Affiliation: University of São Paulo

Dr. Takeda is a medicine graduate from the University of São Paulo. He completed his medical residency (General Surgery and Digestive Surgery) at Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, and received a fellowship from Keio University (Tokyo, Japan). He also received his Ph.D. in Science in Gastroenterology from the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, and is currently working as an associate professor at the same university. He worked as an assistant physician at the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo (ICESP), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP). He is currently a member of several organizations like the Brazilian College of Surgeons-CBC, the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery-CBCD, the International Society of Doctors for the Environment-ISDE, and the Society of Surgical Oncology-SSO, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract-SSAT, and the Brazilian Tumors Gastrointestinal Group-GTG. His expertise includes but is not limited to esophageal neoplasms, minimally invasive surgery, and robotics. He has published over 90 manuscripts and has about 500+ citations.