International Collaboration and Exchange Program
Preparing Global Leaders for Healthcare
"...The future of our global healthcare world lies in the international collaborative
competencies of the next generation of healthcare leaders..." (Dr. Anette Wu, University World News)
Meet our ICEP Anatomy Partners and Faculty Members !
This program is a unique partnerships of multiple anatomy departments
and international offices around the world.
Assistant Professor University of California San Francisco San Francisco United States
Australia
The University of Sydney, Sydney
KEVIN Keay, Ph.D.
KEVIN KEAY, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Discipline of Anatomy and Histology of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney. He teaches postgraduate medical and dental students as well as undergraduate science students. His research interests include the neuroanatomy of pain pathways and neuroanatomy education.
Austria
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
HANNES TRAXLER, M.D., Ph.D.
HANNES TRAXLER, M.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the Center of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Also, he is in private practice as a general physician and acupuncturist. He teaches anatomy to medical and dental students and leads the Research Group of Topographical Anatomy. He is the faculty contact in Vienna, Austria, for the program.
Canada
McGill University, School of Medicine, Montreal, QC
MINA ZEROUAL, M.D., M.Ed.
MINA ZEROUAL, M.D., M.Ed., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Anatomical Sciences at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and is the faculty contact for the program in the French speaking section of McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
MIKAELA STIVER, PhD.
MIKAELA STIVER, PhD., is an Assistant Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
JØRGEN OLSEN, M.D., DMSc.
JØRGEN OLSEN, M.D., DMSc., is a professor at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the head of the largest anatomy course for medical students at University of Copenhagen. He has been pioneering the livestreaming of anatomy lectures (the modern anatomical theater) for medical students. He is the faculty contact for the program in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Finland
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki
SUVI VIRANTA-KOVANEN, Ph.D.
SUVI VIRANTA-KOVANEN, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. She teaches anatomy to the medical and dental students. Her research interests include anatomical education, functional and comparative anatomy and evolution. She is the faculty contact at University of Helsinki, Finland.
France
University of Paris Cite (formerly Descartes), Faculty of Medicine, Paris
SALMA EL BATTI, MD., Ph.D.
SALMA EL BATTI, MD., Ph.D. is a vascular surgeon and anatomy professor at University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
Germany
Martin Luther University, Faculty of Medicine, Halle-Wittenberg
HEIKE KIELSTEIN, M.D.PhD.
HEIKE KIELSTEIN, M.D.PhD., is a Full Professor and past Director of the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. She teaches gross anatomy to medical and dental students. In 2022 she assumed the role as dean of the Martin Luther University. An accomplished researcher and anatomist she was the first partner of the International Collaboration and Exchange Program. Details of her work can be found here. She is the faculty contact in Halle for the program.
Germany
Ludwig Maximilians University, Faculty of Medicine, Munich
JENS WASCHKE M.D.
JENS WASCHKE M.D., is Professor and chairman of Anatomy at the LMU in Munich, Germany, and is responsible for gross anatomy teaching of ~1000 first year medical students. He is editor of several text books including SOBOTTA atlas and serves the Anatomische Gesellschaft as president. He investigates mechanisms in intercellular adhesion. Details of his work can be found here. He is the faculty contact for the program.
FRANSZISKA VIELMUTH, M.D.
FRANSZISKA VIELMUTH, M.D., is a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jens Waschke at the LMU in Munich, Germany and participates in a broad range of anatomy teaching including dissection courses and histology. Her research interests focus on mechanisms of desmosomal adhesion using biophysical techniques. Details of her work can be found here. She is the faculty coordinator for the program.
ANNA M. SIGMUND, Ph.D
ANNA M. SIGMUND, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University and a faculty member of the program.
Japan
Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo
YAE KANAI, M.D, Ph.D.
Dr. Yae Kanai is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Pathology at the Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
After obtaining her Ph.D. degree at the Keio University School of Medicine, she began her career as a researcher at the National Cancer Center Research Institute of Japan. She then came back to alma mater in 2015 and became a professor of the above mentioned department.
Her research interests focus on molecular pathology, cancer epigenomics, and multiomics analyses.
She is the Vice Dean and Head of International Collaboration, Gender Equality, and Biobanking at the Keio University School of Medicine and serves as the faculty contact for the ICE program.
