Kawagoe Izumi

KAWAGOE Izumi, M.D., Ph.D.

Short Biography

• Place of birth: Yokosuka City, Japan
• Nationality: JAPAN
• Subspecialty: Thoracic anesthesia

Education / Post Graduate Training

• 1994 - 2000:  M.D., National Kagawa Medical University, Japan 
• 2000 - 2002: Junior Resident, Tokyo University Hospital, Tokyo 
• 2002 - 2006: Senior Resident, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo
• 2008: Ph.D., Juntendo University Graduate School, Tokyo 
• 2018: Completion of EACTA (European Association of Thoracic Anesthesia) Accredited Thoracic Exchange Program in Valencia University Hospital, Spain
• 2019: Completion of the CAMES (Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation) Flexible Bronchoscopy Course 
• 2019: Completion of Observational Fellowship for Thoracic and Regional Anesthesia in Dresden University, Germany

Present Position

• 2022: Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo

Medical Licensure, Board Certification

• 2006: Japanese Society of Anesthesiology (JSA) Board Certified Anesthesiologist
• 2017: Delegate of JSA, Scientific Program Committee Member of JSA
• 2018: Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine (JSICM) Board Certified Intensivist
• 2019: Thoracic Subspeciality Committee Member of EACTAIC
• 2020: Japanese Society of Clinical Anesthesiology (JSCA) Accredited Educational Instructor (Peripheral nerve block)
• 2020: Board Member of the ESAIC - supported Japanese Society of Airway Management
• 2020: Official Instructor of European Society of Anesthesiologists and Intensive Care (ESAIC)
• 2021: PROTHOR (ESAIC supported international study) National Coordinator 
• 2021: Member of the International Affairs of JSA, 2023 - Vice Chair of 
• 2021: Member of APSF translation team of JSA, 2023 - Vice Chair of 
• 2021: Delegate of JSCA
• 2022: Collaborative member of International Airway Management Society (IAMS)
• 2022: Delegate of the Japanese Society of Regional Anesthesia
• 2022: Board Certificate Anesthesiologist of ESAIC-supportedJapanese Society of Pediatric Anesthesia
• 2023: Board member of Japanese Society of Clinical Anesthesia (JSCA), Chair of the International Affair of JSCA
• 2024: PROVE (ESAIC supported international study) National Coordinator
• 2024: Delegate of JSICM 
• 2024: Board member of Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia 
• 2025: Board member of Japanese Society of Anesthesiology (JSA), Vice Chair of Public Relations Affair of JSA

Grants, Honors and Awards

• 2008, 2014, 2020, 2024: Excellent Presentation Award in JSA Annual Meeting
• 2016: COVIDIEN Award, the 33rd Annual Meeting of JSCA
• 2023: Distinguished Training Award, International Airway Management Society (IAMS)

Research Interest

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of the Japanese Government since 2018 up to present (~2024) about the immune suppression effect of anesthetics, resulting in the excellent award of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA)in 2020

Keywords / Main Research Topics and Interests

• Thoracic anesthesia (airway devices, thoracic block, education)
• Airway management
• Immunosuppression 
• International research

Publications (in English)

• Original Articles: 71 
• Review Articles: 2 
• h-index: (Scopus) 10 
• Sum of Times Cited: (Scopus) 419

