4. • He graduated from ‘Keio University School of
Medicine’, Tokyo in 1952 and joined the Thoracic
surgery department.
• Professor Ikeda’s personal experience as a
tuberculosis patient in his medical school days
motivated him to pursue career in pulmonology and
thoracic surgery.
5. • His supreme devotion to the study of lung diseases ultimately
led him to develop the flexible bronchoscope and devise
clinical applications for it.
• In 1966, he developed the first flexible fiberoptic
bronchoscope in conjugation with Machida endoscope Co. ltd
and Olympus optical Co.’ ltd.
• This introduction revolutionized the study of respiratory
system and the ailments that affected it.
• The physical principles applied during the evolution of flexible
bronchoscope were translated eventually to other
developments such as duodenal endoscope, mediastinoscope,
cholangioscope and other fiberoptic instruments.
6. • He was instrumental in the early work of the development
of the video bronchoscope, medical video imaging,
application of holography to teach anatomy,
bronchography and bronchoscopic diagnosis and therapy
of bronchogenic cancer.
• Based on his extensive research experience, Professor
Ikeda classified the tracheobronchial anatomy and named
the bronchi down to the subsegmental level.
7. • Chief of the Division of Bronchoesophagology .
• Chairman of the Department of Endoscopy.
• During the mid 1970s, he founded the World Association for
Bronchology and thus began the formal teaching of topics in
Interventional Pulmonology.
• His organisation of Biennial World Congresses for
Bronchology brought together the leaders in Interventional
Pulmonology to discuss the latest developments in the field.
8. • He was the recipient of many prestigious awards and
honors bestowed on him by many nations and
institutions. His presence at scientific meetings
produced an electrifying aura.
• In his autobiography, “NEVER GIVE UP”, professor
Ikeda states , ‘I hope that I should try to live as long
as possible without fear for the death, with the best
understanding of my clinical condition and should do
as much work as I can do for the public.’
9. His motto was “there is more hope
with the bronchoscope”