Japan
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto
YUKARI YAMADA, R.N., Ph.D.
YUKARI YAMADA, R.N., Public Health.D., is a Senior Lecturer in the the international education section of Medical Education Center (MEC) at Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
She teaches clinical communication and epidemiology to medical and health professional students. She is responsible for helping its undergraduate medical students to spend from two to three months in a foreign laboratory, where students can develop their research techniques and improve their communication abilities. As of 2020 she serves as faculty contact for Kyoto University for the program.
Japan
Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo
SHUJI KITAHARA, D.D.S., Ph.D.
SHUJI KITAHARA, D.D.S., Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. He has been teaching microanatomy and developmental biology to medical and nursing students for more than 10 years. In addition, he is a manager of “United Japanese Researcher Around The World” which supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). And also he organized The Japan-US Science Forum in Boston with JSPS and Japan Forum for Asian Science and Technology (JFAST) with Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). On the other hand, he is providing articles about medical science and political science to “WEBRONZA” of Asahi newspaper which is a major Japanese news company. Simultaneously, he is doing research about political science and health economics as a Ph.D. student at WASEDA University. He is the faculty contact at the Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Taiwan
National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei
CHUNG-LIANG CHIEN, Ph.D.
CHUNG-LIANG CHIEN, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He has been teaching anatomy to medical and dental students for more than 23 years. His major research interests are neurobiology and stem cell biology. Dr. Chien received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University in 1995. Dr. Chien has been one of the faculty members at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) since 1995. He took a research leave as a visiting scientist at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo in 1999.
His major research interests are neurobiology and stem cell biology. As an internationalized medical educator, more than 42 medical students from 20 different countries have been trained at his stem cell biology laboratory since 2004. Under Dr. Chien’s supervision, 11 graduate students earned their Ph.D. degree from the institution at NTU. Most of them received faculty or clinical positions at university/medical centers. Since 2007, Dr. Chien served as the Associate Dean of College of Medicine, as well as the Deputy Director of the NTU Center of Genomic Medicine to promote the translational medicine research within NTU campus.
Dr. Chien works for Taiwan academic society actively and had been elected as the 12th and the 13th President of the Association of Anatomists of the Republic of China (2010-2014). He was also elected as the 3rd and the 4th President of the Taiwan Society for Stem Cell Research (2013-2017). Besides, Dr. Chien was recommended as the representative of Chinese Taipei as well as the Chair of Research & Development Steering Committee in the Life Science Innovation Forum (LSIF) of the APEC from 2014 to 2016. In terms of government positions, Dr. Chien had served as the Deputy Executive Secretary at the Office of Science and Technology, Executive Yuan (2012-2014), as well as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2014 – 2016).
Currently, Dr. Chien served as the CEO of the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI) to promote the potential collaboration between academia and bio-industry in Taiwan. Besides, IBMI just launched the international platform of “Taiwan Healthcare+”, a website PORTAL for medical and biotech opportunities in Taiwan. He is the faculty contact of the program at the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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United Kingdom
King’s College, School of Medicine, London
RICHARD WINGATE, D.Phil
RICHARD WINGATE, D.Phil is the Director of the Centre for Education (Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine) and Principal Investigator MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Dr. Wingate is a Reader in Developmental Neurobiology at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and the former Head of Anatomy at King's College London. He is actively engaged in undergraduate and public education and is the Editor-in-Chief of BrainFacts.org. He is the faculty contact of the program at King's College London, UK.
MANDEEP GILL SAGOO, Ed.D., M.Sc. (Medical Anatomy), P.G.C.E., F.H.E.A.
MANDEEP GILL SAGOO, Ed.D., M.Sc. (Medical Anatomy), P.G.C.E., F.H.E.A., is a senior lecturer in anatomy in the Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Education at King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. Her educational research is in understanding assessments with multimedia learning theories, relationships between spatial ability and anatomy learning and use of innovative paedagogies and reflective practical assessments. Her applied anatomy research is in the area of developing and validating projection overlay method (3D CT scans) and finite urinary bladder models. She has recently been recognised with an Excellence in Teaching Award from the GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London. She overseeing and coordinating the program at King's College London, UK.
