Juntaro Ashikari, MMSc is the Director of the Investigation and Research Division of the Japan Organ Transplant Network. Mr. Ashikari began his professional career as one of the pioneering procurement transplant coordinators at the Japan Organ Transplant Network in 1996 after graduating from the Masterʼs Degree Course in Medical Science of Osaka University Medical School.
Specializing in the field of organ donation and transplantation, Mr. Ashikari has extensive experience in a wide range of areas, including organ donation consent and family support, donor evaluation, extended criteria donors, donation after circulatory determination of death, organ utilization and allocation, transplant recipient registries, data management, and research in organ donation and transplantation.
Juntaro Ashikari is an active board member and contributor to multiple local medical societies and organizations. He also serves on the local organizing committee for the upcoming International Society for Organ Donation Professionals (ISODP) 2025 Kyoto Conference.
Mr. Ashikari has been granted many government-funded research projects, is a regular speaker at national and international organ and tissue procurement and transplantation conferences, and has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific abstracts and papers in Japanese and English. Mr. Ashikari has co-edited and co-authored multiple Japanese textbooks for organ procurement coordinators and healthcare professionals, and also has statistically analyzed Japanʼs organ donation and transplantation data in the Japan Organ Transplant Network Organ Donation and Transplantation Databook.