Dr. Yuichi Nagakawa is a globally recognized hepatobiliary pancreatic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive pancreatic surgery and pancreatic cancer treatment. He currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery at Tokyo Medical University and as Vice President of Tokyo Medical University Hospital.
After earning his medical degree, Dr. Nagakawa completed his residency and clinical fellowship in surgery at Tokyo Medical University Hospital. He further honed his expertise as a research fellow at Johns Hopkins University from 2002 to 2004. In 2021, he was appointed full Professor, and in 2022, he assumed the role of Department Chair.
Dr. Nagakawa is a prominent member of several academic societies and has been instrumental in advancing surgical education and research. He holds board positions in the Japanese Society for Endoscopic Surgery, the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, and other leading medical associations. Additionally, he serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences and the Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery. Dr. Nagakawa has published over 250 scientific papers, and he has received several awards, including the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Residents and Fellows Research Award, the Japanese College of Surgeons Best Paper Award, and the Japanese Society for Endoscopic Surgery Karl Storz Award. He has also been honored with two Best Original Article Awards and Best Citation Awards from the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. In 2024, he received the esteemed Ohgami Award from the Japanese Society for Endoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Nagakawa is also known for his commitment to international education, having hosted numerous overseas surgical trainees. His leadership in these fields has significantly contributed to the development of advanced surgical techniques and improved surgical outcomes in pancreatic surgery internationally.
Selected publications from PubMed
ASO Visual Abstract: Survival Benefit of Surgery Versus Oncology-Only Therapy in Artery-Involving Borderline Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Napoli N, Ripolli A, Kauffmann EF, Ginesini M, Casadei R, Coppola R, Egorov V, Nagakawa Y, Rangelova E, Vicente E, Boggi U, and the Rediscover Study Group members
Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Feb;33(2):1667-1668 doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18479-z.
Setting the Standard in Robotic Whipple Surgery: International Multicenter Benchmark Analysis.
Pfister M, Li Z, Abbassi F, Araujo RLC, Chaudhari VA, Cherif R, Foroutani L, Giannone F, Ginesini M, Iben-Khayat A, Lee B, Nunez R, Takishita C, Underwood PW, Vigia E, Vivian E, Watanabe Y, Wakabayashi T, Alseidi A, Di Benedetto F, Boggi U, Brustia R, Cheung TT, Dillhoff ME, Goh BKP, Han HS, Ielpo B, Lee JH, Machado MA, Martinie J, Marques HP, Mejia A, Nagakawa Y, Nakamura M, Pessaux P, Polanco PM, Saint-Marc O, Shrikhande SV, Wakabayashi G, Clavien PA
Ann Surg. 2026 Jan 21 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007014.
Survival Benefit of Surgery versus Oncology-Only Therapy in Artery-Involving Borderline Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Napoli N, Ripolli A, Kauffmann EF, Ginesini M, Casadei R, Coppola R, Egorov V, Nagakawa Y, Rangelova E, Vicente E, Boggi U, and the Rediscover Study Group members
Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Dec;32(13):9995-10006 doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18212-w.
The impact of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with left-sided resectable pancreatic cancer: an international multicenter study.
Rangelova E, Stoop TF, van Ramshorst TME, Ali M, van Bodegraven EA, Javed AA, Hashimoto D, Steyerberg E, Banerjee A, Jain A, Sauvanet A, Serrablo A, Giani A, Giardino A, Zerbi A, Arshad A, Wijma AG, Coratti A, Zironda A, Socratous A, Rojas A, Halimi A, Ejaz A, Oba A, Patel BY, Björnsson B, Reames BN, Tingstedt B, Goh BKP, Payá-Llorente C, Del Pozo CD, González-Abós C, Medin C, van Eijck CHJ, de Ponthaud C, Takishita C, Schwabl C, Månsson C, Ricci C, Thiels CA, Douchi D, Hughes DL, Kilburn D, Flanking D, Kleive D, Silva DS, Edil BH, Pando E, Moltzer E, Kauffman EF, Warren E, Bozkurt E, Sparrelid E, Thoma E, Verkolf E, Ausania F, Giannone F, Hüttner FJ, Burdio F, Souche FR, Berrevoet F, Daams F, Motoi F, Saliba G, Kazemier G, Roeyen G, Nappo G, Butturini G, Ferrari G, Kito Fusai G, Honda G, Sergeant G, Karteszi H, Takami H, Suto H, Matsumoto I, Mora-Oliver I, Frigerio I, Fabre JM, Chen J, Sham JG, Davide J, Urdzik J, de Martino J, Nielsen K, Okano K, Kamei K, Okada K, Tanaka K, Labori KJ, Goodsell KE, Alberici L, Webber L, Kirkov L, de Franco L, Miyashita M, Maglione M, Gramellini M, Ramera M, Amaral MJ, Ramaekers M, Truty MJ, van Dam MA, Stommel MWJ, Petrikowski M, Imamura M, Hayashi M, D'Hondt M, Brunner M, Hogg ME, Zhang C, Suárez-Muñoz MÁ, Luyer MD, Unno M, Mizuma M, Janot M, Sahakyan MA, Jamieson NB, Busch OR, Bilge O, Belyaev O, Franklin O, Sánchez-Velázquez P, Pessaux P, Holka PS, Ghorbani P, Casadei R, Sartoris R, Schulick RD, Grützmann R, Sutcliffe R, Mata R, Patel RB, Takahashi R, Rodriguez Franco S, Cabús SS, Hirano S, Gaujoux S, Festen S, Kozono S, Maithel SK, Chai SM, Yamaki S, van Laarhoven S, Mieog JSD, Murakami T, Codjia T, Sumiyoshi T, Karsten TM, Nakamura T, Sugawara T, Boggi U, Hartman V, de Meijer VE, Bartholomä W, Kwon W, Koh YX, Cho Y, Takeyama Y, Inoue Y, Nagakawa Y, Kawamoto Y, Ome Y, Soonawalla Z, Uemura K, Wolfgang CL, Jang JY, Padbury R, Satoi S, Messersmith W, Wilmink JW, Abu Hilal M, Besselink MG, Del Chiaro M, European Consortium on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (E-MIPS), International Consortium on Advanced Pancreatic Surgery
Ann Oncol. 2025 May;36(5):529-542 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.12.015.
Complexity and Experience Grading to Guide Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy: An International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Consensus.
Barreto SG, Strobel O, Salvia R, Marchegiani G, Wolfgang CL, Werner J, Ferrone CR, Abu Hilal M, Boggi U, Butturini G, Falconi M, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Friess H, Fusai GK, Halloran CM, Hogg M, Jang JY, Kleeff J, Lillemoe KD, Miao Y, Nagakawa Y, Nakamura M, Probst P, Satoi S, Siriwardena AK, Vollmer CM, Zureikat A, Zyromski NJ, Asbun HJ, Dervenis C, Neoptolemos JP, Büchler MW, Hackert T, Besselink MG, Shrikhande SV, International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery
Ann Surg. 2025 Mar 1;281(3):417-429 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006454.
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