Masayuki Shimoda, Japan

Masayuki Shimoda, M.D., Ph.D. is a Director of Department of pancreatic islet cell transplantation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security. He is working for clinical studies of allogeneic and autologous pancreatic islet transplantation and biological researches of generated islets cells from induced pluripotent stem cells and other stem cells, xenotransplantation and improvement for islet transplantation. Previous career is shown below.

Education

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan: MD: 1998: Medicine

Kyoto University Graduate School, Kyoto, Japan: PhD: 2008: Surgery

Postgraduate training

1998-2004, Kyoto University Hospital and affiliated hospitals at Kyoto, Wakayama and Osaka in Japan

Academic appointments

2004-2008: Postgraduate School, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto Japan

2007-2009: Research Fellow, Baylor Research Institute, Texas USA

2009-2012: Senior Research Fellow, Baylor Research Institute, Texas USA

2012-2025: Project Leader of Department of pancreatic islet cell transplantation, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Japan

2022-2025: Director of Department of pancreatic islet cell transplantation, Hospital of National Center for Global Health and Medicine Japan

2025-present: Director of Department of pancreatic islet cell transplantation, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security

2025-present: Director of Department of pancreatic islet cell transplantation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security