Background
Niijima, Kyo was born on January 5, 1953 in Kyoto, Japan.
Niijima, Kyo was born on January 5, 1953 in Kyoto, Japan.
Doctor of Medicine, Tokyo U. Medicine and Dentistry, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, 1987.
Resident, Department Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Hospital, 1980-1981; staff, Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui (Japan) Red Cross Hospital, 1981-1982; assistant professor, Department Neurosurgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, 1987-1993; visiting associate professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, 1990-1991; visiting professor of neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York City, since 1991; vice chairman, Department Neurosurgery, Kyoto National Hospital, since 1993.
Fellow Royal Society of Medicine. Member Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons (chief division simultaneous interpretation), Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons.