Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Public Health
Staff Information
Yutaka Kohgo
M.D.,Ph.D.
Graduate School of Medicine, Campus: Narita
Profile (Career Summary)
Sapporo Medical College, MD, Sapporo Medical College Graduate School, PhD, Albert Einstein Medical College and Tufts University School of Medicine, Research Associate, Sapporo Medical University, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Asahikawa Medical University, Professor, Professor Emeritus, 2015. IUHW Hospital, Professor, 2017 IUHW School of Medicine, Professor of Gastroenterology,
Specialized Field
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, especially on biochemical study of hepatic iron and alcohol metabolism, immunological study of inflammatory bowel disease, molecular biological study of gastrointestinal cancer
Message to Students
I have been engaged on clinics of gastroenterology and hepatology, and basic researches on roles of iron and alcohol in liver diseases, development of new therapeutic modalities of inflammatory bowel disease, and molecular biological study of gastrointestinal cancers (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Yutaka+Kohgo). Candidates of graduate students who wish to obtain both specialist boards of gastroenterology/hepatology and degree of Ph.D.in my research fields are mostly welcomed.