About JPIC society

The Japanese Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Society (JPIC) was founded by Dr. Hirohisa Kato at Kurume University, Dr. Tetsuro Kamiya at the former National Cardiovascular Center (now National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center), Dr. Ryo Ishizawa at the former National Children's Hospital (now National Center for Child Health and Development), and Dr. Kazuo Momma at Tokyo Women's Medical University to investigate Therapeutic Catheterization for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases in our country. The 1st annual meeting was held at the auditorium of National Cardiovascular Center in 1990, while, since then, it has been held once a year, usually in Japan.

The representative secretaries had changed from 4 founders to Dr. Hirohisa Kato, Dr. Shigeyuki Echigo at National Cardiovascular Center, Dr. Ryo Ishizawa, Dr. Kazuo Momma, and Dr. Kiyoshi Baba at Kurashiki Central Hospital, and then to Dr. Shigeyuki Echigo, Dr. Ryo Ishizawa, Dr. Kiyoshi Baba from 2002. On 2007, Dr. Toshio Nakanishi at Tokyo Women's Medical University assumed the secretary general, while Dr. Kenji Hamaoka at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Dr. Hideshi Tomita at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital served as vice secretaries general. At present, the president of the JPIC is Dr. Hideshi Tomita, and vice presidents are Dr. Toshiki Kobayashi at Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, and Dr. Shinichi Ohtsuki at Okayama University from 2011. Around 600 society members are mostly pediatric cardiologists, while, they include general pediatricians, radiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, and adult cardiologists.

JPIC acts as a section of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, while we manage certification system of operators and hospitals for Amplatzer® Septal and Duct Occluder. We have collected and reported annual questionnaire survey for pediatric and congenital therapeutic catheterizations in our country, while nation-wide data base is going to be created at this present.

Office of the executive board

President:

Hideshi Tomita (Yokohama)
Cardiovascular Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital

Vice Presidents:

Toshiki Kobayashi (Saitama)
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center

Shinichi Ohtsuki (Okayama)
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University

Execute board for education:

Satoshi Yazaki (Osaka)
Deparment of pediatric cardiology, National Cerebral Cardiovascular Center

Execute board for investigation:

Sung-Hae Kim (Shizuoka)
Department of Cardiology, Shizuoka Children's Hospital

Auditor:

Yasuo Ono (Shizuoka)
Department of Cardiology, Shizuoka Children's Hospital