Toshizo Tsuji

Background

Tsuji, Toshizo was born on January 2, 1932 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Yasujiro and Yuki (Nakamura) Tsuji.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University Medicine, 1957. Doctor of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University Medicine, 1964.

Career

Intern Kyoto 1st Red Cross Hospital, 1957-1958. Clinical fellow Kyoto Prefectural University Medicine, 1959-1960, assistant professor, 1971-1974, associate professor, 1974-1997. Clinical fellow University Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1964-1967, instructor medicine, 1967-1968.

Postdoctoral fellow in molecular biology University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1968-1970. Vice president Kyoto Prefectural Yosanoumi Hospital, Iwataki, 1983—1997. President Kyoto Prefectural Yosanoumi Blood Center, 1974-1983.

Principal Kyoto Prefectural Nursing School, 1988-1994. President, medical juridical person Ohtha Foundation Ohta Hospital, Kyoto, 1997—2006. President, medical juridical person Miyazu Kosei Foundation, Miyazu Takeda Hospital, 2006—2010, since 2010.

Emeritus president, medical juridical person World Health Organization, Osaka, 2009. Member World Health Organization, Osaka, since 1983.

Achievements

• Toshizo Tsuji has been listed as a noteworthy hospital administrator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Japanese Society Internal Medicine, Japanese Society Gastroenterology, Japanese Society Hepatology (West District). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, tennis, stamps, gardening, classical music.

Connections

Married Yoshiko Taniguchi, March 21, 1977. Children: Mari, Toshifumi.

Father:

Yasujiro Tsuji

Mother:

Yuki (Nakamura) Tsuji

Spouse:

Yoshiko Taniguchi

child:

Mari Tsuji

child:

Toshifumi Tsuji