GRADUATE SCHOOL

Departments

Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Public Health

Staff Information

Kazuma Fujimoto

MD & PhD

Profile (Career Summary)

Education
1973-1979 Kyushu University Medical School, M.D. course
Post Graduate Training
1979-1981 Kyushu University Hospital in Internal Medicine
1981-1984 Ph.D. course Kyushu University, Ph.D. Physiology
Appointments and Positions
1984-1985 Medical stuff, Hamanomachi Hospital
1985-1991 Assistant professor of internal medicine, Kyushu University
(1989-1991) Research fellow, physiology, LSU Medical College
1991-1997 Associate professor, internal medicine, Saga Medical School
1997-2019 Professor and chair, internal medicine, Saga Medical School
2013-2015 Dean, Saga Medical School
2013-2015 Chairman, Council of Head of National Medical Schools of Japan
2019-present Professor, Int University of Health and Welfare Medical School
Membership
1984-present The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Fellow
1984-present The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, Fellow
1984-present The Japan Society of Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Director
2003-present The Japanese Gastroenterological Association, President (2015-2019)
1991-2016 American Physiological Society, International member
1992-present American Gastroenterological Association, Fellow
2007-present American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow

Specialized Field

clinical study in the field of internal medicine and gastroenterology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, brain-gut axis

Message to Students

I am going to learn with the medical graduate school student regarding the real world practical clinical theme in the field of internal medicine and gastroenterology. The graduate school student will learn the protocol creation, the data analysis, and the article preparation as indicated in my selected papers.

Research Theme

clinical study regarding real world medical treatment of internal medicine and gastroenterology

References

  1. Kakiuchi T, Matsuo M, Endo H, Nakayama A, Sato K, Takamori A, Sasaki K, Takasaki M, Hara M, Sakata Y, Okuda M, Kikuchi S, Eguchi Y, Takahashi H, Anzai K, Fujimoto K. A Helicobacter pylori screening and treatment program to eliminate gastric cancer among junior high school students in Saga Prefecture: a preliminary report. J Gastroenterol. 54: 699-707, 2019.
  2. Sakata Y, Tsuruoka N, Shimoda R, Yamamoto K, Akutagawa T, Sakata N, Iwakiri R, Fujimoto K. Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with acute esophageal mucosal lesion and those with severe reflux esophagitis. Digestion. 99: 275-282, 2019.
  3. Yamaguchi D, Ikeda K, Takeuchi Y, Kinoshita R, Higuchi T, Fukuda H, Tominaga N, Morisaki T, Ario K, Tsunada S, Yoshida H, Fujimoto K. New insertion method of transnasal ileus tube for small bowel obstruction: Anterior balloon method. PLoS One. 13: e0207099, 2018.
  4. Sugisaki N, Iwakiri R, Tsuruoka N, Sakata Y, Shimoda R, Fujimoto S, Eguchi Y, Fujimoto K. A case-control study of the risk of upper gastrointestinal mucosal injuries in patients prescribed concurrent NSAIDs and antithrombotic drugs based on data from the Japanese national claims database of 13 million accumulated patients. J Gastroenterol. 53: 1253-1260, 2018.
  5. Kato M, Uedo N, Hokimoto S, Ieko M, Higuchi K, Murakami K, Fujimoto K. Guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment: 2017 appendix on anticoagulants including direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Dig Endosc 30: 433-440, 2018.