Dr. Takaaki Ito (伊藤 孝明)
Clinic Director; Japanese Orthopaedic Association (日本整形外科学会) board-certified orthopedic specialist; JSAS-certified cosmetic surgeon; board-certified anesthesiologist; MD, PhD
Board-certified orthopedic surgery specialist (Japanese Orthopaedic Association); board-certified anesthesiology specialist (Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists); board-certified member, Japanese Society of Plastic Surgeons; aesthetic surgery specialist (Japanese Society of Aesthetic Surgeons, JSAS)
Shirayuri Medical Clinic — Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Background
Takaaki Ito, MD, PhD, directs Shirayuri Medical Clinic (formerly Shirayuri Beauty Clinic, renamed May 2024) in Shinjuku, Tokyo, one of Japan's few dedicated cosmetic and stature limb-lengthening clinics. He is a board-certified orthopedic surgery specialist of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association and holds additional board certification in anesthesiology from the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists, along with board-certified membership in the Japanese Society of Plastic Surgeons and specialist certification from the Japanese Society of Aesthetic Surgeons (JSAS). His clinic offers the full range of lengthening methods marketed in Japan, from internal PRECICE magnetic nails to LON and external ring/monorail fixators.
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