Takahiro Kanno DDS, PhD, FIBCSOMS

Prof. Takahiro Kanno, DDS, FIBCSOMS, FIBCSOMS-ONC/RECON, PhD graduated from School of Dentistry and Graduate School, Kyushu Dental College in 2001 (D.D.S.) and was awarded Ph.D degree (Maxillofacial Surgery) from Graduate School of Kyushu Dental College (Head & Mentor: Prof. Tetsu Takahashi) in 2005. He worked at The Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Kyushu Dental College (2001-2005) and at The Div. of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery of Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital (Director: Dr. Masaharu Mitsugi) (2005-2012).

He studied abroad for clinical fellowships (AO fellow and IBRA fellow) at The Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany (2006) and at The Dept. of CranioMaxillofacial Surgery, University of Bern, Switzerland (2007). He is now employed by Shimane University Faculty of Medicine as a full-time medical faculty (2012-present). He is Chief Professor, Director of The Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chief Surgeon for Maxillofacial Trauma Center and a part-time faculty oral-maxillofacial surgeon of Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital. He has more than 180 scientific papers published, among them 120 published in international journals and 250 abstracts.