Yusuke OSHIMA

Dr. Oshima graduated from Osaka University Medical School (1992) and completed his residency and fellowship in vitreous-retina and cataract surgery at Osaka University Hospital. He is currently the founder and director of the Seiyukai Medical Corporation which consists of four vitreoretinal and cataract surgery centers in Osaka, Japan. He also serves as a visiting professor of ophthalmology at Nankai University Medical School in Tianjin, China. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers published in Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, and other respected publications, and has presented in a large number of international congresses and conducted many international invitational lectures throughout Asia and Europe, and performed live surgery demonstrations in China, Singapore, Germany, Egypt, India, and Australia. He has pioneered a 27-gauge vitrectomy system and several small gauge chandelier fibers for micro-incision vitrectomy surgery. He has also developed the chandelier retro-illumination assisted phaco-surgery technique for cataract complicated with severe corneal haze. He has received Grand Prix of the Japan Pfizer Ophthalmic Surgery Film Award in 2008, Winner of the film award from the APACRS in 2009, Best of Show in the video presentation from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2009, the Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2010 and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2018. He has been selected as the inductee of the Retina Hall of Fame 2020/2021 class.