Dr. Masaaki Andou began as a pelvic surgeon in 1986 and has performed over 7,000 vaginal hysterectomies. He started laparoscopic surgery in 1997. He has performed more than 8,000 TLH cases and over 1,600 laparoscopic lymphadenectomies for gynecologic malignancies and developed a total laparoscopic radical trachelectomy and nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy. He is currently Director and Head of the Gynecology at Kurashiki Medical Center and is a Clinical Professor at several medical universities in Japan. He is a Visiting Professor at the Thai-German Multi-disciplinary Endoscopic Training Center, Fudan University and Xi'an Jiaotong University. Dr. Andou has published extensively and received numerous awards including 3rd Place, Golden Laparoscopy Award at both the 30th and 31st Annual AAGL meetings, 2nd Place for “Best Surgical Video” at the 32nd and 33rd AAGL Annual Meeting, and First Prize at the 2000 and 2006 ISGE, 2007 ESGE and AAGL Meeting, 2008 AAGL meeting, 2009 ISGE meeting.