PHYSICIAN & RESEARCHER
MD, PhD
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Nagoya University Hospital · Assistant Professor
01 / RESEARCH
My primary research focus is identifying therapeutic targets to control organ injury in secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH). This project was selected by AMED for FY2026, with me as principal investigator.
01 / AMED-SELECTED PROJECT / FY2026
AMED drug discovery research program · Third call
Clinical information-based research on disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets
Principal investigator: Daisuke Kasugai / Lead institution: Nagoya University
Read the AMED selection announcement (Japanese)Investigating coagulation profiles and clinical data to understand the heterogeneity and progression of sepsis-associated coagulopathy.
Studying acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and functional impairment that persists beyond the acute phase of critical illness.
Exploring diagnostic challenges in critically ill patients with conditions that resemble sepsis.
02 / PROFILE
Department of Emergency Medicine
Nagoya University Hospital
Assistant Professor
MD, PhD
03 / PUBLICATIONS
A selection of work across emergency and critical care medicine.
2025The association of hospital-level treatment timing with survival and neurological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Critical Care Medicine · 53: e2025–e2032
A prospective study of recovery after ICU discharge in patients with COVID-19 who received invasive mechanical ventilation.
Scientific Reports · 13: 14529
Investigating relative changes in platelet counts as a measure of the pathophysiology of coagulopathy in sepsis.
Scientific Reports · 11
04 / CONTACT
For research inquiries and potential collaborations.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital
65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan