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Toshihiro Kumabe, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor and Chairman
Kitasato University School of Medicine
Sagamihara, JP

Name: Toshihiro Kumabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Born: February 6, 1962; Kofu, Japan
Citizenship (nationality): JAPAN
Current position: Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine
Business Address: 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
Telephone: +81-42-778-9337
Fax: +81-42-778-7788
E-mail: kuma@kitasato-u.ac.jp (toshihirokumabe@hotmail.co.jp)

Education
1977-1980 Yamanashi Prefecture Kofu-Higashi Senior High School
1980-1986 Tohoku University School of Medicine
1989-1993 The postgraduate course of Tohoku University School of Medicine
Received a M.D. in March, 1993 from Tohoku University School of Medicine for a thesis entitled: "Amplification of alpha-platelet- derived growth factor receptor gene lacking an exon coding for a portion of the extracellular region in a primary brain tumor of glial origin".

Residency
1986-1989 Neurosurgery Residence, Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine

Professional experience
1993-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery (Takashi Yoshimoto, M.D., Professor and Chairman), Tohoku University School of Medicine
2003 Lecturer, Department of Neurosurgery (Teiji Tominaga, M.D., Professor and Chairman from May 2003), Tohoku Graduate School of Medicine
2004-2013/3 Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku Graduate School of Medicine
2013/4-present Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine

Certification
1986 Medical license (No. 296164, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare)
1993 Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery, Certificate No. 3602

Areas of Special Interest
Basic Research: Neurooncology, especially gliomas
Clinical Research: Malignant brain tumors, including gliomas, germ cell tumors, and pediatric brain tumors

Editorial/review Boards
Neuro-Oncology
Brain Tumor Pathology
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo)
Jpn J Neurosurg (Tokyo)
International Journal of Clinical Oncology
Brain Imaging and Stimulation

Membership of Scientific and Medical Societies
Japan Neurosurgical Society
Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Japan Society for Neuro-Oncology
Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology
Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology
Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery
Japan Society of Molecular Neurosurgery
Japan Society for CNS Computed Imaging
Japan Geriatric Neurosurgery Society
Japan Human Brain Mapping Society
Japan Society for Awake Surgery
Japanese Society on Surgery for Cerebral Stroke
Japanese Society of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Conference on Neurosurgical Techniques and Tools
Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Japanese Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Society for Neuro-0ncology (SNO)
Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology (ASNO)
Japan Clinical Oncology Group
Japan Children’s Cancer Group

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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