Akihiro Kakehashi

Background

Kakehashi, Akihiro was born on January 20, 1956 in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Jiro and Yoshiko (Sakurai) Kakehashi.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Minami Kawachi, Tochigi, Japan, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan, 1994.

Career

Research associate, Asahikawa Medical College, 1983-1986, 92-94; chief ophthalmologist, Wakkanai Municipal Hospital, Japan, 1986-1989; medical fellow, Eye Research Institute, Boston, 1989-1992; medical fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1991-1992; chief ophthalmologist, Nemuro Municipal Hospital, Japan, since 1994.

Achievements

• Akihiro Kakehashi has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japan Ophthalmological Society, Japan Ophthalmologist Association, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Academy Ophthalmology.

Interests

• Avocation: golf.

Connections

Married Akiko Kakehashi, September 13, 1986;children: Mizuha, Hiromi.

Father:

Jiro Kakehashi

Mother:

Yoshiko (Sakurai) Kakehashi

Spouse:

Akiko Kakehashi

child:

Hiromi Kakehashi

child:

Mizuha Kakehashi