Affiliation: Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Keisuke Okuno is an assistant professor at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. He has completed his MD and PhD from the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. He is currently working as an upper gastrointestinal surgeon in Tokyo. During his doctoral study, he studied the role of PRMT6 and histone methylation in gastric cancer progression. From the time of his enrollment at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, California, USA, to the present, his research focuses on the development of non-invasive and cost-effective biomarkers relevant to treatment, prognosis, and survival in gastrointestinal cancers. Simultaneously, he focuses on the efficacy and feasibility of minimally invasive surgery, including robotic and laparoscopic surgery, for upper gastrointestinal cancers.