Ikuo Konishi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Director, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
Past President, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
President, Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Konishi completed his doctorates at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. After starting his career as an assistant professor at Kyoto University, he became a full professor at Shinshu University in 1999 and returned to Kyoto University as a professor in 2007. He is one of the most distinguished gynecologists in Japan, specializing in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Konishi is an authority in surgery and chemotherapy for gynecologic cancers and also is strenuously engaged in the dissemination of protective vaccine for uterine cervical cancer.
He was awarded The Komei Nakayama Prize in 2016, which is given
