As of March 26, 2019, Nakaguchi has been certified as a technical instructor certified by the Japanese Society of Stroke Surgery.
The Japanese Society of Stroke Surgery launched a technology certification system in 2016.
By securing basic skills related to stroke surgery, this system promotes the training of doctors involved in stroke surgery, promotes the advancement and development of stroke surgery, and improves the standard of care, thereby contributing to the welfare of the nation.
The Japanese Society of Stroke Surgery certifies technically certified stroke surgeons and technical instructors who provide educational guidance to technically certified physicians.
To be certified as a stroke surgical technical instructor, 10 years or more after acquiring a neurosurgery specialist, 100 cases of aneurysm clipping, 20 cases of bypass or CEA, 5 cases of radical vascular malformation, 200 cases of microscopic cerebrovascular disease Surgery experience, 3 or more academic presentations related to stroke surgery at an annual academic meeting (joint academic meeting with stroke society and spasm symposium), and 3 or more papers on stroke in the past 10 years Is required. In this way, stroke surgical technical instructors are certified through a rigorous examination.As of April 2019, 692 technical instructors have been certified, but this is only 9.6 % of the 7,224 neurosurgeons.