Toru Sekitani

Background

Sekitani, Toru was born on May 5, 1932 in Kochi, Japan. Son of Fusaharu and Miyoko (Tokushige) Sekitani.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Yamaguchi Medical School, 1957.

Career

Intern, Yamaguchi Medical School Hospital, Ube, Japan, 1957-1958; assistant professor, Yamaguchi Medical School Hospital, Ube, Japan, 1962; associate professor, Yamaguchi Medical School Hospital, Ube, Japan, 1971; professor, department chairman otolaryngology, Yamaguchi Medical School Hospital, Ube, Japan, 1976-1993; resident, United States Air Force Hospital, Fukuoka, 1959; emeritus professor, Yamaguchi U., Japan, since 1993; director, National Shimonoseki Hosp, Japan. Research associate University Iowa, Iowa City, 1969-1971. Visiting scholar U. Washington, Seattle, 1983-1984.

Achievements

• Toru Sekitani has been listed as a noteworthy Otolaryngologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Barany Society (Sweden), Prosper Meniere Society (United States of America), Brian F. McCabe Society (United States of America), Otorhinolaryngological Society Japan, Japan Society Equilibrium Research M C.

Connections

Married Miyoko Uejo, December 26, 1960;children: Miwako, Yoshiko, Tetsuko.

Father:

Fusaharu Sekitani

Mother:

Miyoko (Tokushige) Sekitani

Spouse:

Miyoko Uejo

child:

Yoshiko Sekitani

child:

Miwako Sekitani

child:

Tetsuko Sekitani