Recent Publications

• M Fukuda, T Kochiyama, K Aono, S Yonemoto, M Hayashi, M Hayashida, I Kawagoe. Difficult insertion of a transesophageal echocardiography probe for cardiac surgery not only before but also immediately after thyroid goiter resection in a patient with chronic esophageal compression by the goiter: a case report, AME Case Rep. 2025 Mar 20;9:63.
• T Fujino, K Ichimura, H Anetai, I Kawagoe Modified approach to external oblique intercostal block: a proof-of-concept pilot case series and anatomical evaluation -a case series, Korean J Anesthesiol, 2025 Apr;78(2):171-176.
• S Chiba, K Yamada, A Kawai, S Hamaoka, H Ikemiya, A Hara, K Wakaizumi, T Tabuchi, K Yamaguchi, I Kawagoe, M Iseki. Association between smoking and central sensitization pain: a web-based cross-sectional study. J Anesth., 2024;38(2):198-205.
• T Fujino, I Kawagoe. Optimizing needle tip position for popliteal plexus block. Reg Anesth Pain Med., 2024;105918.
• T Fujino, T Yoshida, I Kawagoe, T Nakamoto. Subsartorial canal catheter: a reliable catheter placement technique for continuous proximal adductor canal block. Reg Anesth Pain Med., 2024;49(11):850-851.
• BH Shang, FH Yang, Y Lin, S Bialka, DCJV Rensburg, AR Tonelli, SMS Islam, I Kawagoe, C Rhéaume, KP Zhang. Discrepancies between pre-specified and reported primary outcomes: A cross-sectional analysis of randomized controlled trials in gastroenterology and hepatology journals. PLoS One., 2024;19(11):e0305027.
• Y Ohgoshi, H Anetai, S Hanai, K Ichimura, I Kawagoe. The key to success in blocking lateral cutaneous branches with re-modified thoracoabdominal nerves block through perichondrial approach: a newly discovered space between the endothoracic fascia, diaphragm, and costodiaphragmatic recess. J Anesth, 2024;38(5):642-649.
• S Ishikawa, M Hayashida, D Satoh, S Mine, I Kawagoe. Persistent pneumothorax after laparoscopic appendectomy in a patient who had undergone radical esophagectomy 5 years before: possible relationship with vulnerability of the hiatus after esophagectomy: a case report. Case Reports., 2024;2024(5):rjae308.
• T Kochiyama, S Koyama, Y Sugasawa, A Yamaguchi, M Fukuda, I Kawagoe. Modifications in gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit gene expression after macrophage differentiation and propofol administration in THP-1 cells. AME Medical Journal., 2024;9:31.
• M Fukui, N Harada, K Takamochi, T Hayashi, T Matsunaga, A Hattori, I Kawagoe, K Suzuki. The balance between lung regulatory T cells and Th17 cells is a risk indicator for the acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease after surgery: a case-control study, BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023;23(1):70.
• T Fujino, T Yoshida, I Kawagoe, A Hinotsume, T Hiratsuka, T Nakamoto. Migration rate of proximal adductor canal block catheters placed parallel versus perpendicular to the nerve after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled study, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2023;48(8):420-424.
• Y Kusano, I Kawagoe, A Yamaguchi, J Kishii, Y Morita, M Fukuda, T Kochiyama, M Hayashida. Postoperative analgesia following robot-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal disease: retrospective comparative study of general anesthesia alone, combined with epidural analgesia, and with ultrasound-guided thoracic paraspinal block, Ann Transl Med, 2023;11(5):206.
• Y Ohgoshi, I Kawagoe, H Anetai, K Ichimura. Injectate spread after superficial injection of thoracoabdominal nerves block through the perichondrial approach, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2023;70(7):1266-1267.
• S Ishikawa, K Shirakawa, Y Kuroda, Y Yube, S Mine, M Hayashida, I Kawagoe. Persistent bilateral pneumothorax after robotic-assisted inguinal hernia repair: possible relevance to recent esophageal cancer surgery - a case report, JA Clinical Reports, 2023;9(1):37.
• Y Ohgoshi, A Mizuguchi-Tate, I Kawagoe. External oblique muscle plane blocks in combination with modified thoracoabdominal nerves block through perichondrial approach for analgesia in abdominal surgery: A case report, Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia,2023;17(3):413-415.
• A Yakhup, H Okada, I Kawagoe, H Sumikura. Anesthesia outcomes of pregnant women with spinal diseases: a single-center case-series study, JA Clinical Reports, 2023;9(1):56. T Kochiyama, Y Kusano, A Yamaguchi, S Sakuraya. I Kawagoe.  Ventricular fibrillation during pulmonary artery catheter placement in a patient with Stanford type A aortic dissection: a case report, AME Medical Journal, 2023;8:8.
• Y Karasawa,  K Miyano, M Yamaguchi, I Kawagoe. Y Uezono. Therapeutic Potential of Orally Administered Rubiscolin-6 International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023;24(12):9959.
• Pan Li, Xiaoting Ma, Shuang Han, I Kawagoe, Kurt Ruetzler, Amos Lal, Longlu Cao,  Ran Duan, Jianli Li. Risk factors for failure of conversion from epidural labor analgesia to cesarean section anesthesia and general anesthesia incidence: an updated meta-analysis, 2023;36(2):2278020.
• Nia W Wylie,  Emma L Durrant, Emma C Phillips,  Audrey De Jong, Patrick Schoettker, I Kawagoe, Márcio de Pinho Martins,  Juliana Zapatero,  Catriona Graham, Alistair F McNarry. VL-iCUE Group Videolaryngoscopy use before and after the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: The report of the VL-iCUE survey with responses from 96 countries, Online.
• D Satoh, K Takeuchi, I Kawagoe, J Kisii, O Kudoh, M Hayashida. Prognosis for major abdominal surgeries based on intraoperative low-dose nutrition: A metabolic perspective, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2023;58:208–212.

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