Background
Kawano, Yuhei was born on December 25, 1949 in Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Tatsuru and Kyoko Kawano.
educator medical association administrator
Kawano, Yuhei was born on December 25, 1949 in Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Tatsuru and Kyoko Kawano.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyushu University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 1974.
Assistant professor, department internal medicine Kyushu Dental University, 1978—1979. Assistant professor, 2nd department internal medicine Kyushu University, 1981—1982, visiting lecturer, department internal medicine, since 2001. Research fellow, department cardiovascular Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1982—1984.
Staff physician Division Hypertension and Nephrology National Cardiovasc. Center, Suita, Japan, 1985—1987, deputy director, 1987—2001, director, since 2001. Visiting lecturer, department clinical examination Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, since 2002.
Consultant Ministry Health, Labor, and Welfare, Tokyo, 2002—2006, Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, 2004—2008. Fellow: Japanese Society Cardiovasc. Endocrinology and Metabolism, Japanese Society Phychosomatic Cardiology, Japanese Society Hypertension (executive council member since 2003, treasurer 2003-2008), Japanese Society Nephrology, American Heart Association.
Married Junko Obata; children: Tomoko, Yuichi.