Fumihito Ito, Postdoctoral fellow

[Japanese version]

Dr. Fumihito Ito joined our department as a graduate student in October 2015 and earned a PhD in medicine degree in March 2020. Dr. Ito was born in 1981 and has lived in Chiba Prefecture. Dr. Ito graduated from Fukushima Medical University, Faculty of Medicine and earned a MD degree in 2007.

Dr. Ito worked as an anesthesiology and emergency physician in Fukushima Prefecture. In the past, he has participated in several multicenter registries for emergency and intensive care, including severe sepsis registry in the Tohoku region. That opportunity motivated him to analyze these data from a variety of angles. While looking for a way to learn the methodology of such analysis, he discovered and enrolled in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University. During his graduate student years, his research on traffic trauma caused by occupants of cars had enough impact on Japan to attract the attention of both newspapers and healthcare media. Dr. Ito will definitely continue to contribute to healthcare through delivery of clinical research.

[Academic affiliations and certifications]
Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (Board certified acute care physician)
Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (Board certified anesthesiologist)
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (Board certified member)
Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine

[Residency and clinical experience]
2007-　Junior resident, Fukushima Prefectural Aizu General Hospital
2009-　Department of General medicine, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital
2011-　Center for emergency and critical care & Anesthesiology, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital
2019-　Assistant professor, Anesthesiology department, International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW) Ichikawa Hospital

【Grants】

Grant for Research Support of Fukushima Medical University (Principal investigator)

【Selected papers: clinical research】

1. Takahashi S, Naganuma T, Kurita N#, Omae K, Ohnishi T, Yoshioka T, Ito F, Takeshima T, Fukuma S, Hamaguchi S, Fukuhara S. (#corresponding author)

   Social Isolation/Loneliness and Tooth Loss in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Sukagawa Study

   地域在住高齢者における社会的孤立・孤独感と歯の喪失の関係： 須賀川研究

   Innovation in Aging 2023; 7: 1-8. doi:10.1093/geroni/igad065

   フレイル/frailty福島の研究/fukushima2023年住民の健康/population health老年医学/geriatrics

   須賀川市の後期高齢者4645名を対象に、孤独感、社会的孤立と口腔内の健康との関連を横断的に調査しました。社会的孤立よりも孤独感の方が、歯の喪失や歯磨き頻度の低下と関連しました。総合内科の高橋世先生が着想し、長沼透先生と一緒に論文化されました。主指導教員は、研究デザインと解析論文化でコミットしました。臨床研究イノベーションセンターのOBの努力の恩恵を受けて行うことができた研究です。
   

2. Naganuma T*, Takahashi S*, Takeshima T, Kurita N, Omae K, Yoshioka T, Ohnishi T, Ito F, Fukuma S, Hamaguchi S, Fukuhara S, and the Sukagawa Study Group (*equally contributed).

   Cohort Profile: A super-elderly population-based cohort in Japan (the Sukagawa Study)

   コホートプロファイル：日本の超高齢集団に基づくコホート(須賀川研究)

   International Journal of Epidemiology 2021; 50: 727-727h. doi:10.1093/ije/dyaa285

   福島の研究/fukushima2021年住民の健康/population health健康関連QOL/HRQOL老年医学/geriatrics
3. Omae K, Kurita N, Takeshima T, Naganuma T, Takahashi S, Yoshioka T, Onishi T, Ito F, Hamaguchi S, Fukuhara S, and The Sukagawa Study Group.

   Significance of Overactive Bladder as a Predictor of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults - One Year Follow-up of the Sukagawa Study

   地域在住の高齢者における転倒の予測因子としての過活動性膀胱の意義

   The Journal of Urology 2021; 205: 219-225. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000001344

   下部尿路症状/LUTS予測モデル/prediction models福島の研究/fukushima転倒・骨折/fall & fracture2021年住民の健康/population health健康関連QOL/HRQOL整形外科学/orthopedics泌尿器科学/urology老年医学/geriatrics
4. Ito F, Tsutsumi Y, Shinohara K, Fukuhara S, Kurita N#. (#corresponding author)

   Vehicle configurations associated with anatomical-specific severe injuries resulting from traffic collisions

   前面衝突事故の時には車の前面形状の違いが外傷重症度の違いに影響する

   PLoS ONE 2019; 14: e0223388. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223388

   交通医学/traffic medicine福島の研究/fukushima2019年住民の健康/population health救急医学/emergency medicine

   車はエンジンの位置の違いにより、「鼻のある」ボンネット型と､「鼻のない」キャブオーバー型のトラックおよびワゴンに分けられます。正面衝突事故で救急搬送された軽自動車の乗員943名を対象としたコホート研究により、四肢骨盤が重症化する可能性は、ボンネット型と比較して、トラックの場合に調整オッズ比で2.2倍、ワゴンの場合に3.4倍高くなることが明らかとなりました。また、頭部頸部が重症化する可能性は、ボンネット型と比較して、トラックの場合に調整オッズ比で2.0倍高くなることもわかりました。大学院生の伊藤 文人先生と一緒に主指導教員が研究を着想し、解析論文化を指導しました。福島県にも還元しうる知見を得ました。太田西ノ内病院の篠原一彰先生、救急医で交通外傷に詳しい堤悠介先生、福原先生のお蔭でもありますため、筆頭著者・主指導教員ともにこの機会を頂いたことに大変感謝しております
   

5. Omae K, Yamamoto Y, Kurita N, Takeshima T, Naganuma T, Takahashi S, Ohnishi T, Ito F, Yoshioka T, Fukuhara S, and The Sukagawa Study Group

   Gait speed and overactive bladder in the healthy community-dwelling super elderly — The Sukagawa Study

   健康な地域在住超高齢者における歩行速度と過活動膀胱：須賀川研究

   Neurourology and Urodynamics 2019; 38: 2324-2332. doi:10.1002/nau.24148

   下部尿路症状/LUTS福島の研究/fukushima2019年住民の健康/population health整形外科学/orthopedics泌尿器科学/urology老年医学/geriatrics

［ Selected conference presentation ］
Fumihito Ito, Yusuke Tsutsumi, Kazuaki Shinohara, Shunichi Fukuhara, Noriaki Kurita.
Is the traffic trauma caused by passengers in a "noseless" car more severe? - A comparative cohort study of cab-over and bonnet vehicles
The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, Nov 19-21, 2018, Yokohama (O08-2)
Introduced in Nikkei Medical. [The shape of the car's "nose" makes a difference in the body-specific severity of traffic trauma]
Featured in the Yomiuri Shimbun. [The shape of the vehicle affects the degree of injury. Yomiuri Shimbun, Fukushima Edition. Daily, January 14, 2019, page 23.]