Study Group

The ICU LIBERATION Study Group

Principal Investigator

Kensuke NakamuraMD, PhDDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Core team member

Tadahiro GotoMD, MPH, PhD1. TXP Medical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
2. Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
3. Department of Health Data Science, Graduate School of Data Science, Yokohama City University
Yohei OkadaMD, PhDDepartment of Preventive Services, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Shunsuke TaitoPT, PhDDepartment of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Hideaki SakuramotoRN, PhDDepartment of Critical care and Disaster Nursing, Japanese Red Cross Kyushu
International College of Nursing, Oita, Japan
Hajime KatsukawaPT, PhDJapanese Society for Early Mobilization, Tokyo, Japan
Keibun LiuMD, PhDICU Collaboration Network (ICON), Tokyo, Japan

Research Office member

Daisuke KasugaiMDDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Kenzo IshiiMD, PhDDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Unit, Fukuyama City Hospital
Shuhei IkeguchiRNSurgical and Medical Intensive Care Unit, Fukuyama City Hospital
Akamatsu ShogoRNSurgical and Medical Intensive Care Unit, Fukuyama City Hospital
Hamaguchi NozomiRNSurgical and Medical Intensive Care Unit, Fukuyama City Hospital
Yasunari MoritaMDDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, 4-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0001, Japan
Shinichi WatanabePT, PhDDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, 4-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0001, Japan
Tomoya NanbaPTDepartment of Rehabilitation,Kindai University Nara Hospital,Nara,Japan
Jun ShiroyamaPTDepartment of Rehabilitation,Kindai University Nara Hospital,Nara,Japan
Ryo KozuPT, PhD1. Department of Physical Therapy Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
Masatoshi HanadaPT, PhD1. Department of Physical Therapy Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
Hiroki NaguraPT, MSc1. Department of Physical Therapy Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
Tsubasa WatanabePT, MSc1. Department of Physical Therapy Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

National Coordinator/Regional Leader


Eugene Wesley Ely
MD, MPH1. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
2. Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA

Jayachandran Balachandran 
M.PhtyRehabilitation Department, Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore

Chi Ryang Chung
M.D.Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Mohan Gurjar
M.D.Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow (UP)226014, India

Pauline Y Ng
M.D., Ph.D.1. Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong;
2. Department of Adult Intensive Care, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Richardo Kenji Nawa
PTDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Tomasz Zwoliński 
PT, PhD1. Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland 
2. Physiotherapy Department, University Clinical Center, Gdansk, Poland

Stefan Schaller
MDDepartment of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Patsaki Irini
MSc, PhDClinical Respiratory and Cardiovascular Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica

Bernat Planas Pascual
PTRespiratory Physiotherapist | Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Unit (UFiTO). Vall d’Hebron University Hospital 

Muhammed Elhadi
MBBChFaculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya

Ileana Lulic 
MD, FERCDepartment of anaesthesiology, critical care and pain medicine, Clinical Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia

Abdullahi S Ibrahim 
Intensive care Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching hospital 

Adi Hadzibegovic
MD1. University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

Serck Nicolas
MDIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, 1340 Ottignies, Belgium

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LIBERATION Study Research Office

The Japanese Society for Early Mobilization
LIBERATION Study Steering Committee
Plarail Building, 1-2-12, Kudan-kita 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan
Phone:+81-3-3556-5585

If you have any questions, please contact the below.
E-mail:  liberation-office@googlegroups.com