Biografia de tomisaku kawasaki biography

  • Biografia de tomisaku kawasaki biography

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    Biography
    • Born 7 February 1925 in Asakusa, Tokyo.
    • 1948 – Graduated medicine from Chiba University Medical School
    • 1950 – Pediatric training at the Japanese Red Cross Central Hospital in Hiroo, Tokyo (now Japanese Red Cross Medical Center)
    • 1957 – MD, doctorate in medicine
    • 1961 – Encountered the first case of Kawasaki disease.
    • 1973 – Director of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Central Hospital
    • 1990 – Founder and Director of the Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center
    • Awards: Bering Kitasato Award (1986); Takeda Medical Award (1987); Health Culture Award (1987); Japan Medical Association Medical Award (1988); Asahi Prize (1989); Japan Academy Award (1991); Tokyo Cultural Award (1996); First recipient of the Japan Pediatric Society Award (2006)
    • 2010 – 東京都名誉都民 Honorary Citizen, Tokyo
    • Died June 5 2020
    Medical Eponyms
    Kawasaki disease (1967)

    Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self-limited febrile multisystem vasculitis of childhood of un