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Nobuyuki Takenaka, M.D., Ph.D.

Orthopaedic Surgeon
Deputy Director, Trauma and Reconstruction Center, Southern TOHOKU General Hospital

  • Present Title & Affiliation

    • Deputy Director, Trauma and Reconstruction Center, Southern TOHOKU General Hospital, Japan
    • Professor, Dept. of Traumatology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
  • Education

    • 1991 M.D., BMS cum laude

      School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Japan

    • 2000 Ph.D.

      Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

  • Certifications

    • A.J.O.A. (Approved Orthopedic Surgeon by Japanese Orthopedic Association)
  • Professional Experience

    • 1993-1994

      Junior Resident, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University Hospital, Japan

    • 1995-1996

      Senior Resident, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

    • 1996-2000

      Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

    • 2000-2001

      Clinical Fellow, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

    • Apr. 2001-Mar. 2015
      Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Japan
      Director, Center for Fracture and Post-Trauma Reconstructive (Malunions, Nonunion and Ilizarov Surgery)
    • 2004
      Visiting Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA
      Visiting Professor, Joint Biomechanics, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA
    • Apr. 2015-present

      Associate Professor, Dept. of Traumatology, Fukushima Medical University, Japan

    • Apr. 2015-present

      Deputy Director, Trauma and Reconstruction Center, Southern TOHOKU General Hospital

    • Apr. 2018-present

      Professor, Dept. of Traumatology, Fukushima Medical University, Japan

  • Skill Highlights

    • Post-trauma surgery (infected nonunion, Osteomyelitis, Nonunion, and Malunion)
    • Ilizarov Surgery
    • Joint reconstruction (Intra-articular Osteotomy)
  • Professional Memberships

    • 2002-present

      Secretary General, ASAMI Japan (JORIM) (Japan Association for Orthopaedic Reconstruction & Ilizarov Method)

    • 2004-2012

      Member of Social Insurance Committee, Japan Society of Fracture Repair

    • 2013-present

      Adviser to Social Insurance Committee, Japan Society of Fracture Repair

    • 2014-present

      Chairman of System Committee, Japan Society of Fracture Repair

  • Selected Publications

    • Matsoukis Takaki, Tomohiko Asahara, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Keisuke Mori, Shota Harada, Kazuo Kubota, Tsukasa Teramoto, Narutaka Katoh, Hideo Sakuma, Toshiyuki Saginoya, Takashi Matsushita, Comparison of histopathology and preoperative 18F-FDG-PET/CT of osteomyelitis aiming for image guided surgery: A preliminary trial, Injury, 51(4), 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.02.062
    • Ankle joint reconstruction by circular frame external fixator for a severely comminuted and contaminated open tibial pilon fracture (AO 43-C3.3). Case report Shota Harada⁎, Tsukasa Teramoto, Motoyuki Takaki, Tomohiko Asahara, Narutaka Katoh, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Takashi Matsushita, Trauma Case Reports 23 (2019) 100234
    • Yukihiro Arai, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Narutaka Katoh, Yuu Nishizawa, Mari Nishizawa, Motoyuki Takaki, Sasaki Gen, Takashi Matsushita, IV–3 Treatment-Targeting Based on Ultrasonographic Examination can Improve LIPUS Treatment Results in Delayed Union, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 28(6): S5-6, 2014, DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000450478.07431.bb
    • Yoshinobu Watanabe, Yukihiro Arai, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Takashi Matsushita, Three key factors affecting treatment results of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for delayed unions and nonunions: Instability, gap size, and atrophic nonunion, Journal of Orthopaedic Science 18(5), 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s00776-013-0415-0
    • Yoshinobu Watanabe, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Takashi Matsushita, Infra-isthmal fracture is a risk factor for nonunion after femoral nailing: A case-control study, Journal of Orthopaedic Science 18(1), 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s00776-012-0316-7
    • Yoshinobu Watanabe, Yu Nishizawa, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Ability and Limitation of Radiographic Assessment of Fracture Healing in Rats, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 467(8):1981-5, 2009, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-0753-6
    • Yuichiro Terashima, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Takashi Matsushita, Prediction of Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head by Measuring Intramedullary Oxygen Tension After Femoral Neck Fracture, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 21(7):456-61, 2007, DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318126bb56
    • Nobuyuki Yoshino, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Yukihisa Fukuda, Nobuhiko Fujita, Hideshi Sumiyoshi, Shinro Takai, Implant failure of long Gamma nail in a patient with intertrochanteric-subtrochanteric fracture, Journal of Orthopaedic Science 11(6):638-43, 2006, DOI: 10.1007/s00776-006-1068-z
    • Yasusuke Hirasawa, Shinro Takai, Wook-Cheol Kim, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Nobuyuki Yoshino, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Biomechanical Monitoring of Healing Bone Based on Acoustic Emission Technology, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 402(402):236-44, 2002, DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200209000-00023
    • Mayumi Nishi, Nobuyuki Takenaka, Noriyuki Morita, Takao Ito, Hitoshi Ozawa, Mitsuhiro Kawata, Real-time imaging of glucocorticoid receptor dynamics in living neurons and glial cells in comparison with non-neural cells, European Journal of Neuroscience 11(6):1927-36, 1999, DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00616.x
    • Nobuyuki Takenaka, Mayumi Nishi, Takao Ito, Hiroshi Ogawa, Mitsuhiro Kawata, Real-time imaging system with a green fluorescent protein for visualizing functional molecules in living cells, Neuroscience Research 31, 1998, DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(98)81858-0
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