About Dr. Hiromi Shinya

Message from Dr. Hiromi Shinya
	“You are what you eat.” “What you eat makes your body and your health depends on the food you eat.” I have examined more than 300,000 people’s stomachs and intestines for 35 years and realize that our health depends largely on our dietary life. And from my experiences I would like to teach you healthy, dietary habits to help you enjoy your life! Hiromi Shinya, M.D.
About Dr. Hiromi Shinya Dr. Hiromi Shinya designed and developed a life-saving medical tool for the endoscopic treatment of polyps. Without requiring use of surgery, his revolutionary “Shinya Method” has become widely used in colonoscopies, the standard screening for the leading, non-tobacco related cancer killer in the US, colon cancer. Dr. Shinya is world renowned in performing intestinal-related procedures, and is known to have examined more than 300,000 stomachs and large intestines, and has performed nearly 100,000 polypectomies.

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1935	Born in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Japan
1960	Worked for Yokosuka US Army hospital as an intern after graduating from Juntendo University School of Medicin
1963	Visited the United States and worked as a surgical resident at Beth Israel Hospital
1967	Began to use gastro camera fiberscope as a senior resident
1968	Began to use colon fiberscope as a chief resident
1969	Removed large intestine polyps without surgery (The first in the world!)
1971	Reported a paper on polypectomy at American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1972	Became an assistant professor of surgery at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and a director of endoscopy at Beth Israel hospital.
1981	Became a professor of surgery at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. (until 1994)
1994	Became the professor of surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the head of the endoscopic center of Beth Israel Hospital. Became Vice-chairman of Japanese Medical Association in USA.
Present	Dr. Shinya continues to lead a very busy office practice.