Hiroshi Takita

Background

Takita, Hiroshi was born on August 18, 1930 in Tokyo.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Keio U., Tokyo, 1954; Doctor of Science in Medicine, Keio U., Tokyo, 1960.

Career

Intern, 6407th United States Air Force Hospital Tachikawa, Tokyo, 1954-1955; intern, Rochester (New York) General Hospital, 1955-1956; surgical resident, Beverly (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1956-1957, 60-61; chief resident surgery, Beverly (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1963-1964; fellow cancer research Kitasato Institute Infectious Diseases, Keio U., Tokyo, 1958-1960; resident pathology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1964-1965; resident thoracic surgery, Kingston (Ontario) General Hospital, 1965-1966; resident thoracic surgery, VA Medical Center, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1966-1968; surgical resident, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1961-1963; cancer research thoracic surgeon department thoracic surgery and oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1968-1971; associate chief department thoracic surgery and oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1971-1982; acting chief department thoracic surgery and oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1982-1983; chief department thoracic surgery and oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1983-1987; chief department surgical oncology division thoracic surgery and oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, since 1987. Research associate professor surgery department surgery State University of New York, Buffalom 1979, 92, 93;research assistant professor experimental pathology, 1980. Active operating room committee Roswell Park Cancer Institute, cardiac transplant review committee Buffalo General Hospital.

Achievements

• Hiroshi Takita has been listed as a noteworthy Thoracic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Surgeons. Member American Federation Clinical Research, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, International Association Study of Lung Cancer, Society Thoracic Surgeons (J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper award 1988), Society Surgical Oncology, Upstate Society Thoracic Surgeons, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Buffalo Surgical Society.