Ryozo Okada

Background

Okada, Ryozo was born on July 20, 1931 in Kiryu, Gummaken, Japan. Son of Kenji and Sachi (Ishihara) Okada.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Tokyo University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Tokyo University, 1961.

Career

Intern then resident assistant, Tokyo U. School Medicine, 1962-1963; research fellow, Hektoen Institute Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1963-1966; attending physician, Yoikuin Hospital, Tokyo, 1966-1968; associate professor, School Medical Juntendo U., Tokyo, 1968-1983; professor, School Medical Juntendo U., Tokyo, 1983-1997; director cardiovascular laboratory, School Medical Juntendo U., Tokyo, 1985-1997; professor emeritus, School Medical Juntendo U., Tokyo, since 1997; rector, Gumma PAZ College of Nursing, Japan, since 1998. Councilor Cardiovascular Institute Roppongi, Tokyo, since 1990, Industrial Medicine Foundation, since 1995.

Achievements

• Ryozo Okada has been listed as a noteworthy Educator, clinician and researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active group study specific intractable diseases Metropolitan Office Tokyo, 1972-1998, congenital heart disease Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan, 1974-1998, occupational diseases committee Ministry of Labor, Japan, since 1987. Board directors Shirane Kaizen School, Gumma, Japan. Fellow American Geriatrics Society, Cardiac Pathology, International Electrocardiology, International Union Angiology, Council Prevention Heart Disease, Japanese Circulation Society, Japanese Angiology Society, Japanese Geriatrics Society.

Member Japanese Society Medicine.

Interests

• Avocation: traveling.

Connections

Married Shigeko Shindo, May 25, 1958. Children: Kyoko, Taro.

Father:

Kenji Okada

Mother:

Sachi (Ishihara) Okada

Spouse:

Shigeko Shindo

child:

Kyoko Okada

child:

Taro Okada