Editor Name: Masaru Miyazaki

Designation: Professor

University: Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine

Country: Japan

Biography: Masaru Miyazaki is a professor of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan. He graduated from School of Medicine, Chiba University in 1975, and trained at General Surgery of the First Department Chiba University as a surgical resident and fellow till 1981.He went to Toronto University as a research fellow in 1981, and stayed 2 years under Professor Rudy Falk. He has been working at Department of General Surgery, Chiba University since 1983, and he was promoted to Professor and Chairman in 2001, also Director of Chiba University Hospital and the Vice-President of Chiba University in 2011.He has been a president of the Society of Japan Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery since 2012. He hosted 112th Annual meeting of Japan Surgical Society in 2012, also 49th Annual meeting of Japan Biliary Society in 2013,as a president of congress.As a visiting Professor, he visited; Louisville University, US in 1996, Yonsei University, Korea in 2003, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute (SGPGIMS), India in 2005, and Cincinnati University, USA in 2010.He was nominated as an Honorary membership of; Egyptian Society of Surgeons 2010, European Surgical Association 2014, Editorial board of Korean Journal of HBP Surgery by Korean Association of HBP Surgery 2015, and Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology (BSSO) 2015. He received an award of; Japanese Society for Advancement of Surgical Techniques Research Encouragement Award 1997, Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery Art of the Year, Section of Surgery 2015, and 25th Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology Conference Pune 2015 for delivering the IASG-AIG Oration at XXV National Conference, Pune, 2015.