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Saito Education & Awards
Education & Training
2019-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
2016-2019 PhD Program, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
2012-2016 Fellow in Neonatology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
2009-2012 Resident Physician in Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
2007-2009 Resident Physician in General Medicine, Kiryu Kosei General Hospital, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
2001-2007 MD Program, Gunma University, School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Licensure/Board Certification
2014 Board Certified Neonatologist, Japan
2011 Board Certified Pediatrician, Japan
2011 Instructor of Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Japan
2009 Provider of Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Japan
2008 Provider of Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association
2008 Provider of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, American Heart Association
2007 Provider of Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
2007 Physician's License, Japan
Honors & Awards
2025 JCDD Travel Award, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Switzerland
2025Cardiovascular Section Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee Award (1st place), American Physiological Society, USA
2025 Scientific Research Award, Japan Pediatric Society, Japan
2024 Elaine W. Raines Early Career Investigator Award (finalist), American Heart Association, USA
2024 Medical Research Encouragement Prize, Japan Medical Association, Japan
2024 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), NIH/NHLBI, USA
2024 Promotion Award, The Physiological Society of Japan, Japan
2023 Young Hearts Early Career Investigator Award (finalist), American Heart Association, USA
2023 Congenital Heart Defect Research Award, American Heart Association and Children’s Heart Foundation, USA
2022 AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association, USA
2022 Young Investigator’s Award, Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Japan
2021 JSPS Overseas Research Fellowships, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
2019 Research Award, Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development, Japan
2019 Pediatric Cardiology Award, Japanese Circulation Society, Japan
2019 Research Grant Abroad, Japan Heart Foundation / Bayer Yakuhin, Japan
2018 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2017 Poster Award, the 8th TAKAO International Symposium on Molecular Mechanism of Cardiopulmonary Disease, Japan
2016 Grants-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2011 Senior Resident Award, Tokyo Medical Doctor Academy, Japan
2011 Best Product Award, Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development, Japan