Background
Tamaoka, Akira was born on November 4, 1955 in Nagaokakyo-shi, Japan. Son of Toshio and Hitomi (Kobayakawa) Tamaoka.
Tamaoka, Akira was born on November 4, 1955 in Nagaokakyo-shi, Japan. Son of Toshio and Hitomi (Kobayakawa) Tamaoka.
Doctor of Medicine, University Tokyo, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1989.
Senior resident, National Medical Center Hospital, Tokyo, 1983-1984; chief resident, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, 1984-1985; chief resident, National Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Japan, 1985-1986; research fellow, Tokyo Metro. Institute Gerontology, 1986-1988; research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1989-1992; assistant professor, U. Tsukuba, Japan, 1992-1997; associate professor, U. Tsukuba, Japan, since 1997.
Member Japanese Society Internal Medicine, Japanese Neurological Society, Society for Neurosci., Japan Geriatrics Society.
Married Naoko Murayama, December 14, 1986. Children: Satoshi, Masashi.