Abstract
Thirty-eight years have passed since I joined to the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Juntendo University, which had been established as the first Department of Pediatric Surgery in Japan.The establishment of the identity of Pediatric Surgery not only at Juntendo but also in Japan has been the main theme throughout my career. During this period, Pediatric Surgery has advanced tremendously, including neonatal surgery, biliopancreatic surgery, liver transplantation, oncological surgery, urogenital surgery and endosurgery and others.
Now the identity of Pediatric Surgery has almost been established now, although there remain some problems, for example, the regionalization of Pediatric Surgery is not yet well established in Japan.
