Tetsuro Nishihira

Background

Nishihira, Tetsuro was born on January 13, 1943 in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Nobuharu and Yae (Kubo) Nishihira.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Tohoku U., 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku U., 1974.

Career

Resident, Tohoku U. Hospital, Sendai, Japan, 1968, 69-70; intern, researcher, New York University Hospital, 1968-1969; research fellow, Tokyo U. Medical Science Institute, 1970-1971; from faculty staff member to assistant professor surgery, Tohoku U. School Medicine, Sendai, 1972-1993; associate professor surgery, Tohoku U. School Medicine, Sendai, since 1993.

Achievements

• Tetsuro Nishihira has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American College of Surgeons, International Society for Diseases of Esophagus (membership committee, chairman molecular and cellular biology of esophageal cancer, scholarship committee), College International Chirurgiae Digestivae, Society International Chirurgiae, American Society Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, American College Chest Surgeons.

Connections

Married Chieko Sekine, March 25, 1973. Children: Yasushi, Kazuyo, Akifumi.

Father:

Nobuharu Nishihira

Mother:

Yae (Kubo) Nishihira

Spouse:

Chieko Sekine

child:

Akifumi Nishihira

child:

Kazuyo Nishihira

child:

Yasushi Nishihira