Sat. Oct 28, 2023 3:30 PM - 4:10 PM Room 1: Subaru WEST (Hotel Nikko Tsukuba Annex Bldg.1F)

Chair: Tomonori Habuchi (Akita University), Hyun Jun Park (Pusan National University School of Medicine/ Pusan National University Hospital)

[Tomonori Habuchi's Biography]
Tomonori Habuchi, M.D.

Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. E-mail: thabuchi@doc.med.akita-u.ac.jp, thabuchi@gmail.com

Dr. Tomonori Habuchi earned his medical degree from Kyoto University in 1986. He has been Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan since 2003. He is now a member of the Board of Directors of Endourological Society and Japanese Society of Endourology. His main areas of expertise are robotic/laparoscopic urologic surgery and urologic oncology. In addition, he is specialized in basic oncology and molecular analysis of urologic cancers. He is an author or co-author of more than 400 peer reviewed English literatures. He has been the Dean of Akita University Graduate School of Medicine since 2022.

Education:
･April 1980 - March 1986: Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
･April 1991 - March 1995: Graduate Course, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine

Professional Background:
･June 1986 - December 1987: Resident, Department of Urology, Kyoto University Hospital
･June 1994 - March 1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Genetics Laboratoy (Dr. Margaret A. Knowles), Marie Curie Research Institute, UK
･September 2003- present: Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine
･April 2022- present: Dean, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine

[Hyun Jun Park's Biography]
Dr. Hyun Jun Park graduated from Pusan National University College of Medicine, Korea, in 1998 and first joined the Department of Urology at his alma mater in 2004 as a professor. He has been serving as an editor in chief for the World Journal of Men’s Health. He has also been active in various academic societies, including International Society for Sexual Medicine (Publication committee member), Asian Society for Men’s Health and Aging (President), Asia-Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (publication committee director), Korean Association for Sexology, Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, Korean Society for Men’s Health and Aging (academic committee director), and Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine. Currently he is working as professor in the department of Urology, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Pusan National University Hospital. The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in sexual medicine, male infertility, and prostate diseases. He has authored or co-authored more than 160 peer-reviewed publications in international journals.