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Dr. Yamamoto to provide guidance for global market development.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and TOCHIGI, Japan, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantis Medical Systems, Inc., a technology leader in developing novel chip-on-catheter digital imaging devices, today announced the addition of Hironori Yamamoto, MD, PhD, of Jichi Medical University to the company's Scientific Advisory Board.

"We are privileged that Dr. Yamamoto has elected to join Avantis Medical's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Yamamoto is a renowned gastroenterologist with over 25 years of clinical experience. He will provide us with insight to facilitate global market adoption of the Third Eye(R) Retroscope(R)," said Scott Dodson, president & CEO of Avantis Medical. "Having another internationally acclaimed gastroenterologist join our Scientific Advisory Board is indicative of the excitement in the worldwide gastroenterology community for the demonstrated clinical utility of the Third Eye Retroscope."

Dr. Yamamoto is the chairman and chief of the Department of Endoscopic Research and International Education at Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. He also serves as professor in the Department of Medicine at the University and as the Director of the Endoscopy Center of Jichi Medical University Hospital. Dr. Yamamoto received his MD from Jichi Medical University, and completed post-graduate clinical training in the Kochi Central Hospital. Additionally, he trained in the U.S. at Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, NY), the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and the University of Texas Southwestern (Dallas, TX). He has served on the Boards of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society and the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology and is a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Yamamoto is widely-published on medical endoscopy and is currently an associate editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the official journal
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