Yasushi Fukami

Background

Fukami, Yasushi was born on November 26, 1929 in Kagoshima, Japan. Son of Torataro and Shigeko (Moriyama) Fukami.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1961.

Career

Instructor, Osaka (Japan) City U., 1961-1963; instructor, Kyoto U. Medical School, 1963-1964; associate professor, Kyoto U. Medical School, 1964-1968; research associate, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965-1967; associate professor, Osaka Medical School, Takatsuki, Japan, 1968-1970; professor, chairman, Osaka Medical School, Takatsuki, Japan, 1970-1971; associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1971-1990; professor physiology, chairman, Asahi U., Gifu, Japan, since 1990.

Achievements

• Yasushi Fukami has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sachiko Okabe, December 4, 1959(divorced 1991). Children: Yuko, Akiko, Ken, Ryo. Married Susan Jean Rhoads, May 13, 1991.

Father:

Torataro Fukami

Mother:

Shigeko (Moriyama) Fukami

Spouse:

Sachiko Okabe

Spouse:

Susan Jean Rhoads

child:

Ryo Fukami

child:

Yuko Fukami

child:

Ken Fukami

child:

Akiko Fukami