Neonatal Intensive Care for Extremely Preterm Infants Japanese NICU Practices to Prevent Mortality and Morbidities

Satoshi Kusuda, MD, PhD is the director of the Neonatal Research Network of Japan (NRNJ). He graduated from medical school in Osaka, Osaka City University. After completing his residency in pediatrics, he started specialty training at Children’s Hospital in Osaka City and completed his internship at Osaka City General Hospital in neonatology. He has more than 30 years' experience working in NICUs. He is a Board member of the Japanese Society for Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine. His primary research interests include network databases and neonatal respiratory care. Today, the number of very preterm infants registered on the NRNJ database has increased to over 80 thousand and Dr. Kusuda has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Hidehiko Nakanishi, MD, PhD is the Professor, Research and Development Center for New Medical Frontiers, Department of Advanced Medicine, Division of Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine. After graduating Osaka City University Medical School, he started his residency at Osaka City General Hospital as a pediatrician then specialized in neonatology at the same hospital. In 2005, he moved to Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital as a research fellow. Four years later, he moved to Tokyo Women’s Medical University to continue his specialty as a neonatologist and further his research on pulmonary physiology in infants. He became a Professor at Kitasato University in 2018. He has published 29 articles in international journals. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development, the Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, and the Neonatal Research Network of Japan.

Tetsuya Isayama, MD, MSc, PhD is Head of the Division of Neonatology, National Center for Child Health and Development. He is a graduate of Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, where he started his pediatric residency. Later he completed a 3-year fellowship at Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, a neonatal fellowship at the University of Toronto, and a clinical fellowship at Sunnybrook Health Science Center. While in Toronto, he obtained a PhD from McMaster University in clinical epidemiology and in 2017 became the Head of Neonatal Division. He has published over 80 articles in international journals and 5 international guidelines for neonatal care. He is currently Emeritus Task Force of the Neonatal Life Support of ILCOR, Director of AsianNeo, on the Board of Directors of the NRNJ, the Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development, and the Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine.