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Neurosurgery Lab
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The University of Tsukuba's neurosurgery lab, working on the treatment of and research into diseases of the brain and spine.
AboutAbout the lab
Facing diseases of the brain, spine, and spinal cord through clinical care and research.
As the neurosurgery department of the University of Tsukuba Hospital, the Neurosurgery Lab provides specialized clinical care and conducts research on diseases of the brain, spine, and spinal cord.
Specialists cover areas including malignant brain tumors, skull base tumors, diencephalic and pituitary tumors, pediatric neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, and spine surgery.
For cerebrovascular disease, in addition to endovascular treatment and surgical treatment of stroke, neurology and neurosurgery provide care together as a single team.
The lab's research is divided into clinical research on patients and basic research on brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease, and more.
Key terms
- Glioblastoma
- A type of glioma, a malignant tumor that arises in the brain, and one with a high degree of malignancy.
- Boron neutron capture therapy
- A radiation therapy that destroys cancer cells that have taken up boron by irradiating them with neutrons.
- Endovascular treatment
- A method of treating lesions from inside the blood vessels. Used for cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke.
NewsLab news
Lecturer Hiroyoshi Kino received the Outstanding Paper Award for FY2025 (Reiwa 7) from the Japanese Society of Skull Base Surgery
Received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the 2nd Meeting of the Japanese Society of Photodynamic Therapy in Neurosurgery
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's research is divided into clinical research on patients and basic research on brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease, and more. In clinical research, it examines the treatment and prognosis of glioblastoma, pediatric brain tumors, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and others. In basic research, it works on immunotherapy, inactivated virus therapy, and boron neutron capture therapy for brain tumors, and on regenerative medicine and nanoparticle-based neuroprotective therapy for cerebrovascular disease.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The members of the Neurosurgery Lab consist of faculty of Neurosurgery and Stroke Medicine, residents, graduate students, physicians training from outside the hospital, staff of the Clinical Regenerative Medicine Lab, and clinical laboratory technologists at the Epilepsy Center.As of 2026
- ProfessorEiichi Ishikawa
- Associate ProfessorMasahide Matsuda
- LecturerAi Muroi
- LecturerYosuke Masuda
- LecturerNarushi Sugii
- LecturerShunichiro Miki
- LecturerHiroyoshi Kino
- Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine; Chief, Department of Stroke, University HospitalYuji Matsumaru
- Professor, Stroke Prevention and TreatmentHiroshi Yamagami
- LecturerMikito Hayakawa
- Associate Professor (Emergency and Critical Care Medicine and Cybernics Medicine)Aiki Marushima
- LecturerYoshiro Ito
- Lecturer, Stroke Prevention and TreatmentHisayuki Hosoo
- Hospital LecturerKoji Hirata
- Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Mito Regional Medical Education Center, University of TsukubaYasushi Shibata
- Hospital Professor, Hitachi Regional Collaborative Education and Research Center, University of Tsukuba HospitalTomosato Yamazaki
- Associate Professor, Ibaraki Regional Clinical Education Center, University of Tsukuba HospitalTakao Tsurubuchi
- Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Mito Regional Medical Education Center, University of TsukubaShinya Watanabe
- Associate Professor, Medical English Communications Center, Faculty of MedicineAlexander Zaboronok
- Lecturer (Concurrent, Department of Diagnostic Pathology)Noriaki Sakamoto
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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).
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