Colorectal Surgery
MD, PhD, Professor Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Chairman Department of Colorectal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Japan
Professor Yusuke Kinugasa is a colorectal surgeon. He has been a professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) since 2017. Before taking this position in Tokyo, he worked at Shizuoka Cancer Center for 11 years as a Chief of Colorectal Surgery. He is the most experienced robotic colorectal cancer surgeon in Japan.
He is the Chair of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) Committee to establish guidelines for the treatment of colorectal cancer and a member of the Committee for the Colorectal cancer staging manual in Japan (Japanese Classification of Colorectal, Appendiceal, and Anal Carcinoma). He is a member of the Committee of robot-assisted surgery of Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) and a member of the International Committee of the Telesurgery implementation promotion committee of Japan Surgical Society (JSS). He is a member of the Colorectal Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG).
His main professional and scientific interests focus on Robotic surgery for colorectal cancer, Extended surgery for locally recurrent rectal cancer and pelvic anatomy.
Selected publications from PubMed
Exploratory Analysis of Factors Associated With the Recovery of Erectile Dysfunction After Rectal Cancer Surgery (Sub-Analysis of LANDMARC Trial).
Mizuno R, Hida K, Numata M, Sakamoto T, Obama K, Shiomi A, Inada R, Shiozawa M, Ozawa M, Hotchi M, Yamamoto D, Hasegawa S, Miguchi M, Ohnuma S, Yamaguchi T, Akagi T, Kinugasa Y, Yamaguchi S, Kagawa H, Watanabe M, Naitoh T, Takemasa I
Ann Gastroenterol Surg. 2026 Sep;10(5):1623-1630 doi: 10.1002/ags3.70246.
Impact of the number of colorectal cancer lymph node metastases on intraperitoneal lavage cytology: a multi-institutional, prospective, observational study.
Mise M, Ozawa H, Kobayashi H, Kawasaki M, Kanemitsu Y, Kinugasa Y, Ueno H, Suto T, Itabashi M, Funahashi K, Ishida H, Kotake K, Sugihara K, Ajioka Y
Surg Today. 2026 Sep;56(9):2068-2074 doi: 10.1007/s00595-026-03313-0.
Clinicopathological features and cancer-specific survival in young patients with ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal neoplasia: a nationwide cohort study in Japan.
Shinagawa T, Komatsu K, Uchino M, Ikeuchi H, Shigeta K, Oka S, Higashi D, Ogawa S, Watanabe K, Shibutani M, Okita Y, Wakai T, Mizuuchi Y, Okamoto K, Yamada K, Sato Y, Ogino T, Kimura H, Takahashi K, Hida K, Kinugasa Y, Ishida F, Okuda J, Daito K, Yamamoto T, Yamamoto S, Koyama F, Hiro J, Komori K, Shida D, Arakaki J, Fujita F, Matsuyama T, Ueno H, Ochiai H, Maemoto A, Nezu R, Sasaki S, Sunami E, Noguchi T, Sugihara K, Ajioka Y, Ishihara S, Study Group for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated Intestinal Cancers by Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2026 Sep 1;32(9):1750-1759 doi: 10.1093/ibd/izag069.
Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Cancer Patients with Synchronous Peritoneal Metastasis Undergoing Macroscopic Complete Resection: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study.
Matsuyama T, Ishida H, Kobayashi H, Kotake K, Kawasaki M, Kanemitsu Y, Kinugasa Y, Ueno H, Maeda K, Suto T, Sugihara K
J Anus Rectum Colon. 2026;10(3):343-350 doi: 10.23922/jarc.2026-008.
Clinical practice guidelines for telesurgery, 2nd Edition : Committee for the Promotion of Remote Surgery Implementation, Japan Surgical Society.
Mori M, Hirano S, Hakamada K, Oki E, Ito T, Urushidani S, Uyama I, Eto M, Ebihara Y, Kanemitsu Y, Kawashima K, Kanno T, Kitsuregawa M, Kinugasa Y, Kitatsuji H, Sato T, Sato F, Shimokawa T, Shimamoto H, Takiguchi S, Takemasa I, Tokunaga M, Nakauchi M, Noshiro H, Masaki Mandai, Koshi Mimori, Morohashi H, Yoshizumi T, Watanabe G, Sakai Y, Ikeda N, Taketomi A
Surg Today. 2026 Jul;56(7):1047-1065 doi: 10.1007/s00595-026-03295-z.
Help your network discover Dr. Yusuke Kinugasa's clinical expertise.
