Tsutomu Yasumitsu

Background

Yasumitsu, Tsutomu was born on March 19, 1938 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Son of Tadashi and Shigeko Yasumitsu.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Osaka University, 1962.

Career

Intern Meiwa Hospital, Nishinomiya-city, Hyogo, Japan. Assistant Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, 1968—1976, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany, 1973—1976. Head of surgeons Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital, Habikino, Japan, 1985—1999, deputy director, 1999—2003.

Director chest disease center Iseikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan, since 2003.

Achievements

• Tsutomu Yasumitsu has been listed as a noteworthy thoracic surgeon, director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Japan Respiratory Society (medical specialist), Japanese Association Chest Surgery (special member), Japanese Association Thoracic Surgery, Japan Surgical Association, Japan Lung Cancer Society (honorary).

Interests

• Tennis, skiing.

Connections

Married Kaori Ochi; children: Ritsuko, Keiichi, Yukako.