Because the Otama ga Ike Vaccination Institute is said to have been the predecessor of Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo, which changed its name first to the School of the Western Medical Science, then School of Medical Science, and other names as the institute expanded, Shunsai is regarded as the first president of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo.
お玉が池種痘所は西洋医学所、医学所等と改称・発展し、東京大学医学部の前身とされるため、俊斎は東大医学部初代総長と見なされている。