Email

yyamaoka@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Professor and Chair

Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine
Oita University Faculty of Medicine
Yufu Japan

Addresses

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Office)

2002 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 794-7597

Education

Advanced Training from Kyoto Prefectural University Of Medicine

01/1997 - Kyoto, Japan

Ph.D. from Kyoto Prefectural University Of Medicine

01/1997 - Kyoto, Japan

Advanced Training from Otsu Municipal Hospital, Otsu

01/1993 - Otsu, Japan

Advanced Training from Kyoto Prefectural University Of Medicine

01/1991 - Kyoto, Japan

M.D. from Kyoto Prefectural University Of Medicine

01/1990 - Kyoto, Japan

Certifications

National Board in Medicine (Japan)

Board Certified Membership for Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

Board Certified Fellow for Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Endoscopy

Board Certified Membership for Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

Board Certified Membership for Japanese Gastroenterology Association

Board Certified Membership for Japanese Society for Microbiology

Honors & Awards

Shoren Award (Best manuscript of the year in the University)

1997

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

First place (Best Presentation in the meeting)

1999

Japanese Society for Helicobacter Research, Uehara Award

Second place (Second best poster presentation at the symposium)

2000

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine Research Symposium

Uehara Award, Second place (Best Presentation in the meeting)

2002

Japanese Society for Helicobacter Research

Feasibility Award

2002

Texas Gulf Coast Digestive Disease Center Pilot

Uehara Award, First place (Best works in the meeting)

2004

Japanese Society for Helicobacter Research

Collaborative Study Funds Award

2004

Texas Gulf Coast Digestive Diseases Center

Kobayashi Rokuzo Award (Best international research in the meeting)

2005

Japanese Society for Helicobacter Research

Professional Interests

• Helicobacter pylori-related gastroduodenal diseases
• Virulence factors of helicobacter pylori
• Immunology of gastroduodenal diseases
• Gastric cancer
• Capsule endoscopy

Websites

Memberships

American Gastroenterology Association Annual Meeting

Abstract Review Committee Member

European Helicobacter Study Group Annual Meeting

Abstract Review Committee Member

United European Gastroenterology Week Meeting

Abstract Review Committee Member

American Gastroenterological Association

American College of Gastroenterology

American Society for Microbiology

Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Endoscopy

Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

Japanese Society for Bacteriology

Japanese Society for Infectious Diseases