Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
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Biography

Dr. Yamamoto-Furusho is the Founder and Director of the first Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic in Mexico at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición. He is Professor of Medicine and Director of the IBD Fellow Program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).  He is National Researcher at Level 1 by CONACYT. Mentor of the Program in Master and Doctoral Programs at the Faculty of Medicine (UNAM). Dr.Yamamoto-Furusho is specialized in internal medicine, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal endoscopy and inflammatory bowel disease. He has Master´s of Science and Ph.D. degrees and he performed a postdoctoral research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University focus on IBD research. Dr. Yamamoto-Furusho has published several papers in the IBD field and participated in several clinical trials focused on new therapeutic agents for IBD.Member of the National Academy of Medicine in Mexico, American Gastroenterology Association, American College of Gastroenterology, Massachussets Medical Society, Crohn´s and Colitis Foundation of America, European Crohn´s and Colitis Society, Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología.He is a scientific reviewer in the following journals: Lancet, Gut, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Biologics: Targets and Therapy, Revista de Gastroenterología de México and others.He won multiple awards including Jon Isenberg (AGA Institute), Gabino Barreda’s Medal (UNAM), Bernardo Sepulveda’s (Mexican Gastroenterology Association), Sanshiro Matsumoto’s (Japanese Embassy) and others. 
 

Research Interest

Dr.Yamamoto-Furusho is specialized in internal medicine, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal endoscopy and inflammatory bowel disease.

 

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