1976 M.D.

Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan

1977-1985

Research Fellow, Gifu Univeristy Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

1983 Ph.D.

Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

1990

Board-certified Gastroenterological Surgeon by The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JSGS)

1990

Board-certified Surgeon by Japan Surgical Society (JSS)

1995

Board-certified instructor of Gastroenterological Surgery by The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JSGS)

1997

Board-certified instructor of Surgery by Japan Surgical Society (JSS)

2008

Board-certified instructor of program for high-level Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery by Japanese Society of Hepato-Billary-Pancreatic Surgery (JSHBPS)

2011

Board-certified instructor of Biliary Surgery by Japan Billary Association (JBA)

2018

Board-certified honorary instructor of program for high-level Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery by Japanese Society of Hepato-Billary-Pancreatic Surgery (JSHBPS)

1976-1997

Clinical Fellow, The 1^st Dept. of Surgery, Gifu University Hospital, Japan

1976-1980

Clinical Fellow, Dept. of Surgery, Gujo Central Hospital (renamed as Gujo City Hospital), Japan

1980-1981

Clinical Fellow, The 1^st Dept. of Surgery, Gifu University Hospital, Japan

1981-1985

Clinial Fellow, Dept. of Surgery, National Tohsei General Hospital (renamed as Shizuoka Medical Center), Japan

1985-1986

Lecturer, The 1st Dept. of Surgery, Gifu University Hospital, Japan

1986-1987

Director, Dept. of Surgery, Hashima City Hospital, Japan

1986-1991

Visiting Senior Lecturer, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan

1987-1991

Executive Director, Dept. of Surgery, Matsunami General Hospitsl, Japan

1991-1993

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan

1992-1993

Visiting Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, India

1993-present

Honorary Visiting Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Madhya Pradesh, India

1993-1996

Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan

1995-present

Fellow, American College of Surgeons, USA

1996-1997

Director of Dept. of Surgery & Director of Endoscopic Surgery Center, Kameda Medical Center, Japan

1997-2003

Executive Director of Dept. of Surgery & Director of Endoscopic Surgery Center, Kameda Medical Center, Japan

2003-2009

Specially Appointed Advisor to Superintendent & Executive Director of Dept. of Surgery & Director of Endoscopic Surgery Center, Kameda Medical Center, Japan

2006-present

Visiting Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan

2009-2014

Specially Appointed Deputy Superintendent & Executive Director of Dept. of Surgery & Director of Endoscopic Surgery Center, Kameda Medical Center, Japan

2014-2020

Deputy Superintendent & Advisor to Dept. of Surgery & Director of Endoscopic Surgery Center, Kameda Medical Center, Japan

Apr. 2016-Mar. 2019

Superintendent, Chiba Tokushukai Hospita, Japan

Apr. 2019-Mar. 2020

Honerary Superintendent, Chiba Tokushukai Hospita, Japan

2020-present

Advisor to Superintendent, Southern TOHOKU General Hospital, Japan

Infection Control Doctor (ICD)

1998-present

Fellow, Japanese College of Surgeons

1999-present

Reviewer, Surgical Endoscopy, Springer, Germany

2000-present

Councilor, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association Japan Chapter (PPSA-JC)

2010-present

Reviewer, Editorial Board, Journal of The American Collage of Surgeons

2017-present

Auditor, Japanese Hernia Society

1992

International Guest Scholar, American College of Surgeons, USA

1997

Grant in Social Welfare Service by Chiyoda Health Development Agency, Japan

2014

Assosiation Award, Japan Surgical Association (JSA)

Kenjiro Kitasato, Nobuyasu Kano, Masaki Azuma, Masaki Azuma, Hideyuki Kawakami, Ippei Murata, Masanori Ikota, Tomoyuki Ohta, Yukari Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Tsuruta, Gastrectomy of a GIST with Diaphragmatic Repair Utilizing the Fascia Lata-A Case Report,Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy 47(2):331-333, 2020

