Position	Name (Abbreviated)	Facility	Specialty
Caretakers	Masayasu Aikawa	Saitama Medical University International Medical Center	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Taku Aoki	Dokkyo Medical University	Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Takeshi Aoki	Showa University	General and Gastroenterological Surgery
	Yuta Abe	Keio University Hospital	General and Gastroenterological Surgery
	Junichi Arita	Akita University	Gastroenterological Surgery
	Toru Ikegami	The Jikei University school of Medicine	Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Hisashi Ikoma	Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine	Digestive Surgery
	Takeaki Ishizawa	Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Osamu Itano	International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine	Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic & Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Hitoshi Inagaki	Inagaki Clinic	Director
	Yuzo Umeda	Ehime University Hospital	Liver/gallbladder/pancreas/transplant surgery
	Michiaki Unno	Tohoku University Hospital	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Susumu Eguchi	Nagasaki University Hospital	Transplant and Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Hidetoshi Eguchi	Osaka University Hospital	Gastroenterological Surgery
	Akihiko Oshita	JA Onomichi General Hospital	Surgery
	Yuichiro Otsuka	Toho University	Department of Surgery
	Takehito Otsubo	St. Marianna University Hospital	Gastrointestinal and General Surgery
	Keiichi Okano	Kagawa University	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Yukiyasu Okamura	Nihon University	Digestive Surgery
	Kohji Okamoto	Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Center	Surgery
	Osamu Kainuma	Funabashi Municipal Medical Center	Surgery
	Masaki Kaibori	Kansai Medical University	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Akishige Kanazawa	Osaka City General Hospital	Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Hironori Kaneko	Toho University	Department of Surgery
	Yota Kawasaki	Kagoshima University	Digestive, Breast, and Thyroid Surgery
	Shigeyuki Kawachi	Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center	Department of Digestive and Transplantation Surgery
	Masahiro Kido	Kobe University	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Yusuke Kumamoto	Kitasato University	General, Pediatric, and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Norihiro Kokudo	National Center for Global Health and Medicine	Chairman
	Naoto Gotohda	National Cancer Center Hospital East	Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
	Hiroyuki Kobayashi	Meitetsu Hospital	Surgery
	Koji Komeda	Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University	Department of general and Gastroenterological Surgery
	Hisamune Sakai	Kurume University Hospital	Department of Surgery
	Yumiko Sakamoto	Sagamihara National   Hospital	Surgery
	Keiji Sano	Teikyo University Hospital	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Masahiro Shinoda	International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital	Digestive Diseases Center
	Motohide Shimazu	Tama Kyuryo Hospital	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Mitsuo Shimada	Tokushima University	Department of Surgery
	Ken Shirabe	Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University	Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
	Shuji Suzuki	Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Satoru Seo	Kochi University	Hepato-Gastroenterological Surgery
	Yuji Soejima	Shinshu University	Department of Surgery
	Mitsuhisa Takatsuki	University of the Ryukyus	Surgery
	Takeshi Takahara	Fujita Health University	Gastroenterological Surgery
	Yutaka Takeda	Kansai Rosai Hospital	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Akinobu Taketomi	Hokkaido University	Gastroenterological Surgery I
	Kuniya Tanaka	Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital	General and Gastroenterological Surgery
	Minoru Tanabe	Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, General Surgery
	Nobuhiko Taniai	Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Akihiro Cho	Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo  Medical Center	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Tadashi Tsukamoto	Osaka City Juso Hospital	Surgery
	Yoichi Toyama	Ichihara Medical Cure	Director
	Shin Nakahira	Ohyama Memorial Hospital	Surgery
	Masafumi Nakamura	Kyushu University	Department of Surgery and Oncology
	Noriaki Nakamura	Shuuwa General Hospital Digestive Center	Surgery
	Hiroaki Nagano	Yamaguchi University	Department of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery
	Atsushi Nanashima	Miyazaki University School of Medicine	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Hiroyuki Nitta	Iwate Medical University Hospital	Surgery
	Kenichi Hakamada	Hirosaki University	Department of Gastroenterological Surgery
	Kiyoshi Hasegawa	The University of Tokyo Hospital	Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery/Artificial Organ Transplant Surgery
	Etsuro Hatano	Kyoto University	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery
	Takumi Fukumoto	Kobe University	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery
	Toru Beppu	Yamaga Citizens Medical Center	Director
	Goro Honda	Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University	Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
	Yoichi Matsuo	Nagoya City University	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Shigeru Marubashi	Fukushima Medical University	Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery
	Toru Mizuguchi	Sapporo Medical University Hospital	Department of Surgery
	Sho Mineta	Chiba Tokushukai Hospital	Department of Surgery
	Mitsuo Miyazawa	International University Health and Welfare, Narita Hospital	Center for Preventive Medicine
	Zenichi Morise	Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center	Surgery
	Kazuteru Monden	Fukuyama City Hospital	Surgery
	Masafumi Yasunaga	Fukuoka Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital	Surgery
	Yo-ichi Yamashita	Oita Red Cross Hospital	Surgery
	Hideki Yokoo	Asahikawa Medical University	Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery
	Naoyuki Yokoyama	Niigata City Hospital	Gastrointestinal Surgery
	Hiroshi Yoshida	Nippon Medical School	Department of GI and HBP Surgery
	Tomoharu Yoshizumi	Kyushu University Hospital	Department of Surgery and Science
	Sang-Woong Lee	Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University	Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery
	Toshifumi Wakai	Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital	Gastrointestinal and General Surgery
	Go Wakabayashi	Ageo Central General Hospital	Surgery
	Manabu Watanabe	Toho University Ohashi Medical Center	Surgery