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27Summary of ActivityThe Shinshu University School of Medicine reorganized what had been the Nos. 1 and 2 Departments of Surgery, putting the Department of Surgery (2) in charge of breast and endocrine, thoracic, and cardiovascular surgeries on April, 2003.Starting in November 2014, Prof. Kenji Okada took up a position at the division of cardiovascular surgery, and Ken-ichi Ito took up a position at the division of breast/endocrine and thoracic surgery. These two divisions collaborate in the clinic, on research, and on education. ▶Professor: Professor of cardiovascular surgery: Kenji Okada Professor of breast, endocrine and thoracic surgery: Ken-ichi Ito▶Divisions: 1. Cardiovascular surgery 2. Breast, endocrine and thoracic surgerySurgery II(Thoracic Cardiovascular Breast Endocrine)Professor: Kenji OkadaThe staffs of surgery(2)advanced care for the patientsCardiovascular Surgery（Chief: Prof. Kenji Okada）Surgery IISummary of ActivityWe are conducting surgical treatment for cardiovascular diseases, peripheral vascular diseases including venous and lymphatic vessels, from heart disease to peripheral organs in the body as a whole. Particularly in multidisciplinary therapy for patients with severe systemic complications, elderly patients, patients with complex lesions, taking advantage of the university hospital, we offer medical treatment aiming for safer and more reliable surgery considering the patient’s long-term prognosis.・Research and development of cardiac regenerative therapy using iPS cell.・Research and development of surgery for thoracoabdominal aneurysm.・ Research and development of novel site-selective ischemic disease therapeutic using recombinant bifidobacteria・ Research and development of cardiac allograft rejection In medicine, it is said that today’s contraindications are tomorrow’s indications.Things that are forbidden today because something cannot be overcome may be permitted tomorrow thanks to just one breakthrough.We run practical training programs with specific goals that include understanding all charged cases and diseases, learning basic surgical procedures, and improving presentation tech-niques.Research subjectOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationState of cardiac surgeryCardiac regenerative therapy using iPS cell.”Modified from Shiba, et al. Nature 2016; 538: 388-391.”Professor: Ken-ichi Itonovel site-selective ischemic disease -teria