Sadanori Akita Japan

Sadanori Akita
Curriculum Vitae Name: Sadanori Akita, MD, PhD Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan Date of Birth: March 26, 1965 Education 1983-1989 Nagasaki University, School of Medicine 1989 M.D., Nagasaki University-Six Year Medical Program 1990-1994 Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Medicine 1994 Ph.D. Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Medicine Specialized in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Postdoctoral Training Internship and Residency 1989-1993 Resident in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Nagasaki Univ. Hospital 1996-1999 Fellow in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Nagasaki Univ. Hospital Clinical and Research Fellowship 1993-1996 Research Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Licensure and Certification 2000-present Board Certified by Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Academic Appointment 1999- Senior Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Nagasaki University 2003- Research director in Plastic Surgery, Nagasaki University 2010- Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital 2010- Visiting professor, Saint Petersburg Medical Academy of Post-graduate Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia 2014- Visiting professor, Albert-Einstein medical college, New York, USA 2014- Visiting professor, Harvard University, Boston, USA 2015- Visiting professor, Ohio State University, USA 2016-, October, Professor and Chairman, department of Plastic Surgery, Wound Repair and Regeneration, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan 2021-, April, Professor, Fukushima Medical University Director, Jonaikai Medical Corporation Awards and honors 1992 First Prize of Young Investigators Award, Nagasaki Univ. Medical Alumni Association 1993 Young Investigators Award, 7th international Congress of Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Anomalies 1995 Postdoctoral Fellow Award Western Society for Clinical Investigation at Clinical Research Meeting, Carmel, California, USA 1995-1996 Young Investigator Award, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA 2003 Scholarship award 5th Asian-Pacific Cleft Lip & Palate Conference 2006 Best Scholar in Nagasaki University, Tsunoo Award 2006 Best Investigator Award, the Japanese Society for Wound Healing 2009 Best presentation, 1st joint session of Wound Healing Society (USA)-Japanese Society for Wound Healing (JSWH) 2009 Winner of the Japanese chapter award, 14th International Society of Burn Injuries 2016 International Collaboration Award, Chinese Tissue Repair Society 2017 International Collaboration Award, Chinese Trauma Society 2020 Wound Healing Society (WHS, USA), best poster award, San Diego 2021 Wound Healing Society (WHS, USA), best poster award, Grapevine 2023 Silver Award, Best Clinical Research Award, Journal of Wound Care Bio-sketch Dr. Akita is a professor and chief of department of plastic surgery, wound repair and regeneration of Fukuoka University, school of medicine from 2016 to 2021 and he is a professor at Fukushima Medical University. He did his residency in plastic surgery at Nagasaki University Hospital. He received his PhD from the Graduate School of Nagasaki University specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He later did a research fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under supervision of Shlomo Melmed MD on a cytokine expression and its regulation in vivo by using a transgenic animal model. He serves as a general secretary of World Union of Wound Healing Societies, which will be held in Yokohama, September 2-6, 2012, http://wuwhs2012.com/ and will be president of the world union of wound healing societies, for the years of 2012 to 2016. He is the president of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) from September, 2012 to September, 2016 and currently the president of the Asian Wound Care Association (AWCA). His research interests include: cytokines and stem cells in wound healing, difficult wound healing (radiation injury), regenerative tissue enhancement to HIV-drug related-wasting patients, reconstructive surgery, burn, craniofacial surgery and hemangioma/avascular malformations. He serves as an editorial board member of renowned journals such as ePlasty, Wound Repair and Regeneration, which is also a senior editor, Advances in Wound Care, WOUNDS, Advances of Wound Care, International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open and a regular reviewer in journals of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lancet, Nature and Annals of Surgery and his review activities are 484 in total and 140 in last 12 months. Please refer to Publons at https://publons.com/dashboard/summary/. His list of publications includes 109 peer-reviewed English original articles, 16 English overviews and 9 English-book chapters and 5 editorship of the books and for his further details, please see at Scopus, h-index=28 https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7103147238 He intends to develop basic molecular science to clinical problem-oriented of mechanism and functional solution with esthetic concerns with translational approach. Along with clinical and research actives, he interacts with international communities by lecturing and workshops on site in this way, he is ready for diverse and broadened views