Professor Ichiro Yasuda is currently a Professor and Chairman of the Third Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Toyama, Japan. He graduated from Gifu University School of Medicine in 1990 and trained at Gifu Municipal Hospital, Fujita Health University, and Gifu University Hospital. He earned his doctoral degree (PhD) at Gifu University for his thesis titled “Can endoscopic papillary balloon dilation really preserve sphincter of Oddi function?” (published in Gut) in 2002.
Subsequently, he underwent overseas training on EUS-FNA and its related procedures with Professor Nib Soehendra and Stefan Seewald at the world-renowned University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany) from 2002 to 2003. He returned to Gifu University in 2003 and worked there until 2014. In 2014, he was promoted to Professor and Chairman of the Gastroenterology Department at Teikyo University Mizonokuchi Hospital. He moved to the University of Toyama in 2018 and is due to take charge of his current position.
He is an expert in ERCP and EUS. His research interests include EUS- and ERCP-related procedures. He has more than 280 peer-reviewed papers published in English. He is the President of the Japan Biliary Association, a Director of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, an Auditor of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, and a councilor of the Asian-Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy.
