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Keiko Kataoka
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Dr. Keiko Kataoka is a renowned adult medical retina specialist at Kyorin University's Department of Ophthalmology. She earned her MD and PhD from Nagoya University School of Medicine, where she later served as an assistant professor. During her PhD, she conducted pivotal research on pathologic angiogenesis using a Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) mouse model.
Her research journey led her to a fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, where she studied photoreceptor cell death and inflammation following retinal detachment. Upon returning to Nagoya University, she published several influential papers using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) angiography, proposing new diagnostic criteria for neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and revealing morphological changes in macular neovascularization under anti-VEGF treatment.
Since joining Kyorin University in 2021, Dr. Kataoka has been dedicated to patient care and research on age-related macular diseases and pachychoroid diseases. Her work continues to contribute significantly to the field of ophthalmology.
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Mineo Kondo
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1991 Graduated from Kanazawa University School of Medicine (M.D.)
1992-1993 Resident in Nagoya University Hospital
1993-1997 Clinical and Research Fellowship at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D.)
1998-1999 Lecturer, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Hospital
1999-2001 Research Fellow, Ophthalmology, University of Michigan. (Prof. Paul A. Sieving)
2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine
2006-2011 Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine
2011- Professor and Chairperson, Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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Chi-Chun LAI MD
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Dr. Lai graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University and trained his residency of ophthalmology in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo. His retinal fellowship training is at Columbia University in New York City, and later became a permanent faculty in Chang Gung memorial Hospital. Currently, Dr. Lai serves as an ophthalmology professor at Chang Gung University.
He is also the superintendent of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung branch in Taiwan.
He is an active and well recognized participant in the international society. He is the current president of the Asia-Pacific Vitreoretinal Society (APVRS), Which is the largest retinal society in Asia. He also a member of the prestigious Macula society (USA), Jules Gonin Club (EU) . Dr. Lai has directed, organized, as well as lectured in countless international events. He also His main interest and research is in macular disorders. He is the first researcher who used blood to assist ILM peeling in macular hole repair and one of the pioneers in gene therapy for experimental CNV. His novel techniques to use auto-blood and ILM reposition in treatment of macular hole retinal detachment had increased the successful rate from 50% to nearly 100%. He has published over 180 review articles, and has been an invited speaker at international meetings, and is the editor of scientific journals.
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