Our desire is to support you because we know what it’s like in the field.
Vitaars provides remote consultations with highly trusted intensive care physicians and certified intensive care nurses.

We have registered 51 doctors and 54 nurses as a cooperating staff (as of January 2023).

In addition, Vitaars’ members possess a wide range of expertise. The members include not only medical professionals but also people with significant experience and expertise in the medical industry, new business startups, and management. As Vitaars, aim to provide the best medical care to people around the world and work together every day to fulfill this mission.

As a company that pursues innovation while being involved in healthcare, we believe it is important to display high ethical standards, professionalism, curiosity, and be unafraid to seek change.

Furthermore, we value the diverse personalities of each of our members. We aim to create an environment where each individual can grow and maximize their abilities through respect, acceptance, and collaboration.

We are convinced that these values will lead to the growth of our company.

Tomoyuki Nakanishi
CEO / Medical Doctor / Ph.D

After acquiring extensive experience in cardiovascular surgery, anesthesiology, and emergency and intensive care, our CEO started his own business to solve the problems that arose due to the nationwide shortage of intensive care units and specialists.

Shingo Moriguchi
Director of Medical Support Dept.

Certified Nurse in Intensive Care. Joined the company in 2019, after working at several hospitals, including Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto Medical Center, and Shiga General Hospital.

Kenji Ichimura
Nurse

Has been a licensed nurse since 2001. Worked in the emergency center and ICU at Nippon Medical School Hospital and other hospitals. Joined the company in 2022.

Minami Yuki
Nurse

Has been a licensed nurse since 2014. After working in medical administration and medical assistance, has worked in the operating room, general, and long-term medical care wards. Joined the company in 2021.

Tomohiko Kamikawa
Nurse

Has been a licensed nurse since 1998. He is certified in Emergency Nursing and is a Critical Certified Nurse Specialist. Worked in lifesaving centers and ICUs. Joined the company in 2022.

Makoto Uchiyama
Doctor

After graduating from A.T. Still University, School of Medicine, he worked at Oregon Health and Science University and Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. He currently works as an intensivist at Aloha Critical Care Associates in Hawaii, USA. While primarily performing clinical practice in Oahu, he is also involved in a remote ICU in Kauai. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at Washington State University, School of Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Hawaii, Department of Internal Medicine. He also teaches junior physicians. Since 2019, he has been participating in remote ICUs and conferences with overseas ICU teams as an advisor to the company.

Yoshihiko Konoike
Doctor

After graduating from Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, he worked at the Department of Pediatrics at Kurume University Hospital as an Assistant Professor, the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, the Department of Anesthesiology at Nagano Children’s Hospital, and the Department of Pediatric Critical Care at Hyogo Prefectural Children’s Hospital. In 2020, he joined Vitaars, where he serves as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). He has also participated in the JICA COVID-19 project to strengthen intensive care capabilities using remote technology during the pandemic. In 2024, he founded “Smile Clinic,” which provides home medical care for children requiring specialized medical attention.
He is certified as an Intensive Care Physician by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and as a Specialist in Pediatrics by the Japan Pediatric Society.

Yuki Nakagawa
Doctor

Worked at Kyoto University Hospital, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, and Yokohama Rosai Hospital. Joined the company in 2021 as assistant to CEO and expert in the JICA project to strengthen our intensive care capacity using tele-technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded NPO AYA in 2022. He also serves as an Advisor to the Patient Support Division of M3 Inc. He is a part-time physician at the Fuji Town Medical Center and the Hosoya Dialysis Clinic, and an industrial physician (in charge of a total of 10 companies). He is an operating member of the Institute for Healthcare Leadership/IHL and a representative of AYA—a non-profit organization.

Morio Suzuki
Doctor

Worked at Kawakita General Hospital and Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center Emergency Center. Certified as an Acute Care Physician and Intensive Care Physician. He then in the ICU and the Blood Purification Department of Kawakita General Hospital, and served as the head of the hospital’s Critical Care Unit during the COVID-19 pandemic. He provided care to patients with severe COVID-19 in Okinawa Prefecture. He is board member of Suzuki Urology. He holds a DELE (International Spanish Certificate) B2 and has participated in our JICA project on Latin American Affairs since 2021.

Naohiro Hagawa
Doctor

After his initial residency at Fukui Prefectural Hospital, he worked in emergency and critical medicine as an Acute Care Physician at emergency centers and secondary hospitals in Osaka Prefecture. Subspecializes in Diagnostic Imaging. Since 2015, he has been working in the Department of Medical Quality and Safety Management at the University Hospital / Graduate School of Medical Safety Management, where he studied operational and organizational improvement theory and practice. He joined Mediva, Inc in 2020 while working as an emergency physician. Currently, as a physician and consultant for the company, he supports the emergency department operations of several hospitals and assists in developing and implementing emergency medicine strategies. He has been a shift doctor since 2021 and consultant since 2022.

Daisuke Tsukahara
Nurse

Has been a licensed nurse since 2000. Certified as an Intensive Care nurse. Worked at Ome Municipal General Hospital and Kyorin University Hospital. After completing his master’s degree in nursing in 2012, he has been engaged in certified nurse education as a faculty member of the Intensive Care Department at the Japan Nursing Association Training Institute. At the same time, he also worked to promote the Certified Nurse Practitioner system and the Specific Practice Training for Nurses. After working at Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, he joined the company in 2020 as a specified medical acts training supervisor. In 2021, he established Quamed to support training institutions for specified medical acts.

Tsuyoshi Ito

M. Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Joined JAFCO in April 2003, and became the Head of Industry-Academia Collaboration Investment Group in 2008. He leads the support and investment activities for the commercialization of seed-stage university-originated technology seeds. In August 2014, he founded Beyond Next Ventures Inc. and became its President and Representative Director. Currently, he serves as an outside director for several portfolio companies and a visiting associate professor at Nagoya University and Hiroshima University. He has served as a member of startup-related committees and reviewers for the Cabinet Office and various ministries and agencies, and joined Vitaars in 2019 as an external director.