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Professor

Yoshifumi Saijo

Specialty

Medical Imaging, Ultrasound Medicine, Cardiology

Qualifications

Japanese medical license, Japanese Society of Ultrasound Medicine, specialist and instructor,

Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Certified Physician, Japanese Circulation Society Cardiologist,

Senior member of the Japanese Society of Cardiology, Specialist of the Japanese society of Echocardiography.

Japan Medical Association Certified Occupational Physician

Achievements: https://researchmap.jp/read0055327/

E-mail: saijo@tohoku.ac.jp

1988 Graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine

1993 Completed the Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

1993 Sendai Kousei Hospital Cardiology Doctor

1995 Dean, Department of Cardiology, Public Fukaya Hospital

1997 Assistant Professor, Intitute of Aging Medicina, Tohoku University

1999 Visiting Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark

2004 Associate Professor, Institute of Aging Medicine, Tohoku University

2007 Associate Professor, Institute of Aging Medicine, Tohoku University

2008 Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine

2010 Concurrent post, Institute of Aging Medicine, Tohoku University

2012 Tohoku University Hospital Physiological Examination Center

2014 Tohoku University Education and Research Council Councilor

2020 Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

2022 Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

Associate Professor

Mototaka Arakawa

2000 Researcher, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

2001 Research Associate, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

2007 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

2014 Specially-appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering

2016 Associate Professor, NICHe, Tohoku University

2016 Project General Manager, NEDO

2017 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

CV/Achievements: https://researchmap.jp/read0055279/?lang=en

E-mail: arakawa@tohoku.ac.jp

Assistant Professor

Takuro Ishii

2014 Specially-appointed Assistant Professor, Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba University

2016 Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, University of Waterloo

2020 Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University

2025 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

CV/Achievements: https://researchmap.jp/t.ishii/?lang=en

E-mail: takuro.ishii@tohoku.ac.jp

Visiting Professor

Kazuto Kobayashi

1976, Graduated from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering

1977, joined Honda Electronics Co., Ltd.

2006, Part-time Lecturer at Nagoya Institute of Technology

2009, Part-time Lecturer at Toyohashi University of Technology

2011, Completed 3rd year doctoral course at Tohoku University, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering

2012, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

Researcher

Shin'ichiro Umemura

1980, Graduated from Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

1980, Research Scietest, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd.

1986, Visiting Associate Professor, University of Illinois

2005, Professor, School of Health Sciences, Kyoto University

2007, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University

2018, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku Universiy

2018, Researcher, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

CV/Achievements:

Web: https://researchmap.jp/read0133216

Researcher

Toru Okuzono

Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai Kousei Hospital

CEO, KOEDA Co. Ltd

2005, Graduated from Fuculty of Medicine, Tohoku University

2009, Gastroenterologist, Sendai Kousei Hospital

2019, Graduated from Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

2020, CEO, KOEDA Co. Ltd

2023, Researcher, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University

Lab Group Photo

May, 2024

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
(As of April 2025)

Doctoral Course

D3 Riku Suzuki (JSPS Research Fellow DC1)

D3 Mizuki Fujiwara

D3 Norihiko Ito

D3 Yasuharu Funamizu

D2 I Gede Eka Sulistyawan

D2 Daisuke Nishimae

D1 Reimy Chacon Soto

Master's Program

M2 Kohei Maruyama

M2 Masaya Shimizu

M2 Kei Mitsui

M2 Ao Oue

M2 Yoshihisa Kaneko

M2 Yoshiki Mizuguchi

M2 Rena Kobayashi

M2 Yusuke Soejima

M1 Oki Todo

M1 Nen Onuma

M1 Shin Sato

M1 Tomu Morishita

M1 Satoki Shintani

M1 Haruto Niiyama

Faculty of Engineering
(As of April 2025)

Undergraduate Students

B4 Rui Ando

B4 Ryusei Kasai

B4 Sota Shimura

B4 Hinata Shoji

B4 Towa Suzuki

B4 Anri Ikeda

B4 Yuki Okura

Graduate School of Medicine
(As of April 2025)

Doctoral Course

Shin Haruyama(Haru Endoscopy Clinic)

Kazunori Sugimura(A.T. Kearney)

OBOG Career
(Graduation FY)

Sony Corporation(2024, 2018, 2016)

Hitachi, Ltd.(2024, 2020, 2019)

Canon Medical Systems Corporation(2024, 2023, 2021, 2018)

M3, Inc.(2023)

Kao Corporation(2023)

Inserm, France(2023)

Olympus Corporation(2022, 2011)

Nihon Kohden(2022)

NS Solutions(2022)

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(2022)

Topcon Yamagata(2022)

Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital(2022-2017)

AISIN SOFTWARE Co., Ltd.(2022)

FUJIFILM Corporation(2021, 2020)

Nomura Research Institute(2021)

PHC Holdings Corporation(2021)

Japan Lifeline(2021)

Tohoku Electric Power Company(2021, 2020, 2014)

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia(2021)

MinebeaMitsumi Inc.(2020)

Nikko System Solutions Co., Ltd.(2020)

DIVE Inc.(2020)

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation(2020)

Tohoku University Hospital(2020)

Shimadzu Corporation(2019, 2014)

Sojitz Corporation(2019)

Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd.(2019)

Panasonic Corporation(2018)

Sendai Kousei Hospital(2018)

Lund University, Sweden(2018)

Andalas University, Indonesia(2018)

RIKEN(2017)

Konica Minolta, Inc.(2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)

Sharp Corporation(2017)

Skymark Airlines Inc.(2017)

Kanagawa Prefectural Government(2017, 2013)

Miyagi Cancer Center(2017)

Nintendo Co., Ltd.(2016)

Fujitsu Limited(2016, 2011)

DENSO Corporation(2015)

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.(2015)

Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd.(2015, 2014)

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation(2015)

Wakayama Medical University(2015)

Chugoku Electric Power Company(2014)

Nikon Corporation(2013)

NTT COMWARE CORPORATION(2013)

Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.(2013)

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation(2012)

Honda Electronics Co., Ltd.(2011)

Tohoku Koseinenkin Hospital(2010)

Collaborator

Tanaka Motonao(Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Honorary Director of Tohoku Welfare Pension Hospital, Miyagi Prefecture Tuberclosis Prevention Association)

Tomoyuki Yamaya(Professor, Institute of Aging Medicine, Tohoku University)

Yasuyuki Shiraishi(Associate Professor, Institute of Aging Medicine, Tohoku University)

Hiroshi Kanai(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)

Yuji Matsura(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)

Toshiyuki Hayase(Director, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisplinary Sciences, Tohoku University)

Kenichi Funamoto(Associate Professor, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University)

Yoshihiro Hagiwara(Associate Professor, Department of Upper Limb Kinesiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University )

Hideyuki Hasegawa(Professor, Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Toyama)

Ryo Nagaoka(Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, OB of our Laboratory)

Tadashi Yamaguchi(Professor, Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba University)

Naohiro Hozumi(Professor, International Cooperation Research Center for Engineering Education, Toyohashi University of Technology)

Sachiko Yoshida(Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering, Toyohashi University of Technology)

Akira Tanaka(Associate Professor, School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Engineering, Fukushima University)

Hidehiko Sasaki(Director, Rinku Clock Tower Clinic)

Shigeo Sugawara(Director, Department of Cardiology, Nihonkai General Hospital)

Haruna Tabuchi(Assistant Professor, Department Cardiology, Juntendo University)

Takeyoshi Kameyama(Lecturer, Department of Cardiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, School of Medicine)