Dr. Yasufuku's work includes the development of new technology for early diagnosis and ultra-minimally invasive thoracic surgery, translational research in thoracic image guided therapeutics, nanotechnology-enabled image guided intervention for lung cancer, and molecular profiling of advanced stage lung cancer by minimally invasive procedures.
Efficacy of intraoperative CT feedback of wedge resected lung for the assessment of surgical margin
Study Status: active
Institute: Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Health Conditions:
Cancer, Lungs & Breathing conditions
Dr. Yasufuku is a Staff Thoracic Surgeon in the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Toronto General Hospital and Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto.
He is the director of the Interventional Thoracic Surgery Program at UHN, which includes the Interventional Thoracic Surgery Animal Operating Room capable of high-end endoscopic development and the state-of-the-art Interventional Thoracic Surgery Suite for clinical application of new developments. He has continued to improve the quality and capability of minimally invasive diagnostics and reduced the timeline of detection, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.
Dr. Yasufuku is the clinical lead of thoracic surgery within the Guided Therapeutics (GTx) program as well as the Thoracic Robotic Surgery Program at UHN. He is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of minimally invasive diagnostics and therapeutics for thoracic malignancy. He is a Scientist in the Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory at UHN with special interest in nanotechnology-enabled image-guided intervention for lung cancer, molecular profiling of advanced-stage lung cancer by minimally invasive procedures and image-guided thoracic surgery.
- Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
- Cross Appointed Faculty, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
- Director of Endoscopy, University Health Network