Dr. Akiko Tomonari

• The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
• The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
• The Japan Gastoenterological endoscopy Society

Department

Qualifications

Medical school:

• 2001 – 2007 : Chiba University, Japan

Diploma:

• 2011: Board Certified of Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
• 2014: Board Certified Gastroenterologist of Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

Experience

• Growing up in the United States, Dr. Akiko is a native speaker of English, allowing her to provide care to patients of various nationalities.

• 2021- 6/2024: Chief of Gastroenterology, PARKWAYHEALTH – second largest private healthcare group in the world
• 2015-2021: Gastroenterology Specialist, PARKWAYHEALTH
• 2011-2015: Staff/ Gastroenterology Specialist, TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL, Sapporo, Japan
• 2007-2011: KAMEDA Medical Center, Chiba, Japan

Membership

Special Interests

• Endoscopic procedures
• Intestinal diseases: IBD (Crohn’s disease, bleeding ulcerative colitis)
• Advanced procedures such as RFA, angiography, hepatic transplants and EUS-FNA.
• Multiple procedures such as upper and lower endoscopy screening, EUS, EMR, ESD, EVL, and percutaneous drainage of gallbladder/cysts/abscesses
• Treatment of gastrointestinal cancer, hepato-biliary and pancreatic cancer using chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and molecular targeted therapy.