United Kingdom
University of Cambridge
CECILIA BRASSETT, MB BChir MChir
CECILIA BRASSETT, MB BChir MChir, is a Teaching Professor of Human Anatomy. Dr. Brassett was a medical student and anatomy demonstrator at the University of Cambridge and is a Teaching Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Cambridge. She initially qualified as a general surgeon, then trained in field linguistics to work among an ethnic minority group in China for some years before returning to the UK. She is a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and sits on the Councils of both the Anatomical Society and the British Association of Clinical Anatomists. In addition to organising the anatomy teaching programme, she is engaged in a number of clinically relevant research projects in topographical anatomy. She co-authored The Secret Language of Anatomy, an illustrated guide which brings to life anatomical terms and explains why they were coined.
United States
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
ANETTE WU, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
ANETTE WU, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York. She has been teaching anatomy to medical and dental students for more than 13 years. Originally trained in General and Transplantation Surgery her interest is now in internationalization of medical education.She founded the International Collaboration and Exchange Program at Columbia University to promote improvement of global health to future medical and dental leaders. She serves as director of the program.
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
PAULETTE BERND, Ph.D.
PAULETTE BERND, Ph.D., is a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York. She is the director of Clinical Gross Anatomy and the Anatomical Donor Program. Her teaching innovations include aninteractive electronic dissection manual and computer modules for small group learning. She serves as advisor to the ICE program.
United States
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
DANA STEARNS, M.D.
Dr. DANA STEARNS, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He has been the Director of Anatomy Education, Pathways Curriculum at HMS since 2017, the Associate Director of the Clerkship in Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital since 2014, Senior Advisor, William Bosworth Castle Academic Society HMS since 2001, Scholar and Founding Member of the Academy at HMS and an Associate Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital since 1993. His research interest is in undergraduate/post graduate medical education with a focus on vertical integration of anatomy into clinical medicine.
The smartest choice he has made is to marry his Bride of 24 years. The most exciting actions were to deliver his three children. He is an avid rower and road cyclist. He has a passion for coffee and maple syrup, gold finches and roses.
He is the faculty contact for the ICE program at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
United States
SABINE HILDEBRANDT, M.D.
DR. SABINE HILDEBRANDT, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. She teaches anatomy and history of anatomy at Harvard Medical School and Harvard College. Her research interests are the history and ethics of anatomy and her educational approach integrates anatomy, medical history and medical ethics.
Among other publications on medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust, her 2016 book "The Anatomy of Murder: Ethical Transgressions and Anatomical Science during the Third Reich" is the first systematic study of anatomy in Nazi Germany. Most recently, she has researched the history of the Anatomical Institute as a member of the Historical Commission on the Reichsuniversität Strassburg 1941-44 and currently serves as co-chair of The Lancet Commission on Medicine and the Holocaust: Historical Evidence, Implications for Today, Teaching for Tomorrow. She is a member of the American Association for Anatomy Task Forces on Legacy Collections and the one on Structural Racism.
She is the faculty contact for the ICE program at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
United States
Stanford University
JILL HELMS, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Dr. Jill Helms, D.D.S, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University.
She is trained as a clinician scientist (DDS, PhD) and directs a research program that encompasses the fields of head and neck embryology, and craniomaxillofacial deformities and their reconstruction. While conducting translational research is her main objective, but it goes hand-in-hand with another goal: Jill believed that education is one of the most important tools to improving human health, and aims to use every avenue available to transform the way young people think about science and medicine, and emphasize its contribution to their daily lives.
She is the faculty contact for the ICE program at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA.
United States
Yale University
DAVID PITT, M.D.
Dr. David Pitt is a physician/scientist in the Department of Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine, Division of Neuroimmunology. He completed his MD degree at Philipps University, Marburg, in his native Germany. Dr. Pitt leads a laboratory focused on the contribution of CNS cells to the inflammatory process in multiple sclerosis. He is a co-director of the recently established National Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Bank. Dr. Pitt serves as student research advisor of the program.
Spain
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
NIDVES (Neus) Martínez-Abadías, Ph.D.
Dr. Nieves (Neus) Martínez-Abadías, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at University of Barcelona since 2019, teaching Human Anatomy and Biological Anthropology. Previous postdoctoral positions at PennState University (USA), Calgary University (Canada), Center for Genomic Regulation (Spain) and Staff Researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Her research combines morphometrics, 3D imaging, genetics and machine learning to understand human morphological variation, including variation associated with disease in genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders. Committed to scientific communication and fostering gender equality in science. More: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3061-2123
She is the faculty contact for the ICE program at the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Spain
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
MARIA ESTHER ESTEBAAN, Ph.D.
