TSUYOSHI KONISHI
Estados Unidos
Dr. Tsuyoshi Konishi is an associate professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, USA.
Dr. Konishi completed advanced training in the field of Surgical Oncology and
Colorectal Minimally Invasive Surgery at top institutions including the University of
Tokyo, Cancer Institute Hospital of the JFCR and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center. Dr. Konishi served as an attending colorectal surgeon since 2010 and Head
Attending since 2017 at Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for
Cancer Research in Tokyo, Japan before moving to MD Anderson in 2020. He has
been taking a leadership in advancing a minimally invasive surgery program for
complex colorectal cancer.
Dr. Konishi’s research interest includes multidisciplinary approache for complex
colorectal cancer, including neoadjuvant therapy, extended surgical resection and a
minimally invasive surgery. Particularly, he has been taking an international leadership
in studying and educating lateral pelvic lymph node in rectal cancer.
Dr. Konishi has given more than 100 invited lectures at international academic
meetings and published more than 200 articles in the top-rated journals. He has been
awarded from multiple major international and domestic academic societies for his
works on novel minimally invasive approaches for complex colorectal cancer surgeries.
Estados Unidos
Dr. Tsuyoshi Konishi is an associate professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, USA.
Dr. Konishi completed advanced training in the field of Surgical Oncology and
Colorectal Minimally Invasive Surgery at top institutions including the University of
Tokyo, Cancer Institute Hospital of the JFCR and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center. Dr. Konishi served as an attending colorectal surgeon since 2010 and Head
Attending since 2017 at Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for
Cancer Research in Tokyo, Japan before moving to MD Anderson in 2020. He has
been taking a leadership in advancing a minimally invasive surgery program for
complex colorectal cancer.
Dr. Konishi’s research interest includes multidisciplinary approache for complex
colorectal cancer, including neoadjuvant therapy, extended surgical resection and a
minimally invasive surgery. Particularly, he has been taking an international leadership
in studying and educating lateral pelvic lymph node in rectal cancer.
Dr. Konishi has given more than 100 invited lectures at international academic
meetings and published more than 200 articles in the top-rated journals. He has been
awarded from multiple major international and domestic academic societies for his
works on novel minimally invasive approaches for complex colorectal cancer surgeries.