Kensuke Ishii

Dr. Kensuke Ishii is a Associate Executive Director for Medical Devices and IVD, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). He is a pharmacist and moved to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in 1996. During the period, he worked in Safety Division, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, and in Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau etc. Thereafter, he moved to Medical Device Safety Division, Office of Safety, PMDA for post- marketing safety measures in 2004 and he became a director in Medical Device Safety Division in 2007 and moved to Office of Medical Devices as a review director in 2014. Dr. Ishii holds a PhD in Medical science from Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Yamagata University.