Japanese Surgeon Completes Fellowship in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Min-Sheng General Hospital.

Dr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi from the Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital in Otsu, Japan has completed a one-month mini-fellowship in laparoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Min-Sheng General Hospital. Dr. Yamaguchi, who is an assistant Professor of surgery at Shiga University of Medical Science, chose to come to Min-Sheng’s Asia-Pacific Endoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical center because its international fellowship program offers a unique opportunity to learn in a high-volume metabolic and bariatric surgical center, under Professor Lee Wei-Jei, a well known academic and specialist in the field.

Dr. Yamaguchi leaves extremely satisfied with the training that he received and claims that the amount of experience he gained over the past few weeks went beyond his wildest expectations. Since bariatric surgery in Japan isn’t yet as popular nor developed as in Taiwan, Dr. Yamaguchi got to develop his skills in a broad range of bariatric surgical techniques and was involved in more bariatric surgeries in a month at Min-Sheng than in years in Japan. Dr. Yamaguchi was very impressed with the level of skills of the surgeons at Min-Sheng, a mastery that stems from the high number of cases that are treated at the Center every week.

 

Dr. Yamaguchi was also full of praise for the professional way the fellowship program is organized, from the time of application until the end.