Atsushi Okada, MD,PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011to Now Associate Professor, Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
2008 to 2011 Lecturer, Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
2005 to 2008 Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital, Yatomi, Japan
2000 to 2004 Department of Urology, Higashi Municipal Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
1998-2000 Resident in Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
1992-1998 Nagoya City University, Medical School, Japan

SUMMARY OF MY RESEARCH WORKS
In April 2000, I started my basic research on kidney stone formation using experimental animals. As a graduate student, I developed the first experimental kidney stone model mice, and demonstrated a crucial role of osteopontin (OPN) for the stone formation using OPN-deficient mice. Furthermore, I determined suppressive roles of anti-inflammatory macrophages for kidney stone formation by crystal phagocytosis and processing. My current interests focus on the risk diagnosis and molecular-targeted therapy for kidney stones based on the mechanisms of stone formation.
In my current practice as a urologist subspecializing in low invasive surgery. I perform robot-assisted surgery, ESWL, URS and PNL. Especially, I have been investigating the training methods for improving the success rates of ESWL, and in charge of the JUA educational lectures to teach the members right ESWL techniques. And, recently, we have been developing VR simulation for robot-assisted surgery. While continuing my basic research, I also pursue my interest in education to improve effects of the low-invasive surgery.

MEMBERSHIP
Member, Japanese Urological Association, Japan
Core Member, Japan Society of Urolithiasis Research, Japan
Member, Japanese Society of Bone and Mineral Research, Japan
Member, Japanese Society of Nephrology, Japan
Core Member, Japanese Society of Endourology and Robotics, Japan
International Member, American Urological Association

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Presentation(s):

• MP05-04: Discovery of drugs that promote the phagocytic ability of macrophages to calcium oxalate crystals using the FDA-approved Drug Library

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  8:45 AM – 10:00 AM

• MP41-12: Effectiveness of Virtual Reality simulation of renal puncture for endoscopic-combined intrarenal surgery.

  Sunday, May 15, 2022
  10:30 AM – 11:45 AM