Background
Watanabe, Yoshio was born on November 8, 1925 in Tokyo. Son of Yoshisada and Setsuko (Shiga) Watanabe.
Watanabe, Yoshio was born on November 8, 1925 in Tokyo. Son of Yoshisada and Setsuko (Shiga) Watanabe.
Doctor of Medicine, Keio Gijuku University, 1951. Division of Medical Sciences, Keio Gijuku University, 1960.
Assistant instructor medicine Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, 1952-1960. Associate professor medicine, physiology and biophysics Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1961-1972. Professor medicine, director cardiovascular institute Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan, 1972-1995.
Hospital director Toyota Regional Medical Center, Japan, 1995—1999. Consultant cardiologist Chiba Tokushukai Hospital, Funabashi, Japan, 1999-2000, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan, 2001—2003, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Kasugai, Japan, since 2004. Scientific chairman 5th International Symposium Cardiac Pacing, Tokyo, 1976.
(Book by Watanabe, Yoshio)
Fellow American College Cardiology (co-director annual program on cardiac arrhythmias since 1965). Member Japanese Society Electrocardiology (honorary, president 1989-1990), British Cardiac Society (corresponding member), Portuguese Society Cardiology (honorary member), Japanese Circulation Society (extraordinary member), Japanese Cardiac Pacing Society (honorary member), Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association (international fellow and representative for Japan, Korea and Taiwan), North America Society Pacing and Electrophysiology (member health policy committee since 1997).
Married Keiko Ohta, November 18, 1958. Children: Mari, Yuri.