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
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