Kenjiro Kitasato, Nobuyasu Kano, Masaki Azuma, Hideyuki Kawakami, Ippei Murata, Masanori Ikota, Tomoyuki Ohta, Yukari Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Tsuruta, A Case of Pancreatic Head Cancer with a Hepatic Metastasis that Showed Complete Response to Administration of Gemcitabine + Nab-Paclitaxel TherapyGemcitabine＋nab-Paclitaxel, Nihon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi (Journal of Japanese College of Surgeons) 44(1):113-119, 2019, DOI: 10.4030/jjcs.44.113

Kenjiro KITASATO, Nobuyasu KANO, Ippei MURATA, Masanori IKOTA, Tomoyuki OHTA, Yoshihiko TSURUTA, Penetration at the Horizontal Portion of the Duodenum with Intramesenteric Abscess Formation Caused by Duodenal Foreign Bodies—A Case Report—, Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) 80(5):913-920, 2019, DOI: 10.3919/jjsa.80.913

Ken Hayashi, Shigetoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Nobuyasu Kano, Evaluation of Our Approach (Modified Blumgart Anastomosis) to Reducing the Incidence of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula after a Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Cases with a Soft Pancreas, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 225(4):e121, Oct., 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.852

Ippei MURATA, Masaki AZUMA, Hideyuki KAWAKAMI, Yoshihiko TSURUTA, Shigeru TAKAMORI, Nobuyasu KANO, Laparoscopic Repair of Hiatal Hernia, an Early Postoperative Complication in Esophageal Cancer Surgery—A Case Report—, Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) 77(8):1951-1956, Jan. 2016, DOI: 10.3919/jjsa.77.1951

Takuya Ogami, Yuya Matsue, Nobuyasu Kano, Hiroaki Tanabe, Prognostic Implication of Preoperative Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Journal of the American College of Surgeons 221(4):S26, Oct. 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.07.048

Takuya Ogami, Yuya Matsue, Nobuyasu Kano, Hiroaki Tanabe, Prognostic Implication of Preoperative Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Journal of the American College of Surgeons 221(4):S26, Oct., 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.07.048

Wataru Fujii, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Nobuyasu Kano, Is it safe? Early exposure of the residents to laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy as a primary surgeon, October 2015Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 221(4):e73-e74, Oct. 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.08.092

Hirotaka Honjo, Makio Mike, Nobuyasu Kano, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Reduction of Adult Intussusception: More Benefit than Harm: Reply, World Journal of Surgery 39(10), Jun, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3123-4,

Masatoshi Matsunami, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Ken Hayashi, Shigetoshi Yamada, Nobuyasu Kano, Broad ligament hernia successfully treated by laparoscopy: Case report and review of literature, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery 7(4), Nov. 2014, DOI: 10.1111/ases.12119

Hirotaka Honjo, Makio Mike, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Nobuyasu Kano, Adult Intussusception: A Retrospective Review, World Journal of Surgery 39(1), Sep. 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2759-9

Akira Tsunoda, Masafumi Nakagi, Nobuyasu Kano, Masahiko Mizutani, Kenji Yamaguchi, Serum aluminum levels in dialysis patients after sclerotherapy of internal hemorrhoids with aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid, Surgery Today 44(12), May 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00595-014-0914-4

Akira Tsunoda, Yoshiyuki Kiyasu, Wataru Fujii, Nobuyasu Kano, Comparison of the early results of transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization and hemorrhoidectomy using an ultrasonic scalpel, Surgery Today 45(2), Mar. 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00595-014-0885-5

Makio Mike, Nobuyasu Kano, Laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer: a review of the fascial composition of the abdominal cavity, Surgery Today 45(2), Jan. 2014 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-014-0857-9

Hiroshi Nagata, Akira Tsunoda, Takuya Sugimoto, Nobuyasu Kano, Clinical Outcomes of Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection for Obstructed Defecation Syndrome in the Japanese Population, Nippon Daicho Komonbyo Gakkai Zasshi 67(7):428-436, Jan. 2014, DOI: 10.3862/jcoloproctology.67.428

