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.