Dr. Ishiwata completed his MD degree from Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama Japan during 1986-1988.Then he completed Internal Medicine residency from Kosei General Hospital Tokyo Japan in1988.He was instructor of Pathology in Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan in 1994.Completed his PhD from Nippon Medical School in1995.In 1998 he has done Postdoctoral Research fellowship in the Department of Medicine Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University of California in Irvine USA under the guidance of Prof. Murray Korc .In 2000,he was Assistant Professor in Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical School.From 2004,he is Associate Professor Department of Pathology in Nippon Medical School.

Pancreatic Cancer,Cancer stem cells,Growth factor and growth factor receptors,Proteoglycan