FACULTY

PROF DR MITSUHIRO OKANO

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Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
International University of Health and Welfare
Japan

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Education:
1989     MD       Kagawa Medical School
1993     PhD      Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine
 
Professional Trainings and Employment:
1989-1993     Resident in Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuyama Central Hospital, Tsuyama, Japan
1993-1995     Medical Staff in Otorhinolaryngology. Tottori Municipal Hospital, Tottori, Japan
1995-1998     Visiting Researcher (Postdoctoral fellow)
                            Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
                            Harvard School of Public Health
1998-2003     Research Associate
2003-2004     Assistant Professor
2004-2017     Associate Professor
                             Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
                             Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2017-present Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine
 
Membership:

• The Oto-Rhino-Raryngology Society of Japan                                                                         

               - Board of authorized examination committee

• Japanese Society of Allergology

               - Delegate, Editorial Board

• Japan Rhinologic Society

               - Director of International Committee
               - Secretary-general of the 50th JRS annual meeting (2011)

• Japanese Society of Immunology & Allergology in Otolaryngology

               - Director
               - Secretary-general of the 23th JSIAO annual meeting (2005)
 
Editorial Board:
2006-2017        Japanese Journal of Rhinology
2007-2015        Arerugi
2012-2014        Auris Nasus Larynx
2016-pesent     Allergology International
 
Awards:
2000     Japan Rhinologic Society Award
2002     Okayama University Medical Award
2006     Young Investigator Award in Japanese Histamine Society
2013     Japan Medical Association Encouragement Prize
2015    Outstanding Reviewer Award, Auris Nasus Larynx