Dr Maria Esther Esteban, Ph.D., is a Full Professor at University of Barcelona since 2008. She has held management positions as Secretary of the Department of Animal Biology and Coordinator of the Master in Biological Anthropology. She is currently Head of Studies of the Biomedical Sciences degree (Faculty of Biology, Diagonal campus). Specialized in Genetics and Genomics of human populations, her research interests expand to human ecology, epidemiology, and biomedical applications. Find out more about her research at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2410-9700
She is the faculty contact for the ICE program at the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Italy
University of Milan, Milan, Italy
NICOLETTA GAGLIANO, Ph.D. is a Full Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. She teaches histology and anatomy to medical students. Her research interests focus on tendon biology, collagen turnover pathways and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
Italy
University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Chiarella SFORZA, M.D. is a Full Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. She teaches anatomy to medicine, dentistry and allied health sciences students. Her research interests focus on the three dimensional analysis of craniofacial growth, development and aging, and on the quantitative analysis of human movement in daily activities, sports, and rehabilitation.
Korea
Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul – Ho Geol Ryu, PhD MPH, Associate Professor
Dr. Ho Geol Ryu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and also the Associate Dean for International Affairs. Dr. Ryu graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNU Medicine) in 1999, completed his training in Anesthesia at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH). He received his Ph.D. in Medicine in SNU Medicine and his Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. His Clinical interests are critical care after high-risk surgery, delirium and sedation in critically ill patients, and sepsis and septic shock.
Meet our International Collaboration and Exchange Program Advisory Board Members!
LEO BUEHLER, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
MARK, HARDY, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, USA
Mark A. Hardy is Auchincloss Professor of Surgery, Director Emeritus of the Transplant Centre, and Vice Chairman and Residency Program Director of the Department of Surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
Hardy is most recognized for co-founding the New York Organ Donor Network in 1978 (NYODN 2006). In addition to his work in transplantation, in the earlier part of his career he made several contributions to the development of prosthetic vascular grafts and the development and studies of biologic function of thymic hormones, both experimentally and clinically.
Hardy laid another cornerstone of organ transplant medicine by helping found the program for dialysis and kidney transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He based the new program on the principle of combined clinical care between surgeons and nephrologists during a time when renal transplantprograms were managed by one or the other discipline, never by both at once (CUMC Programs 2007). This cooperation between disciplines led to major contributions in immunogenetics, immunosuppression, and treatment of autoimmune diseases and lymphoma (CUMC Programs 2007).
His most recent focus has been on cellular transplantation with emphasis on islet transplantation. Hardy is Principal Investigator of a multicenter clinical trial exploring a combination of two immunosuppressant drugs, sirolimus and tacrolimus (CUMC 2007 Kidney). He also currently a member of several multiinstitutional studies of immunosuppressive agents which are individually sponsored by Novartis, Astellas and Bristol Myers.
GEOFFROY P.J.C. NOEL, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy, University of California San Diego, USA
Chief, Division of Anatomy in the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
GEOFFROY NOEL, Ph.D. has been teaching gross anatomy and clinical neuroanatomy to medical and dental students for more than 10 years. Dr. NOEL was the Director of the Anatomical Sciences Division at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The mandate of this division is to explore new pedagogical techniques, coordinate and manage all anatomy labs and lectures, and liaise between the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, the Simulation Centre and McGill’s accredited professional health programs (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physical and Occupational Therapy, and Communication Sciences and Disorders). Current research interests: Curriculum development with emphasis on implementing inter-professional education, imaging within anatomy/surgical electives and designing 3D digital models/haptic simulations to train future physicians in non-invasive exploration of the human body. In 2020, Dr. Noel became the Chief of the Division of Anatomy at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Until 2020 he was the faculty contact in Canada for the ICE Program and currently serves on the External Advisory Board of the program.
SNEHAL PATEL, M.D., J.D.
Dr. SNEHAL PATEL, M.D., J.D., is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of MyDoc, a leading telemedicine
company active in seven countries across South and Southeast Asia, as well as the US. In
addition, Dr. Patel serves as the Managing Director of Saena Partners, an investment firm
that has led the initial funding of several innovative firms in Asia that range from pioneers in
ecologically friendly circular packaging technology to luxury distribution.
