Masayasu Matsumoto

Background

Matsumoto, Masayasu was born on February 13, 1952 in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Son of Mitsugi and Hanae Matsumoto.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Osaka University, Suita, 1982.

Career

Clinical fellow Osaka University Hospital, 1976—1977, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, Hirakata, 1977—1978. Research fellow,1st department medicine Osaka University School Medicine, 1982—1984, assistant professor, 1st department medicine, 1986—1999, associate professor, department neurology, 1992—1999, associate professor, department internal medicine and therapeutics and department clinical neuroscience Suita, 1999—2002. Research fellow, department neurology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1984—1986.

Professor, department clinical neuroscience Hiroshima University Graduate School biomedical Science, Japan, since 2002, chairman, since 2002, vice-director, 2007—2008. Director, department neurology Hiroshima University Hospital, since 2002, vice president, 2006—2007. Director medical education Hiroshima University School Medicine, since 2008.

Achievements

• Masayasu Matsumoto has been listed as a notable neuroscientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Akiko Inoue; children: Mari, Masahiro, Mana Miyajima.