2009 Governors-elect Candidates' Bios and Vision Statements
The ballots for the current Governors-elect election have been mailed. Members can vote via telephone at 1 800 218 4026 (US only), online or mail. You will need your mailed ballot for your ACP Number and PIN in order to make a vote.
Below are the bios and vision statements of the candidates that are running in this election. The deadline for submitting ballots is November 26, 2009 at 12 midnight CT. Please be sure to vote!
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.
Keishi Kubo
Date/Place of Birth: July 9, 1948, Japan
Education: 1968 - 1974 Shinshu University School of Medicine
Post Doctoral Training: 19874 - 1975 Resident, Shinshu University Hospital, 1975 - 1976 Resident (general medicine) Omachi City Hospital, Nagano Prefecture, Japan; 1976 - 1981 Fellowship (respiratory disease), Shinshu University Hospital; 1981 - 1988 Assistant Lecturer, Shinshu University School of Medicine; 1988 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Shinshu University School of Medicine; 1999 - present Professor of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine; 2006 - present Dean of Shinshu University School of Medicine
Certification: Japanese National Board of Medical Examiners Certification & Medical License June 7, 1974
Present Position: Dean of Shinshu University School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Chairman, the First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine; the Director of Shinshu University Respiratory Center, Shinshu University Hospital
ACP Activities: Specialist of Internal Medicine of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (FJSIM), #01967, December 18, 1992; Member of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, November 1, 2000; Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), January 1, 2004
Hospital/Community Service: I am working as a physician and specialist of respiratory medicine at the Shinshu University Hospital. I support the management of hospital as Director of Respiratory Center. I supervise the education and research for the staff of my laboratory, and I am also working to educate, research, and manage the School of Medicine, Shinshu University, as Dean
Other Appointments: I have educated medical students, residents, and senior residents for pulmonary medicine specialists. My faith for medical education is that to be a good clinician is essentially necessary as well as a good teaching method. I have also supported to solves the problems of the medical treatment of Japan through the cooperation between us and the local medical fraternities, the health administration of Nagano Prefecture, the area hospitals and resident's representative
Areas of Professional Interest And Expertise: Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, especially lung injury, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, pulmonary circulation
Vision Statement
It is my honor to have been chosen as a candidate in the election for Governor-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Chair of the Japan Chapter. When elected as Governor, I will do my best to develop the Japan Chapter of ACP. The medical treatment of Japan has now fallen into crisis situation; collapses of community health and emergency medicine, an increase in medical accidents, and so on. To combat this situation, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and the Japan Chapter of ACP have to play the increasingly vital role. The ACP members should have the great discernment and knowledge in internal medicine and practice. By supporting the activities of ACP and its members, I hope to contribute the development of the medical treatment of Japan.
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Contact Information
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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