日本小児神経外科学会

Mission Statement

The Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (JSPN) is dedicated to promoting the development of pediatric neurosurgery and progress in related medicine and to enhancing education and training in pediatric neurosurgery.
JSPN also aims to encourage broad communication and friendship among its members and with other related organizations in Japan and abroad.

Greetings from the President

President　Isao DATE
OKAYAMA Univ. Neurosurgery

My name is Isao Date, and I will continue to serve as President of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (JSPN) from May 2021. As in my first term, I look forward to the support and guidance of the society’s members and will strive for the smooth operation and development of the society.

The JSPN was founded in 1972 as a research society, and in 2012, it was transferred under the board of directors. I became the third President in 2019 and am now the current President. During this period, we introduced the Pediatric Neurosurgery Certification System in 2016 and JSPN became a General Incorporated Association in 2017.

Most JSPN members are neurosurgeons and are members of the Japan Neurosurgical Society. JSPN is also a subcommittee of the Japan Neurosurgical Society; therefore, we should function as a subcommittee. I am also a board member of the Japan Neurosurgical Society and a member of the Subcommittee Review Committee, so I would like to serve as a bridge between the two societies.

One of the unique features of JSPN’s management is that each committee has a director in charge and a chairperson. With the election of new officers, there was a partial change in both directors in charge and committee chairs. Under the new structure, the director in charge and chairpersons will continue to manage the society with good communication.

The journal Nervous System in Children has become an online journal, which introduces online submission and online peer review, followed by publication on J-stage. The number of submissions has increased greatly, and we have decided to increase the number of editorial board members to accommodate this increase. As more than one main article is now required to qualify for the Japan Neurosurgical Society’s board examination, as is the case with all journals (especially the Journal of Neurosurgery, which has reported a dramatic increase in the number of submissions), there have been restrictions on surgery and other procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and physicians have had more time to write articles. The increase in the number of submissions is very good for the development of the journal, and we hope that the level of articles will also increase.

The Pediatric Neurosurgery Certification System was introduced in 2016. Now that 5 years have passed for those doctors who became certified in the first phase of the program, an examination for renewal has been conducted. This system was established to raise the level of medical care in pediatric neurosurgery, and we hope that it will continue to be effective. I hope that communication and collaboration among physicians in charge of pediatric neurosurgery will be promoted in various venues through conferences, journals, seminars, etc.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues throughout the year in 2020 and again in 2021. The conference was held independently via the web in 2020, and in 2021 it was held both on site and via the web. Thanks to the cooperation of the meeting president, institutions in charge, and above all, JSPN members, we have kept the number of participants at the same level as in previous years. The number of participants in educational seminars, which were held via the web for the past 2 years, exceeded that of previous years, and the results of the questionnaire survey revealed that many people welcomed the web-based seminar, which allows them to learn repeatedly. We will continue to strive for the further development of our society over the next 2 years, and we look forward to the cooperation of all members.

July 2021

Board Members, Councilors, and Committees

Board Members (Directors・Inspectors)

President：	Isao DATE
Directors：	Takuya AKAI
Directors：	Jun KURIHARA
Directors：	Akira GOMI
Directors：	Shoko SHIMOKAWA
Directors：	Masahiro NONAKA
Directors：	Yukihiko FUJII
Directors：	Young-Soo PARK
Directors：	Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Inspectors：	Toru IWAMA
Inspectors：	Osamu TAKEMOTO
Advisers：	Hajime ARAI
Advisers：	Hiroaki SAKAMOTO

Councilors

Takuya AKAI	Yasuhiko AKIYAMA
Takashi ARAKI	Koji IIHARA
Ryuji ISHIZAKI	Susumu ITO
Satoshi IHARA	Toru IWAMA
Naoyuki OHE	Tatsuki OYOSHI
Hideki OGIWARA	Mihoko KATO
Takakazu KAWAMATA	Atsufumi KAWAMURA
Haruhiko KISHIMA	Toshihiro KUMABE
Jun KURIHARA	Satoshi KURODA
Akira GOMI	Nobuhito SAITO
Ryuta SAITO	Jun SAKUMA
Shoko SHIMOKAWA	Kazuaki SHIMOJI
Osamu TAKEMOTO	Yuzuru TASHIRO
Isao DATE	Yasuyoshi CHIBA
Teiji TOMINAGA	Hiroyuki NAKASE
Kenichi NISHIYAMA	Masahiro NONAKA
Sadahiro NOMURA	Naoya HASHIMOTO
Toshiaki HAYASHI	Yasuhiko HAYASHI
Atsuko HARADA	Yukihiko FUJII
Young-Soo PARK	Keishi MAKINO
Mitsunori MATSUMAE	Nobuhiro MIKUNI
Tadashi MIYAGAWA	Masakazu MIYAJIMA
Susumu MIYAMOTO	Tomoru MIWA
Ai MUROI	Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Atsuo YOSHINO	Kazuhisa YOSHIFUJI

Scientific members
(Members of Committees and Subcommittees)

Asuo AIHARA	Nobuyuki AKUTSU
Ryo ANDO	Masaki IWASAKI
Shinji IWATA	Tetsuji UEMURA
Kenichi USAMI	Masahiro OISHI
Hirokatsu OSAWA	Yutaka OTSUBO
Shigeki ONO	Naoki KAGAWA
Hiroyuki KATANO	Masahiro KAMEDA
Tomomi KIMIWADA	Shigeo KYUTOKU
Noritsugu KUNIHIRO	Michihiro KURIMOTO
Kazuhiko KUROZUMI	Junji KOYAMA
Mari SASANO	Masaki SHINODA
Ichirou SUGIYAMA	Koichiro SUMI
Mayu TAKAHASHI	Hidekazu TANIGUCHI
Ikkei TAMADA	Kentaro CHIBA
Kyoji TSUDA	Hirokazu NAKATOGAWA
Kimiaki HASHIGUCHI	Daisuke HIROKAWA
Kyong Hon POOH	Motoharu FUJII
Ayataka FUJIMOTO	Yasuhiro MATSUSAKA
Yosuke MIYAIRI	Keisuke MIYAKE
Takeshi MIYAZAKI	Nobuya MURAKAMI
Michiharu MORINO	Fumiyuki YAMASAKI
Junji YAMADA	Takumi YAMANAKA
Takamichi YAMAMOTO	Junichi YOSHIMURA
Takafumi WATAYA

Committees

■Editorial committee
Chairperson	Masahiro NONAKA
Vice Chairperson	Hideki OGIWARA
	Kazuhiko KUROZUMI

■Education Committee
Director in Charge	Yukihiko FUJII
Chairperson	Hideki OGIWARA

■International Committee
Director in Charge	Young-Soo PARK
Chairperson	Kazuaki SHIMOJI

■External Relations Committee
Director in Charge	Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Chairperson	Sadahiro NOMURA

■Public Relations Committee
Director in Charge	Shoko SHIMOKAWA
Chairperson	Kazuhisa YOSHIFUJI

■Certification Committee
Director in Charge	Takuya AKAI
Chairperson	Tatsuki OYOSHI

■Academic Research Committee
Director in Charge	Akira GOMI
Chairperson	Jun SAKUMA

■COI committee
Director in Charge	Young-Soo PARK
Chairperson	Atsuko HARADA

■Medical Safety Committee
Director in Charge	Shoko SHIMOKAWA
Chairperson	Toshiaki HAYASHI

■Health Insurance Committee
Director in Charge	Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Chairperson	Kazuhiko KUROZUMI

■Finance Committee
Director in Charge	Yukihiko FUJII
Chairperson	Tomoru MIWA

■General Affairs Committee
Director in Charge	Jun KURIHARA
Chairperson	Satoshi IHARA

Honorary members

Hajime ARAI	Hiroshi ITO
Syunrou ENDO	Shizuo OI
Namio KODAMA	Kiyoshi SAITO
Toshisuke SAKAKI	Hiroaki SAKAMOTO
Osamu SATO	Kiyoshi SATO
Hiromi SATO	Hiroaki SHIGETA
Reizo SHIRANE	Michiyasu SUZUKI
Hiroaki DATE	Tatsuya TANAKA
Masato NAGASAKA	Tatsuya Nagashima
Hiroshi Nishimoto	Akira MATSUMURA
Koreaki MORI	Kouzo MORITAKE
Nobuhito MOROTA	Akira YAMAURA
Akira YOKOTA

Future JSPN Meetings

The JSPN 51st Annual Meeting will be held in Utsunomiya, Japan.
June 9-10, 2023
President： Prof. Akira Gomi (Jichi Children’s Medical Center Tochigi)
Theme： JSPN The Next Step -Towards the world beyond the 50th anniversary
URL：http://jspn2023.umin.jp/index.html
Mail：jspn2023@convex.co.jp

History of JSPN Annual Meetings

	Year	Date	Venue	Chairperson	Theme
1st	1973	May 6	Osaka	Junichi Kawabuchi	Spina bifida cystica, congenital hydrocephalus, and chronic subdural hematoma (effusion) in infant
2nd	1974	June 1	Kobe	Satoshi Matsumoto	Brain and spinal tumors in children
3rd	1975	June 14	Tokyo	Norio Nakamura	Long-term outcomes of diseases associated with pediatric neurosurgery in Japan
4th	1976	June 18-19	Osaka	Syurou Nishimura	Surgery for anomalies of the central nervous system
5th	1977	July 14-15	Tokyo	Tetsuro Miwa	Infection in the central nervous system
6th	1978	May 19-20	Gifu	Kazuki Sakata	1) Pediatric brain trauma 2) Pediatric cerebrovascular disease
7th	1979	May 25-26	Yokohama	Takeo Kuwabara	1) Medulloblastoma 2) Craniopharyngioma 3) Rare brain tumors in children
8th	1980	May 22-23	Nagasaki	Kazuo Mori	Hydrocephalus–its mechanism and treatment
9th	1981	May 28-29	Chiba	Hiroyasu Makino	Intracranial hemorrhage in children (traumatic and nontraumatic)
10th	1982	April 1-2	Kumamoto	Yasuhiko Matsukado	Plasticity of the pediatric central nervous system in neurosurgical treatment
11th	1983	June 9-10	Tokyo	Osamu Sato	Anomalies of the central nervous system in children
12th	1984	May 24-25	Toyama	Akira Takaku	Vascular diseases in pediatric central nervous system
13th	1985	May 16-17	Tsukuba	Yutaka Maki	Pediatric brain tumors
14th	1986	March 26-28	Kochi	Koreaki Mori	Late congenital anomaly in the central nervous system
15th	1987	March 12-14	Tokyo	Kiyoshi Sato	Fundamentals and Clinics of Pediatric Hydrocephalus
16th	1988	May 11-13	Kurume	Shinken Kuramoto	Treatment and long-term outcomes for neural tube defects
17th	1989	May 17-19	Tokyo	Isao Hayakawa	Advances and problems in pediatric neurosurgery
18th	1990	June 6-8	Asahikawa	Yukichi Yonemasu	1) How far have we progressed in the treatment of pediatric malignant brain tumors? 2) Epilepsy treatment in children
19th	1991	May 9-11	Tokyo	Takashi Tsubokawa	1) Pediatric hydrocephalus–Its pathogenesis and treatment 2) Pediatric head injury–Its characteristics and pathogenesis
20th	1992	March 25-27	Kagoshima	Tetsuhiko Asakura	1) Neurology and neurosurgery in embryonic and neonatal periods 2) Brain tumor in infants 3) Chronic subdural effusion in infants
21st	1993	March 31-April 2	Gifu	Hiromu Yamada	Recent advances in pediatric neurosurgery and its limitations 1) Congenital anomaly 2) Tumors 3) Vascular disease 4) New treatment
22nd	1994	May 12-13	Fukushima	Namio Kodama	Pediatric cerebrovascular disease
23rd	1995	May 18-20	Mtsue	Kouzo Moritake	Pediatric neurosurgery, a challenge but a dream and an inspiration 1) Surgery for childhood-onset intractable epilepsy 2) Skulbase surgery in childhood 3) Multimodal treatments for pediatric cerebrospinal tumors
24th	1996	May 23-25	Tokyo	Hiroshi Ito	1) Pathophysiological analysis of hydrocephalus: basic and clinical research 2) Pathophysiological analysis of syringomyelia and hydromyelia with Chiari malformation 3) Adjuvant therapy for medulloblastoma (including PNETs)
25th	1997	May 29-31	Kurume	Takashi Hayashi	Creation, expansion, and development–advances in diagnosis, management, and treatment in pediatric neurosurgery
26th	1998	June 18-20	Chiba	Akira Yamaura	Prologue to the 21st century: Development, growth, and plasticity of the brain; hydrocephalus; head injury; epileptic surgery; etc.
27th	1999	May 13-15	Kitakyushu	Akira Yokota	Abnormalities in the brain and cranial development Pediatric neurosurgery
28th	2000	September 15-17	Awaji	Shizuo Oi	Pediatric neurosurgery in Japan from a global perspective–Challenges and dreams for the 21st century
29th	2001	September 6-8	Shizuoka	Hiromi Sato	Pediatric neurosurgery in the new century, fact, and perspectives
30th	2002	June 6-8	Asahikawa	Tatsuya Tanaka	Advances in functional pediatric neurosurgery into the 21st century
31st	2003	July 2-4	Niigata	Ryuichi Tanaka	Long-term outcomes of pediatric neurosurgical diseases, brain growth, and development
32nd	2004	May 27-29	Saitama	Hiroshi Nishimoto	Re-evaluation of surgical indications and treatments of pediatric neurosurgical diseases
33rd	2005	May 25-27	Nara	Toshisuke Sakaki	Neurosurgery for children’s future
34th	2006	May 31-June 1	Sapporo	Yoshinobu Iwasaki	Collaboration with other fields in pediatric neurosurgery
35th	2007	May 31-June 2	Kisarazu	Hiroaki Date	For the healthy development and growth of children–How can pediatric neurosurgeon contribute?
36th	2008	May 29-30	Tokyo	Hajime Arai	Pediatric neurosurgery in the new era
37th	2009	June 11-12	Osaka	Hiroaki Sakamoto	Theory and practice for total care
38th	2010	June 4-5	Toyama	Shunro Endo	Role of the neurosurgeon in perinatal and pediatric medicine
39th	2011				Cancellation of scientific meetings due to the Great East Japan Earthquake
40th	2012	June 7-8	Okayama	Isao Date	Contribution of surgery to pediatric neurosurgical disorders
41st	2013	June 7-9	Osaka	Mami Yamasaki	Pediatric neurosurgery’s contribution to society–All for the smiles and future of children
42nd	2014	May 29-30	Sendai	Reizo Shirane	Science of pediatric neurosurgery
43rd	2015	June 12-13	Shimonoseki	Michiyasu Suzuki	Realities and challenges of pediatric neurosurgery
44th	2016	June 23-24	Tsukuba	Akira Matsumura	Treatment and evaluation–Our balance and children’s balance
45th	2017	June 2-3	Kobe	Tatsuya Nagashima	Treatment of pediatric brain tumors as childhood cancers
46th	2018	June 8-9	Tokyo	Nobuhito Morota	Pediatric neurosurgery: challenge and complication avoidance
47th	2019	June 14-15	Niigata	Yukihiko Fujii	Treatment of pediatric brain tumors with a focus on life and growth
48th	2020	November 22-23	Matsumoto	Hiroaki Shigeta	Saving the children’s future–Pediatric neurosurgical procedure and team medicine
49th	2021	June 4-5	Fukushima	Kiyoshi Saito	Collaboration with other fields opens up possibilities in pediatric neurosurgery
50th	2022	June 10-11	Gifu	Toru Iwama	Challenges and prospects for pediatric neurosurgery: Considerations at the 50-year milestone