Background
Asakura, Hitoshi was born on February 21, 1937 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Son of Takeshi and Kito Asakura.
Asakura, Hitoshi was born on February 21, 1937 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Son of Takeshi and Kito Asakura.
Student, Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo, 1963. Doctor of Medicine, Keio Gijuku University, 1968. Postgraduate, Keio Gijuku University, 1968.
Intern Keio Gijuku University Hospital, Tokyo, 1963-1964, medical doctor, 1968-1973. Assistant professor internal medicine Keio Gijuku University School Medicine, 1973-1988. Professor Niigata (Japan) University School Medicine, 1988—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002.
Fellow: American Gastroenterological Association, International College Angiology. Member: Japanese Society Internal Medicine, Japanese Society Gastroenterology, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Hiroko Suzuki, May 18, 1975. Children: Tomoko, Makoto.