<p>Dr. Okada graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (now Institute of Science Tokyo) in 2009. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. In 2017, he received his PhD in Clinical Anatomy. From 2018 to 2021, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Molecular Imaging Branch at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, focusing primarily on photoimmunotherapy research.</p> <p>He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Institute of Science Tokyo. His research centers on photoimmunotherapy and fluorescence imaging. Alongside his clinical practice in head and neck and thyroid surgery, he actively conducts both basic and clinical research.</p>