A Kauffman Fellow, Dr. Patel moved to Singapore from the US in 2008 to found and lead the
healthcare investment team at the Clermont Group, a multi-billion dollar investment fund.
Prior to practising law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP in New York, Dr. Patel received an
MD and a JD from Columbia University and served as a Clinical Fellow at the Harvard
Medical School.
ALEXANDER PREKER, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Alexander S. Preker is an Executive Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, New York University and Ichan School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. He is one of the Commissioners for the Global Commission on Pollution, Health and Development, a Member of the Board of the USA HealthCare Alliance, and the Chair of the External Advisory Committee for the International Hospital Federation. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the World Scientific Series on Health Investment and Financing. Mr. Alexander S. Preker is also President and CEO of the Health Investment & Financing Corporation and a member of the board of several of the companies. He is a Founding Member of the New York Chapter of the Keiretsu Forum, an LLP with Keiretsu Capital and an active investor in early stage companies that have a potential high impact in the health sector. Prior to his current work, Mr. Preker had a distinguished career, working at different times for International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Health Organization (WHO). From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Preker was Head of the Health Industry Group and Investment Policy for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In this position, he led a team of advisors and analysts that worked with policy makers, investors and health businesses in improving the market environment for private sector participation in the health sector in developing countries. He and his team set up a US$1 billion Investment Facility for Health to support expansion of small and medium size businesses in the Africa Region and the preparatory work for setting up a similar facility for Asia. Previously, as Chief Economist for the health sector, he coordinated the technical team that prepared the World Bank's Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Strategy in 1997. During the past 15 years, this strategy has provided a vision for the World Bank's engagement in the health sector in low- and middle-income countries, leading to an annual lending pipeline of about US$3 billion and total portfolio value in the range of US$15 billion. During his Bank career, Mr. Preker has worked with both Lawrence Summers (former Director of the National Economic Council under the Obama Administration) and Joseph Stiglitz (recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) during their respective tenures as Chief Economist for the World Bank Group as well as many Ministers of Health, Finance, Economic Development and other senior officials as well as private investors and businesses in the client countries he served. Mr. Preker has published extensively, having written many scientific articles and authored of over 15 books. He is a globally recognized expert on health insurance, health financing, capital finance, and private sector development in the health sector. Currently Mr. Preker is the Editor-in-Chief for the World Scientific Series on Health Investment and Financing. He is the Chair of the External Editoral Board for the World Hospitals and Health Services Journal. While at the World Bank, he was a member of the Editorial Board for the World Bank's External Operations Publication Department and Editor-in-Chief of the Business of Health Publications. Today he is the managing editor for Health Investment & Financing (HIF), an information gateway for health investment and financing and Health Industry (HI), a health care industry review. Mr. Preker holds several academic appointments. He is an Executive Scholar at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, an Adjunct Associate Professor of public policy at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Policy and an Adjunct Associate Professor for Health Care Management at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
TAKESHI SAKURAI, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy
TAKESHI SAKURAI, M.D., Ph.D. is a former Professor in Medical Innovation Center at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, and an adjunct teaching faculty at Columbia University, New York. He has been teaching anatomy and neuroanatomy. He has been helping medical students at Kyoto to do research internship abroad. He has been the faculty contact at Kyoto University, Japan, for the program for 6 years prior to his departure from Kyoto University.
He is an adjunct professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan; Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan; and Columbia University, USA.
He continues to serve as advisor to the program for Japan and supports inbound and outbound student exchanges to Japan.
Meet our International Collaboration and Exchange Program Faculty Research Teams!
Several of our faculty members conduct research as part of the International Collaboration and Exchange Program. See our research here.
Anette Wu, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Cecilia Brassett, Ph.D.
Geoffroy Noel, Ph.D.
Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Ed.D
Alexander Green, M.D., M.P.H.
Carol Kunzel, Ph.D.
SEAN C. McWATT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
SEAN C. McWATT, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology (Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry) at Western University in London, Ontario. He teaches anatomy to medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, and biomedical science students and is presently involved in research evaluating the effects of digital resources (e.g., augmented reality) and educational contexts (e.g., dissection- and prosection-based laboratories, remote teaching) on anatomy learning using biometrics and mixed-method analyses.
