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Thoracic Surgery Lab (Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer)
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A thoracic surgery department that treats lung cancer and lung transplantation as the twin pillars of both clinical care and research.
AboutAbout the lab
Lung cancer and lung transplantation as twin pillars of clinical care and research
The Thoracic Surgery Lab is a department of the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer at Tohoku University and conducts research on lung cancer and lung transplantation.
As a clinical department, it operates as the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Tohoku University Hospital and treats diseases of the chest, such as those of the lungs, mediastinum, and chest wall, that require surgical treatment.
Founded in 1950 as the surgery division of the Tohoku University Research Institute for Tuberculosis, it is one of the thoracic surgery departments with the longest history in Japan.
Tohoku University Hospital is the only lung transplant center in the Tohoku region, and in 2000 it performed the first lung transplant from a brain-dead donor in Japan.
Key terms
- Mediastinum
- The central part of the chest between the left and right lungs, which contains the heart, trachea, and other structures.
- Ischemia-reperfusion lung injury
- Injury to the lung that occurs when blood flow returns to a lung in which it had been interrupted.
- Rejection
- A reaction in which the body regards a transplanted organ as foreign and attacks it.
NewsLab news
Paper on delayed chest closure after lung transplantation and long-term outcomes published
Paper on the morphology of part-solid ground-glass nodules and primary lung cancer published
Paper on the clinical course of a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura that caused severe hypoglycemia published
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's main research themes concern lung cancer and lung transplantation. In addition to clinical research aimed at improving surgical outcomes, the lab works on cell therapy for lung diseases, lung tissue regeneration, and changes in lung tissue with aging.
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MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, transplant coordinators, nurse practitioners, technical assistants, secretaries, and graduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshinori Okada
- Associate ProfessorJunichi Funahashi
- Associate ProfessorHisashi Oishi
- LecturerTakashi Hirama
- Assistant ProfessorTakaya Suzuki
- LecturerHirotsugu Notsuda
- LecturerYui Watanabe
- Hospital LecturerTatsuaki Watanabe
- Assistant ProfessorKen Onodera
- Assistant ProfessorSakiko Kumata
- Project AssistantTakuya Ikushima
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “US Navy 060426-N-5174T-068 Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Cynthia Donaldson prepares surgical tools before an inguinal hernia repair in the operating room” U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Shane Tuck / Public domain (cropped)
- Research on lung cancer and lung transplantation: “Immunology laboratory at the central cancer research labs” Unknown photographer / Public domain (cropped)
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