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    Takakazu Kawamata, MD, PhD

    Professor and Chair
    Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Takakazu Kawamata, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor and Chair
    Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Education:
    1986 M.D., Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    1994 Ph.D., Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Professional Training, Employment, and Academic Appointments:
    1986-1992 Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute,
    Tokyo Women's Medical University
    1988-2000 Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University
    1994-1997 Research Fellow, Neurosurgical and Neurological Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    2000-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    2006-2007 Assistant Professor and Department Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
    2007-2009 Associate Professor and Department Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
    2009-2013 Professor and Department Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
    2013-2015 Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    2015-present Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Certification:
    1992 Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery

    Memberships and Executives:
    The Japan Neurosurgical Society: Executive Director
    The Japanese Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons
    The Japanese Society of Stroke
    The Japanese Conference on Surgery for Cerebral Stroke
    The Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery
    The Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology
    The Japan Society for Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumors
    The Japan Society for Neuroendoscopy
    The Conference on Neurosurgical Techniques and Tools
    etc.

    Fields of major clinical interests:
    Surgical treatment of brain tumors, including pituitary tumors, meningiomas and schwannomas
    Surgical treatment of cerebrovascular disease, especially ischemic stroke
    Neuroendoscopic surgery
    Minimally invasive neurosurgery
    Development of surgical instruments and equipment

    Fields of major research interests:
    Clinical and basic research of brain tumors, including pituitary tumors, meningiomas and schwannomas
    Clinical and basic research of cerebrovascular disease, especially ischemic stroke
    Basic research of neurotrophic factors and cell death caused by cerebral ischemia

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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