Ichiro Nishimura

Background

Nishimura, Ichiro was born on April 7, 1956 in Tokyo. Son of Shichiro and Tsuneko Nishimura. came to the United States, 1982.

Education

Doctor of Dental Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, 1981; Doctor of Medical Science, Harvard University, 1986; Doctor of Medical Dentistry, Harvard University, 1993.

Career

Resident in prosthetic dentistry, Suidobashi Hospital and Chiba Hospital, Tokyo, 1981-1982; research fellow in prosthetic dentistry, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, 1982-1986; postdoctoral training in molecular biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1986-1989; instructor prosthetic dentistry, Tokyo Dental College, 1981-1982; research fellow in prosthetic dentistry, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, 1982-1986; assistant professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, 1988-1994; associate professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, 1994-1997; research associate, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1986-1988; faculty member, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1990-1993; professor School Dentistry, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1998. Advisor Tokyo Dental College, since 1996. Visiting lecturer Hiroshima (Japan) U., since 1995.

Director biomaterial program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1992-1995, Harvard University, 1993-1995. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, since 1997. Director laboratory of reconstructive, biotechnology Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 1994-1997, director predoctoral research program, 1995-1997, co-director center for reconstructive biomedicine and technical, 1996-1997, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, 1996-1997.

Dir.Weintraub Center, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1998.

Achievements

• Ichiro Nishimura has been listed as a noteworthy Dental educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Dental Research, American Association of Oral Biologists, International Association for Dental Research (finalist E.H. Hatton award 1986, Novice Prosthodontic Research award 1986), International Society for Matrix Biology, Japanese Association of Prosthodontics, Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: music, play and theoretical arts.

Connections

Married Kumiko Kobayashi, April 25,1992. Children: Keitaro Christopher, Teijiro Claude.

Father:

Shichiro Nishimura

Mother:

Tsuneko Nishimura

Spouse:

Kumiko Kobayashi

child:

Keitaro Christopher Nishimura

child:

Teijiro Claude Nishimura