Katsutaro Shimaoka

Background

Shimaoka, Katsutaro was born on September 4, 1931 in Nara, Japan. Son of Shigekichi and Shizue (Kishimoto) Shimaoka. came to the United States, 1956.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Keio U. School Medicine, Tokyo, 1955.

Career

Resident, Louisville General Hospital, 1957-1958; fellow, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1958-1961; associate chief cancer research clinician, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1963-1986; research assistant, U. College Hospital Medical School, London, 1961-1963; associate chief research, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Nagasaki, Japan, 1986-1994; faculty, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, since 1994. Research associate professor physiology State University of New York, Buffalo, 1972-1986, research professor medicine, 1971-1994. Consultant in medicine VA Medical Center, Buffalo, 1979-1994.

Consultant in endocrine oncology, Ito Hospital, Tokyo, since 1987.

Achievements

• Katsutaro Shimaoka has been listed as a noteworthy Oncologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Superintendent A-Bomb Casualty Council, Nagasaki, 1986-1994. Member Endocrine Society, Japan Endocrine Society Council, American Society Clinical Oncology, 11 other professional organizations.

Connections

Married Tomoko Suzuki, December 3, 1931. Children: Julia E. and Eva E.

Father:

Shigekichi Shimaoka

Mother:

Shizue (Kishimoto) Shimaoka

Spouse:

Tomoko Suzuki

child:

Julia E. and Eva E. Shimaoka