Tomoyuki Ohta, Akira Tsunoda, Yoshiyuki Kiyasu, Hirotaka Honjoh, Nobuyasu Kano, Outcome of Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy (LVR) for Rectal Prolapse, Nippon Daicho Komonbyo Gakkai Zasshi 67(4):245-252, Jan. 2014, DOI: 10.3862/jcoloproctology.67.245

Kenju Ko, Shigetoshi Yamada, Takeshi Yanagita, Hirotaka Honjo, Tomoyuki Ohta, Ken Hayashi, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Nobuyasu Kano, Cosmetic Satisfaction with Reduced Port Surgery for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) 75(10):2679-2686, Jan. 2014, DOI: 10.3919/jjsa.75.2679

Hiroshi Nagata, Shigetoshi Yamada, Kouichi Uramaru, Yoshiyuki Kiyasu, Nobuyasu Kano, Acute Cholecystitis with Bacteremia Caused by Pasteurella multocida, Surgical Infections 15(1), Oct. 2013, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.201

Makio Mike, Nobuyasu Kano, Reappraisal of the Vascular Anatomy of the Colon and Consequences for the Definition of Surgical Resection, Digestive surgery 30(4-5):383-392, Oct. 2013, DOI: 10.1159/000343156

Takuya Sugimoto, Makio Mike, Masaru Abe, Nobuyasu Kano, Small bowel metastasis of uterine cervical adenocarcinoma, BMJ Case Reports 26(1), Aug. 2013, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007896

Akira Tsunoda, Haruki Sada, Takuya Sugimoto, Hiroshi Nagata, Nobuyasu Kano, Anal Function after Ligation of the Intersphincteric Fistula Tract, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 56(7):898-902, Jul. 2013, DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31828d2e29

Akira Tsunoda, Haruki Sada, Takuya Sugimoto, Hiroshi Nagata, Nobuyasu Kano, Anal Function after Ligation of the Intersphincteric Fistula Tract July 2013Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 56(7):898-902, Jul. 2013 DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31828d2e29

Nobuyasu Kano, Akihiko Takeshi, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Yu Watarai, Makio Mike, Shigetoshi Yamada, Osamu Mishima, Seiko Uwafuji, Michiko Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Seiichi Kitahama, Satoshi Matsuda, Satoshi Endo, David Gremillion, Current surgical training: Simultaneous training in open and laparoscopic surgery, Surgical Endoscopy 24(12):2927-9, DEC. 2010, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1238-0

Nobuyasu Kano, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Makio Mike, Akihiko Takeshi, Yu Watarai, Shigetoshi Yamada, Surgical Training in the Field of Abdominal Emergency from the Viewpoint of Chairman in a Designated Training Hospital, Journal of Abdominal Emergency Medicine,  30(4), p. 533-537, May 2010, DOI: 10.11231/jaem.30.533

Nobuyasu Kano, The future of NOTES from the conservative point of view, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery 16(3):288-91, May 2009, DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0086-6

Nobuyasu KANO, Tatsuo YAMAKAWA, Yasuro ISHIKAWA, Shigeru SAKAI Experience with Laparoscopic Appendectomy —The Technique and Our Views of its Indications—, Digestive Endoscopy 5(2):156 – 160, Aug. 2007, DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1993.tb00610.x

Nobuyasu Kano, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Shigetoshi Yamada, Atsushi Ota, Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery: Its indications and techniques: From the viewpoint of limiting the indications, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery 9(5):555-8, Feb. 2002, DOI: 10.1007/s005340200073

Nobuyasu Kano, Akihiko TAKESHI, Hiroshi KUSANAGI, Yu WATARAI, Motoo KUROKI, Kazunori KASAMA, Shigetoshi YAMADA, Chihiro UCHIDA, An Idea on Training of Surgeons in the Era of Endoscopic Surgery, Nihon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi (Journal of Japanese College of Surgeons) 26(2):188-191, Apr. 2001, DOI: 10.4030/jjcs1979.26.2_188