Dr Taro Kono
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Taro Kono, MD, PhD is Professor and Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan, and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Nippon University.
He obtained his MD from the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, and completed residency training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, followed by surgical training at Metropolitan General Hospital. He later received his PhD from Tokyo Women’s Medical University.
Dr. Kono is the 10th President of the Japanese Society of Dermatologic Surgery and serves as a board member of multiple professional societies, including the Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, the Japan Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Japanese Society of Hemangiomas, and the Japanese Society of Medical Artmake. He has been appointed Congress President of the 2027 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine.
He is an Associate Editor of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and Lasers in Medical Science. Dr. Kono is a Fellow of the American Society of Laser Surgery and Medicine and a member of international and national societies in plastic, reconstructive, aesthetic, and laser medicine.
