Background
Hirooka, Yoshitaka was born on August 28, 1959 in Japan.
Hirooka, Yoshitaka was born on August 28, 1959 in Japan.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyushu University, 1991.
Resident internal medicine Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, 1984—1986, fellow Research Institute Angiocardiology, 1986—1988. Clinical fellow cardiology Kyushu Welfare Pension Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan, 1988—1989. Associate cardiology Research Institute Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 1989—1992.
Visiting scholar Department Physiology University Sydney, Australia, 1992—1995. Assistant professor department cardiovascular medicine Kyushu University Graduate School Medical Science, Fukuoka, 1995—2003, associate professor department cardiovascular medicine, since 2003.
Fellow: American Heart Association, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, Society Cardiovasc. Endocrinology and Metabolism, Japanese Society Hypertension, Nitric Oxide Society Japan. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Council for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, American Physiological Society, Japanese Society Heart Failure, Japanese College Cardiology, Japanese Society Internal Medicine, Japanese Circulation Society.