IUPESM Fellow: Ichiro Sukuma

Ichiro Sukuma

Tokyo Denki University, The University of Tokyo
Japan

Service

  • Chair of the IFMBE Asian-Pacific Working Group (2009–2022).
  • Deputy director for center for product evaluation (medical devices), Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency, Japan (2013-2017)
  • President of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (2014–2016).
  • President of the 11th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering (2020)
  • Regional Group Representative, Region 1 (Asian-Pacific), IFMBE (2018-2022).
  • Ordinary Member of the IFMBE AC (2022–2028).
  • President, Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery (2023-

Achievement

  • Pioneering Role in Computer-Aided Surgery
  • Pioneering role in surgical robotics.
  • Pioneering work in optical mapping of cardiac action potentials using high-intensity light-emitting diodes.
  • Leading role in regulatory sciences for medical devices in Japan.

Honours & Awards

  • Fellow , Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers, 2005
  • Best paper Award, The Robotic Society of Japan, 2010, 2015
  • Fellow, The Robotic Society of Japan, 2015
  • 2016 IAMBE Fellow
  • Sakamoto Award (Best Paper Award), Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2017

There are no comments published yet.

Change this in Theme Options
Change this in Theme Options