Head Physician
Aichi Cancer Center, Japan
Naoya Itoh MD, DTM&H, Division of Infectious Diseases, Aichi Cancer Center
Education background
2020- Present Collaborative Chairs Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2019 DTM&H., Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
2001-2007 M.D., Tokai University of Medicine
Career background
2022- Clinical Associate Professor, Shimane University School of Medicine
2020- Head Physician in Infectious Disease, Aichi Cancer Center
2018-2019 Deputy Head Physician in Infectious Disease, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital
2015-2018 Fellow in Infectious Disease, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital
1. Itoh N, Kawabata T, Akazawa N, Kawamura D, Murakami H, Ishibana Y, Kodama EN, Ohmagari N. Reduction strategies for inpatient oral third-generation cephalosporins at a cancer center: An interrupted time-series analysis. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 9;18(2):e0281518.
2. Itoh N, Akazawa N, Kanawaku E, Murakami H, Ishibana Y, Kawamura D, Kawabata T, Mori K, Kodama EN, Ohmagari N. Effects of infectious disease consultation and antimicrobial stewardship program at a Japanese cancer center: An interrupted time-series analysis. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 25;17(1):e0263095.
3. Itoh N, Akazawa N, Ishikane M, Kawabata T, Kawamura D, Chikusa T, Kodama EN, Ohmagari N. Lessons learned from an outbreak of COVID-19 in the head and neck surgery ward of a Japanese cancer center during the sixth wave by Omicron. J Infect Chemother. 2022 Dec;28(12):1610-1615.
4. Itoh N, Shimizu J, Murakami H, Hida T. Pulmonary infections mimicking malignancy on bronchoscopy: A retrospective single-center study in Japan. J Gen Fam Med. 2020 Oct 14;22(1):38-42. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.383.
5. Itoh N, Hadano Y, Yamamoto Y, Terada N, Kurai H. Infectious disease specialist consultations in a Japanese cancer center: a retrospective review of 776 cases. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Jun 3;20(1):500.
Prizes and awards
2023. JIC Reviewer of the Year 2022
2019. Chamlong-Tranakchit Harinasuta Award, Mahidol University Faculty of Tropical Medicine