Biographical Sketch and Vision Statement for New Governor-elect
Shotai Kobayashi
Date/Place of Birth: 05 November 1946, Izumo, Japan
Education: 1972 MD, Keio University School of Medicine 1981, PhD, Kitasato University School of Medicine
Post Doctoral Training: 1972-77 Residency, Kitasato University Hospital, 1977-79 Fellowship in Neurology, Kitasato University Hospital
Certification: Internal Medicine 1977, Neurology 1978
Present Position: Executive Director of Shimane University Hospital, Trustee of Shimane University (National University Corporation)
ACP Activities: 2001 Fellow, 2003-08 Member, Governor’s Advisory Council, Chair Scientific Program Committee, ACP Japan Chapter, 2008-present Vice President, ACP Japan Chapter
Hospital/Community Service: 2005-present Chairman of Research Ethics Committee, Shimane University Hospital, 2005-present Chairman of Safety and Health Committee, Shimane University Hospital, 2005-present Chairman of Board Certification Committee, Japan Stroke Society, 2008-present Directorate member, Japanese University Director Council, 2009-present President, The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Other Appointments: 1998-present Committee Member, Educational Committee of Shimane Medical Association, 2002-present Trustee of Japan Stroke Association (Head of Stroke Databank)
Areas of Professional Interest/Expertise: Stroke, Neurology, General Internal Medicine, Clinical Education
Vision Statement
ACP Japan chapter is the first and the only chapter outside of the USA. Members of Japan chapter have increased more than threefold since 2003 (312 to 989) by strong leadership of Governor Kurokawa. From now, we will make effort to stimulate Japanese young physicians to be more global and more practical doctor with research mind. Translations of “ACP Internist Weekly” and abstracts of “Annals of Internal Medicine” are posted on our web site. It is useful for residents to update EBM. For the next step, we will collaborate clinical research in ACP Japan, and hope to publish in “Annals of Internal Medicine”. I will hold the next 107th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2010 in Tokyo. I am planning to hold the new “practical life-long educational program” like an ACP program. It should attract medical students and residents to be internists, and stimulate general practitioners.
Page updated: 1/19/2010
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Haruko Miyamoto
Coordinator
ACP Japan Chapter
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Ph: 03-3813-5991
Fax: 03-3818-1556
E-mail: acp@naika.or.jp
Japan Chapter Web site
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, MACP
Japan Chapter Governor
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