Dr. MasayukiWatanabe

Dr. Masayuki Watanabe is the Hospital Director of Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR in Tokyo, a position he took up on April 1, 2026, succeeding Dr. Takeshi Sano. He holds an M.D. and Ph.D. and previously served as Department Director of Gastroenterological Surgery and Esophageal Surgery at the same hospital, a department that treats colorectal, stomach, esophageal, pancreatic and liver cancers. His own clinical and research focus centers on esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancer, including surgery for Siewert type I/II adenocarcinoma and esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.