Pancreas Transplantation the Asian Experience: A Registry Report

This book is the first to provide a thorough overview of the experience of pancreas transplantation in Asian countries, including in particular Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Recent trends are identified and attention drawn to differences in comparison with the United States and Europe. Such differences relate, for example, to the history of pancreas transplantation, the operative procedure, and the organ-sharing system. In addition, the insulin-secreting ability of pancreatic islet cells is thought to vary depending on race. Beyond these aspects, the coverage also encompasses ABO-incompatible living donor pancreas transplantation, which is very rarely performed elsewhere in the world. By introducing the number, technique, and outcomes of pancreas transplantation in Asian countries, the book will hopefully further stimulate the pancreas transplantation program in this region and beyond.  It will be of value for all medical professionals in the field and will be informative for diabetic patients receiving insulin treatment in Asia.

Duck-Jong Han, Professor of Surgery, kidney and pancreas transplantation, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Professor Han received his MD from Seoul National University (SNU), and completed his postdoctoral residency training at SNU Hospital in Seoul, Korea. Professor Han was awarded his PhD from the SNU Graduate School of Medicine. He then undertook an honorary fellowship in general surgery at the University of Minnesota in Minnesota, USA, and general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco in California, USA.

He was Chairman of the Board of Directors and was a president of Korea transplant society. Now he is a councilor of International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association(IPITA). Professor Han has been involved in a number of clinical trials, and has publicized 401 articles, 16 book chapters, and one editor of book.

In 1992, Professor Han carried out the first successful cadaveric pancreas transplant and living donor pancreas transplant in Korea. Up to July 2020 he has done more than 6,000 renal transplants and 475 pancreas transplants including 21 living donor Pancreas Transplantation.

Takashi Kenmochi, Departmant of Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Fujita Health University, Graduate School of Medicine. Aichi, Japan

Professor Kenmochi was a Visiting Professor, Department of Academic Surgery, Graduated School of Medicine, Chiba University, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, and Tokyo Medical University, School of Medicine.

In 1983 he graduated from Chiba University, School of Medicine, and residenship at Department of Surgery, Chiba University, School of medicine(1983 1989). In 1992-1995 He was a Visiting Researcher, Diabetes Research Center, UCLA. He is the President of Japanese Society for Clinical renal Transplantation and The Japanese Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association. He is a Director of The Japan Society for Transplantation, The Japan Organ Transplant Network, Japanese Society of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Surgery, The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, and Japanese Society for Tissue Transplantation.

He is a Member of The Transplantation Society International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (Ex-Council), and International Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Association.

Yi Ming Shyr, Chief and Professor, General Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei

Professor Yi-Ming Shyr was graduated from National Yang Ming University in 1984, and completed his surgical residency at Taipei Veterans General Hospital from 1986 to 2001. He is currently working as a professor surgeon in the Division of General Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming University. His major interests include minimally invasive surgery, pancreas surgery and pancreas transplant. His team is very actively involved in minimal invasive surgery, especially robotic Whipple operation and pancreas transplant.