Background
Hirakawa, Kimiyoshi was born on August 18, 1934 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. Daughter of Takesaburo and Fuji (Date) Hirakawa.
department chairman educator neurosurgeon
Hirakawa, Kimiyoshi was born on August 18, 1934 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. Daughter of Takesaburo and Fuji (Date) Hirakawa.
Doctor of Medicine, University Tokyo, 1959. Doctor of Science, University Tokyo, 1970.
Intern University Tokyo Hospital, 1959—1960, resident, 1960—1963. Assistant University Tokyo, 1963—1969, chief assistant, 1966—1969, assistant professor neurosurgery, 1969—1972, associate professor, 1972—1978. Professor, head neurosurgery Kyoto Prefectural University Medicine, 1978—1988, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1988—2000, professor emeritus, since 2000.
Member Japan Neurosurg. Society (editorial staff 1972-1981, editorial board 1981-1996), Japanese Society Neurotraumatology (president 1979-1980), Japanese Congress Neurological Surgeons (president 1985-1986), Academia Eurasiåna Neurochirugica, Japan Society Pituitary and Hypothalamic Tumors (president 1994-1995).
Married Atsuko Nakatsuka, May 30, 1968. Children: Yukako, Minako.