Osamu Soejima Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Fukuoka International University of Health and Welfare

Osamu Soejima, MD, PhD Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Fukuoka International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, JAPAN EDUCATION/ ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 1986 M.D., Fukuoka University School of Medicine 1988 Orthopaedic Residency, Fukuoka University Hospital 1993 Ph.D. (Dr. of Medical Science), Fukuoka University School of Medicine 1993-1995 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hand and Microvascular Surgery Laboratory, UCSF, San Francisco 1995-1996 Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukuoka University 1996-2008 Assistant Professor, at the same institute 2008-2009 Associate Professor, at the same institute 2009- Professor, Fukuoka International University of Health and Welfare 2010- Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukuoka University HONORS & AWARDS: 1993 Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Uehara Memorial Foundation 1994 Research Individual Investigator Award, UCSF Academic Senate Committee on Research 1995 New Investigator Recognition Award, 2nd Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies Meeting 1996 Research Investigator Award, Uehara Memorial Foundation 2001 JSSH-HKSSH Exchange Traveling Fellow (Hong Kong) 2007 JOA-AOA Traveling Fellow (USA) 2009 Visiting Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea 2009 Visiting professor, Mahidol University Siriraj Hospital, Thailand 2014 Best access e-poster, 19th FESSH meeting, Paris 2017 Visiting professor, Stanford University, USA 2017 Top-rated video theater videos, 72nd ASSH meeting, San Francisco 2018 10 best papers, 23rd FESSH meeting, Copenhagen 2019 Keynote Lecture, 49th WMTS meeting, Vilnius 2026 President, 69th JSSH meeting, Fukuoka (scheduled) The Best Doctors in Japan (2005-2023)