Staff

Kuniyasu Niizuma

Professor and Chair
Kuniyasu Niizuma

[Specialty]
Cerebrovascular deseases
Nueroendovascular therapy
Neuro-endoscopic surgery
Molecular signaling of cerebral ischemia
Stem cell therapy for neurological deseases
Computational fluid dynamics

email: niizuma@nsg.med.tohoku.ac.jp

Associate professor (Biomedical Engineering)
Sherif Rashad

[Specialty]
Cerebrovascular diseases
Molecular Neurobiology and cell death mechanisms
tRNA and RNA biology
Computational Fluid Dynamics

email: sherif.mohamed.rashad.e3@tohoku.ac.jp

Shinya Sonobe

Assistant professor (Medicine)
Shinya Sonobe

[Specialty]
Neuroendovascular therapy
AI analysis

Assistant professor (Medicine)
Hiroshi Kanno

[Specialty]
Optical engineering

email: hkanno@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Daisuke Ando

Assistant professor (University Hospital)
Daisuke Ando

[Specialty]
Clinical neurology
Cerebrovascular diseases
Nueroendovascular therapy

email: daisuke.ando.a5@tohoku.ac.jp

Michitoshi Watanabe

Clinical assistant professor (University Hospital)
Michitoshi Watanabe

[Specialty]
Mass spectrometry
Molecular biology

email: toshi.watanabe@nsg.med.tohoku.ac.jp

Students
(Biomedical Engineering/Medicine/Neurosurgery)

Yuki Kitamura

D4, Neurosurgery
Yuki Kitamura

Research Theme: Muse cell therapy for central nervous system disorders

*Now on studying abroad – Texas University, U.S.A.

D4, Neurosurgery
Keigo Mizuno

D3, Neurosurgery
Takashi Aikawa

D3, Neurosurgery
Tomohito Nagai

D3, Neurosurgery
Tetsuya Hayashi

D2, Neurosurgery
Moe Kumai

Shadi Al Mesitef

D2, Neurosurgical Engineering and Translational Neuroscience
Shadi Al Mesitef

D1, Neurosurgical Engineering and Translational Neuroscience
El Adnani Mohamed Amine

Abdulrahman Mousa

D1, Neurosurgical Engineering and Translational Neuroscience
Abdulrahman Mousa

D1, Neurology
Hajime Ikenouchi

Research Theme: Regenerative therapy for stroke

D1, Neurosurgical Engineering and Translational Neuroscience
Yuko Iwasaki

M2, Neurosurgical Engineering and Translational Neuroscience
Amien Abid

Assistants

  • Natsumi Konno (Research assistant)
  • Azusa Kuroishi (Research assistant)
  • Sachiko Sugawara (Research assistant)
  • Eriko Ito (Secretary)
  • Koyori Ichinose (Secretary)

Alumni

  • Sherif Rashad (2018, doctor) → assistant professor → associate professor
  • Alaa Elkordy (2018, doctor)
  • Ahmed Mansour (2018, doctor)
  • Heba Faheem (2019, doctor in Egypt)
  • Takatsugu Abe (2019, doctor)
  • Takashi Sasaki (2020, doctor)
  • Ryosuke Tashiro (2020, doctor)
  • Naoya Iwabuchi (2020, doctor)
  • Daiki Aburakawa (2020, doctor)
  • Kanako Sato (2021, doctor)
  • Yoshiharu Takahashi (2022, doctor)
  • Hirofumi Kita (2022, master) → Epson
  • Yuya Kato (2023, doctor)
  • Dan Ozaki (2023, doctor)
  • Zhou Yuan (2023, doctor)
  • Zhang Tianxiang (2023, doctor)
  • Daisuke Ando (2024, doctor) → assistant professor
  • Keita Tominaga (2024, doctor)
  • Atsushi Nakayashiki (2024, doctor)
  • Shota Yamashita (2024, doctor)
  • Yin Fei (2024, doctor)