Kentaro Sugano MD, PhD

Kentaro Sugano is a professor emeritus at Jichi Medical University since 2014. He served as the president of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE) from 2009 to 2014. At present, he is the president of the Organization of Japanese Digestive Disease Week (JDDW) which is the organization of four major societies, JSGE, JSDE, JSH, and JSDS to hold the JDDW meeting in autumn, one of the largest academic meetings in Japan. He is also serving as the President of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) since 2014. In the World Gastroenterology Organization, he is a counselor representing APAGE. He is also a member of the International Committee of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA).

His major research interest is gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori. He has been serving as an editorial board member in a number of international journals such as Gut, Digestive Diseases, Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastric Cancer, Regulatory peptides, Digestion, Journal of Digestive Diseases and will join the editorial board of Gastroenterology as an international consultant from June 2016. He was awarded Boas Medal from the German Society of Gastroenterology, Marshall and Warren Award from JGHE/APAGE. He is an honorary member of the Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology.