Welcome Message

　We are pleased to announce that the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition (JSSMN2025) will be held in Tokyo on July 3-4, 2025.
　This society, originally established in 1965 as the Study Group for Postoperative Metabolism and was renamed the Japanese Society for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition (JSSMN) in 1981. In 2025, JSSMN will celebrate its 60th anniversary. With such a rich history and tradition, JSSMN has developed as a forum for academic discussions in this specialized field. I am deeply grateful to the officers and all members of JSSMN for giving me the opportunity to serve as congress president of the annual meeting in this landmark year. To date, four professors from my home department, the Department of Surgery II (currently, the Department of Frontier Surgery / Esophago-Gastrointestinal Surgery), Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, have held annual meetings of JSSMN: the 21st in 1984 chaired by Professor Hiroshi Sato, the 33rd in 1996 chaired by Professor Shohei Ogoshi (Department of Surgery II, Kochi Medical School), the 38th in 2001 chaired by Professor Hiroyuki Hirasawa (Department of Emergency Medicine, Chiba University), and the 49th in 2012 chaired by Professor Shigeto Oda (Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University). 　Although I am far behind the great predecessors who have contributed to the development of JSSMN, as a member of this department, I am deeply honored to undertake this important role and feel a profound sense of duty.

　I graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine in 1985, entered the Department of Surgery II, and studied under the guidance of Professors Sadahito Usui and Akio Sakamoto in the Biochemistry Laboratory founded by Professor Shohei Ogoshi. The first national conference at which I presented my work was the 25th annual meeting of JSSMN in 1988 (chaired by Professor Osahiko Abe). In those days, discussions involved all speakers ascending the stage in each session to debate, and frankly, it was a challenging time for me. However, I was“guided” and encouraged by my seniors at that time, which became a source of strength, I could enjoy “learning” about surgical metabolism and nutrition with many colleagues thereafter. 　I have been involved for a long time in the educational seminars that began in 2010, as described in the History of Our Society section of the society’s recently revamped website, and after being appointed to the Board of Directors in 2014, I was entrusted with the task of “teaching” as the Chairman of the Education Committee of JSSMN, succeeding Professor Shigeto Oda. These experiences have made me realize the need to convey to many medical doctors the importance of general knowledge and research of surgery and emergency medicine. Moreover, team-based medical care has also become essential in this field, requiring not only doctors but also dentists and various medical staff to learn about metabolism and nutrition. Therefore, the theme of this memorial year’s meeting of JSSMN has been set as “Being Guided, Learning, and Teaching: To Pass on Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition”, with the aim of making this event a platform where doctors, dentists and medical staff at all stages of their careers can contemplate the future transmission of knowledge for surgical metabolism and nutrition. We would like to invite you to present your clinical experiences and research results from various fields for vibrant discussions.

　The venue for the 62nd annual meeting, JSSMN2025, will be Schönbach-Sabo in Tokyo, the same venue as the 60th in 2023. We will do our best to prepare for an enjoyable and meaningful meeting for all participants. As usual, the 31st Annual Conference on Cytokine Research in Surgery and Critical Care will be held on July 3 at the same venue, which is easily accessible from all over Japan. We look forward to seeing as many as possible of you in Tokyo.

August 2024