On October 12, 2010, JMSA held its 20th health seminar at the Nippon Club. The topic of discussion was diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The seminar was lead by Drs. Araki and Kanei, both former JMSA scholars. Please click “Read More”…
Year: 2010
JAA Dinner
On November 11, 2010, the Japanese American Association of NY (JAA, Nikkeijinkai「日系人会」) held a fundraising dinner at the Sony Club. The keynote speaker was Bobby Valentine (former Major League Baseball player, former New York Mets and Chiba Lotte Marines manager).…
Progress Report 2010: Sahara Fund Medical Mission
Ms. Yoko Atsumi is a 5th year medical student at Kagoshima University in Japan. She is a recipient of the 2010 JMSA-Nishioka Foundation scholarship, which supported her work with the Sahara Fund Medical Mission. Ms. Atsumi spent a month providing…
JAA Senior Week
JMSA played a large role in this year’s Senior Health Week at the Japanese American Association (http://www.jaany.org). On September 25th, eight JMSA members, lead by Dr. Maki Kano, conducted small-group seminars in their respective specialties. The event was a success,…
Progress Report 2010: Pediatric Emergency Remote Simulation
Dr. Akira Nishisaki is currently a critical care attending at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). (Click here for Dr. Nishisaki’s bio) He received a 2008 JMSA-Honjo Foundation Scholarship to conduct a remote simulation project between Tokyo’s Nihon Igaku Kyoiku Gakkai…
Japan to the United States
From Tokyo University（東京大学医学部）– Website with student experiences: http://koryu.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hp07.html– Official exchange programs are with UPenn, Ohio State, Hopkins, U Mich, and Wash U From Tokyo Women’s Medical University（東京女子医大）– Official exchange programs with Brown, Columbia, U of Hawaii, and Mt. Sinai –…
United States to Japan
Ehime University（愛媛大学医学部）– A 1 year program at Ehime University for native English speakers– Teach medical and conversational English to physicians and medical students– Contact Lindsay Gibbon (MS2, Cornell) at lgibbon@gmail.com for more information Kyorin University（杏林大学医学部）– Ophthalmology (retina and uveitis) clinical…
— Vol. 7 Neurosurgery: Kosaku Amano, MD PhD
The JMSA Interview Series is a student-ran project sponsored by JMSA and the Honjo and Nishioka Foundations, where medical students interview attending physicians in various specialties. The interviews are posted online for educational purposes. Our first international interview is with…
— Vol. 6 Gastroenterology: Makoto Iwahara, MD
Dr. Iwahara is a gastroenterologist in New York City, and is the president of the Japanese Medical Society of America. We asked Dr. Iwahara questions about his background, gastroenterology, and his vision for JMSA. Undergraduate: Brown University, Providence, RI Medical…
2010 Scholarship Recipients
JMSA-Nishioka Foundation Scholarship Yoko HiranoKagoshima University School of Medicine, Medical StudentProject: Provide healthcare at refugee camps in Algeria and study HIV statustrex2009@live.jp Jeffrey Ryuta WillisUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Medical StudentProject: Edit/translate manuscripts written by Japanese medical scientists to…