{"entity":{"id":"yasuharu-nakashima","kind":"person","name":"Yasuharu Nakashima","aka":[],"tldr":"Orthopaedic surgeon who became Director of Kyushu University Hospital in Fukuoka in April 2026 after eight years as a vice director.","summary":"Yasuharu Nakashima (中島康晴) is Hospital Director of Kyushu University Hospital in Fukuoka, the university's principal teaching hospital, according to the hospital's leadership list dated 1 April 2026. He is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Kyushu University, a post he has held since 2016, with clinical interests in hip surgery, total hip arthroplasty, rheumatoid arthritis and paediatric orthopaedics. In his director's greeting he notes that he served as a vice director from 2018, including through the COVID-19 pandemic, before taking the top post.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: Kyushu University Hospital leadership list, 1 April 2026","url":"https://www.hosp.kyushu-u.ac.jp/uploads/file/articles/16324.pdf"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","orthopaedics"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["kyushu-university-hospital"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Hospital Director (病院長) of Kyushu University Hospital","institutionId":"kyushu-university-hospital","specialisms":["Orthopaedic surgery","Hip surgery","Hospital management"],"profiles":[{"label":"Director's greeting (Japanese)","url":"https://www.hosp.kyushu-u.ac.jp/info/aisatsu_20260401/"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Nakashima+Y%5BAuthor%5D+AND+Kyushu+orthopaedic"}],"papers":[{"title":"Development of a clinical prediction score for perioperative complications following metastatic spinal surgery (PERCOM) score","journal":"Heliyon","year":2024,"doi":"10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25180"},{"title":"Tumor-induced osteomalacia caused by a massive phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor of the acetabulum: A case report","journal":"Modern Rheumatology","year":2016,"doi":"10.3109/14397595.2016.1173322"}]},"route":"/people/yasuharu-nakashima/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"kyushu-university-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Kyushu University Hospital","route":"/institutions/kyushu-university-hospital/"}]}}