Background
Sonoda, Takao was born on July 29, 1931 in Osaka, Japan.
Sonoda, Takao was born on July 29, 1931 in Osaka, Japan.
Doctor of Medicine, Osaka University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Osaka University, 1961.
Assistant urologist Osaka (Japan) University, 1961-1963. Clinical and research fellow Massachusetts General Hospital Home, Boston, 1963-1965. Assistant professor urology, professor Osaka University, 1965-1989, professor organ transplant surgery, 1989-1991.
President Osaka Prefect General Hospital, 1991-1999. Professor Takarazuka University Art and Design, since 2000. Research fellow Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1963-1964.
Director Osaka University Hospital, 1988-1990.
Member Japanese Society Transplantation (vice president 1996-1999), Japanese Urological Association (honorary, Sakaguchi prize 1959), Osaka Kidney Foundation (president since 1980), Japan Kidney Research Foundation(First prize 1995).