Dr. Tasuku Takadera

Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Phone: 519.685.8500

Dr. Tasuku Takadera is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Staff Physician and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Faculty at Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, and an Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. He joined the department in October 2025.

He graduated from Niigata University School of Medicine in 2011 and completed his initial postgraduate clinical training and pediatric residency in Japan by 2016, followed by a pediatric critical care fellowship at Kobe Children’s Hospital in 2018 and additional training in adult emergency medicine, prehospital care, and radiology. He is board certified in both pediatrics and emergency medicine and earned a Master of Science in Paediatric Emergency Medicine in 2021.

After coming to Canada in 2023, Dr. Takadera completed fellowships in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Simulation at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. He also holds the Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) credential in Pediatric Sonography. His interests include POCUS in simulation-based education, ultrasound in resuscitation, and global outreach.