Assistant Professor Momoko Yamauchi

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords

Clinical Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis, Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Artificial Intelligence Applications, Global Health

Supervision

Masters ProgrammeDoctoral Programme

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Board-Certified Physician in Internal Medicine
• Board-Certified Respiratory Medicine Specialist
• Board-Certified Infectious Disease Specialist
• Certified Specialist in Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections

Background

• 2004: Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus
• 2006: Joined the First Department of Internal Medicine, (Department of infectious diseases, pulmonology and gastroenterology), University of the Ryukyus
• 2019: Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University Hospital
• 2019: Participated in JICA Emergency Medical Team for Measles Response in Samoa
• 2020: Graduated from the Graduate School, University of the Ryukyus
• 2020: Assistant Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

Teaching

• Member of the Educational Division, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Tropical Medicine Training Program)
• Lecturer in Infectious Disease Diagnostics (Gram Staining) at Nagasaki University Hospital and the Tropical Medicine Training Program

Research

• Tuberculosis diagnosis using chest X-ray imaging and serological markers
• Development and implementation of AI-assisted tuberculosis diagnostics

The country/countries where you work currently

• The Philippines
• Okinawa, Japan

Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications

1. Tanaka T, Tashiro M, Ota K, Fujita A, Sawai T, Kadota J, Fukuda Y, Sumiyoshi M, Ide S, Tachikawa N, Fujii H, Hibino M, Shiomi H, Izumida M, Matsui K, Yamauchi M, Takahashi K, Yamanashi H, Sugimoto T, Akabame S, Umeda M, Shimizu M, Hosogaya N, Kosai K, Takeda K, Iwanaga N, Ashizawa N, Hirayama T, Takazono T, Yamamoto K, Imamura Y, Miyazaki T, Kobayashi Y, Ariyoshi K, Mukae H, Yanagihara K, Kita K, Izumikawa K. Safety and Efficacy of 5-Aminolevulinic acid phosphate/iron in mild-to-moderate corona virus disease 2019: A randomized exploratory phase Ⅱ trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023; 102(34): e348581．
2. Tsukamoto Y, Umeda M, Muto Y, Sugimoto T, Yamauchi M, Ando K, Ariyoshi K. Severe Anemia Due to Cold Agglutinin Syndrome in a COVID-19 Patient with IgM Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance Successfully Treated with Corticosteroids. Intern Med. 2022; 61(11): 1789-1793.
3. Yamauchi M, Kanie N, Takahashi K, Katoh S. Case of organizing pneumonia in HIV infection. BMJ Case Rep. 2022; 15(11): e250544.
4. Yamauchi M, Kinjo T, Parrott G, Miyagi K, Haranaga S, Nakayama Y, Chibana K, Fujita K, Nakamoto A, Higa F, Owan I, Yonemoto K, Fujita J. Diagnostic performance of serum interferon gamma, matrix metalloproteinase, periostin measurements for pulmonary tuberculosis in Japanese patients with pneumonia. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1): e0227636.

5. Yamauchi M, Haranaga S, Parrott G, Kinjo T, Yamashiro T, Tsubakimoto M, Ohtsu H, Ueda S, Fujita J. Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage samples collected from 30 patients with drug-induced pneumonitis. Respr Investig. 2020; 58(3): 204-211.

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