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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:
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

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)