Dr. Ito received his MD and PhD from the Shiga University in Japan. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Tumor Immunology at the University of Michigan in 2003. His general surgery residency was obtained at the University of Washington Medical Center (2003-2005) and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (2005-2008). He then completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, and joined the General Surgery faculty at the University of Michigan in 2011. He is board certified in General Surgery.