Qualifications

• 1995 Graduated from Japan University School of Medicine
• 2003 Traveling Fellow @ Hospital for Special Surgery in NY　
• 2006 Director ofSugimoto Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• 2010 Director, Artificial Joint Center Hospital
• 2010 President of the Young Researchers Study Group on Artificial Joints
• 2016 Advisor to Japan International Medical Cooperation Center
• 2016 Visiting Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Honorary Professor, Harbin Medical University, China (2016)
• 2017 Advisor, Kyushu Medical and Sports College
• 2018 Japan Artificial Joint Society Councilor
• 2019 Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society Board member
• 2020 Personalized Arthroplasty Society Executive Board member

Board Certifications and Affiliations

• American Academy of Orthopaedics Surgeons (AAOS)
• International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA)
• International Congress of Joint Replacement（ICJR)
• Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society (APAS)
• The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA)
• Japan College of Rheumatology
• Japanese Society for Joint Diseases
• Japanese Society of Clinical Sports Medicine
• The Eastern Japan Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• The Kanto Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology
• The Japanese Society for Replacement Arthroplasty
• The Japanese Knee Society

General Information

Professor Sugimoto is a leading surgeon in the Orthopedic Surgery with highly respected academic excellence and he has been actively involved in training healthcare professionals, Dr. Sugimoto, is the president of Sonoda Joint Replacement Center Hospital (SJRC)in TOKYO. He has excellent surgical technique for TKA& UKA &THAand Sports Medicine, and has good reputation from various kinds of athletes, football players, professional Boxer, Sumo wrestler, and Professional Golfer. SJRC is a leading medical institution in the field of the Orthopedic Procedure in Japan and has been involved heavily in training foreign fellows from India, Taiwan, Mongolia, and China. Furthermore, he was honored as one of the top 10 surgeons worldwide by the Orthopedics Company of Johnson & Johnson.

Dr. Sugimoto’s team have been performed Knee and Hip replacement surgery 1400 cases & 500 Sports medicine every year (2005-2023) Totally over 20,000cases. For the Knee replacement, he always performs TKA with MIS technique　and KOL of Kinematic Alignment, PSI or Navigation　Robotic Surgery in Japan.

Received Best Doctor Award in 2010-2019.