Background
Niitu, Yasutaka was born on August 3, 1920 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Son of Shusuke and Tsuruji Niitu.
Niitu, Yasutaka was born on August 3, 1920 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Son of Shusuke and Tsuruji Niitu.
South.Shusuke and Tsuruji North. Igakushi, Tohoku Imperial University, 1943, Doctor of Medicine (Igakuhakase), 1949. Research fellow Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1943-1954, assistant professor department pediatrics, 1954-1963, University professor pediatrics Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Cancer, 1964-1984, professor emeritus, 1984.
Doctor Miyagi branch Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association, 1984. President Sendai Kosei Hospital, 1973-1980, 86-89.
Adviser Japan Sarcoidosis Committee, Society Paediatrica Japonica, Japan Society Pediat.
Pulmonology (president 1980-1988), Japan Society Pediat. Infectious Diseases; technical adviser ShenyangFirst Tuberculosis Hospital, Shenyang Anti-tuberculosis Center, Shenyang Chest Hospital, People"s Republic of China. Captain Medical Corps, Japanese Army, 1943-1945.
Named to Third Order Merit Middle Rising Sun Emperor of Japan,1994.
Research fellow Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1943-1954, assistant professor department pediatrics, 1954-1963, University professor pediatrics Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Cancer, 1964-1984, professor emeritus, since 1984. Doctor Miyagi branch Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association, since 1984. President Sendai Kosei Hospital, 1973-1980, 86-89.
Adviser Japan Sarcoidosis Committee, Society Paediatrica Japonica, Japan Society Pediatrics Pulmonology (president 1980-1988), Japan Society Pediatrics Infectious Diseases.
Technical adviser Shenyang First Tuberculosis Hospital, Shenyang Anti-tuberculosis Center, Shenyang Chest Hospital, People"s Republic of China. Captain Medical Corps, Japanese Army, 1943-1945.
Named to Third Order Merit Middle Rising Sun Emperor of Japan, 1994.
Member International Organization Mycoplasmology, World Association Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases, Japan Society Chest Diseases, Society Japanese Virologists, Japanese Society Tuberculosis, American Society Microbiology, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Japan Society International Medicine, Japan Association Infectious Diseases, Japanese Association Child Health. Member editorial board Pediatric Pulmonology, since 1985.
Married Tokiko Komuro, December 8, 1952. Children: Hidetaka, Iwayasu, Munetaka.