Executive advisor
Edogawa Hospital Vein Center
Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Naoki Sakakibara, MD, PhD
Executive adviser, Edogawa Hospital Vein Center, Tokyo, Japan
MD in 1983, Ph.D. in 1988, Cardiovascular surgeon since 1988,
Research fellow of the department of Artificial Organs at Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Recent research interests include endovenous treatment and R&D for varicose veins.
Micropulse laser research has been intensively conducted with the US industry since 2007 and presented at ACP meetings.
One of them was awarded at the UIP 2013 in Boston as the second-abstract poster award. In addition, another paper was presented at EVF 2014, Paris, as a representative paper awarded by the Japanese Society for Phlebology. In Japan, the paper entitled “New Endovenous Thermal Ablation Using the Micro-Pulse Laser” regarding micropulse technology was selected as the best paper in 2017 by the Japanese Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine.
The first treatment of cyanoacrylate adhesive closure in Japan was performed by the joint investigator’s group of Juntendo University, Edogawa Hospital, and Tokyo Vascular & Vein Clinic in 2016.
Simultaneously, R&D projects have also been started to achieve the next generation of cyanoacrylate embolization with RIKEN and the University of Tokyo in Japan.
Friday, February 24, 2023
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CST
Friday, February 24, 2023
5:45 PM – 5:55 PM CST