Venue & Travel

A/Prof Yuto Shimamura

Australia

A/Prof Yuto Shimamura (MD, PhD, FJGES, FASGE, FRCP (Lond), FRACP) is a consultant interventional endoscopist and Clinical Lead for Luminal and Third-Space Endoscopy at Austin Health in Melbourne, and an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He completed his gastroenterology training at St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo, followed by an advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto. He subsequently served as a consultant interventional endoscopist and Assistant Professor at Showa Medical University in Tokyo before moving to Australia in 2024.

His expertise includes endoscopic submucosal dissection, full-thickness resection, submucosal endoscopy, and endoscopic therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease. He has authored approximately 150 peer-reviewed publications, serves on committees of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, and holds editorial roles with several leading international journals.