Dr. Furuse is a renowned global expert in gastrointestinal medical oncology with speciality in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer. He is currently the current president of the Kanagawa Cancer Center in Yokohama Japan. Previously he was professor of in the Department of Medical Oncology, Kyorin University School of Medicine. Prior to this he was the Chief physician, Inpatient Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East and a Research fellow at Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA). He graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine and obtained his Ph.D there.

He is on the council for the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology and the Japan Pancreas Society and a board-certified specialist and supervisor in the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology. Dr Furuse is active at the forefront of oncological research. He sits on a variety of expert committees guiding oncological approaches in Japan and his laboratory at Kyorin University School of Medicine has contributed widely to investigatory and combinatorial approaches for the treatment of cancer. He is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology; the European Society for Medical Oncology; and the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA). He has also been a technical advisor to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Japan.