Meinoshin Okumura

Meinoshin Okumura is a leading Japanese thoracic surgeon and thymoma expert who has contributed substantially to understanding histological classification of thymoma and its prognostic implications based on the WHO classification system (types A, AB, B1, B2, B3). His large Japanese national thymic tumor database analyses have provided essential epidemiological and outcome data that complement Western experience and inform international guidelines.