Background
Tanaka, Akira was born on May 22, 1941 in Mikuriya, Nagasaki, Japan. Son of Masaki Mori and Matsue (Kanoh) Tanaka.
Tanaka, Akira was born on May 22, 1941 in Mikuriya, Nagasaki, Japan. Son of Masaki Mori and Matsue (Kanoh) Tanaka.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University Medical School, Fukuoka, Japan, 1967. Division of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Medical School, Fukuoka, Japan, 1974.
Visiting associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1971-1973; instructor, Fukuoka U. Medical School, Fukuoka, 1974-1978; assistant professor neurosurgery, Fukuoka U. Medical School, Fukuoka, 1978-1987; associate professor neurosurgery, Fukuoka U. Medical School, Fukuoka, 1988-1994; professor neurosurgery, Fukuoka U. Medical School, Fukuoka, since 1995. Chief neurosurgery department Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan, since 1985. Sec.gen. International Medical Conference, 1992.
Member Japan Neurosurg. Society, Japan Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism Society (councilor since 1989), International Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism Society.
Married Fumiko Ohbayashi, April 19, 1969. Children: Eri, Mari, Rika.