japan Esophageal Society (JES), Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA), Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSG), Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES), and Japanese Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (JSCNM). He is a councilor of JSGS, JSES, JSA, JATS and JES. He engages in the approvement of specialist in esophageal surgery by JES and specialist in endoscopic surgery by JSES. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications.

esophageal endoscopic surgery; robotic surgery; malignancy diagnosis of esophageal cancer; inhibition of metastasis of gastrointestinal cancer