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Dr. Hiroshi Kimura, MD, PhD is working as the Professor of Medicine in the Advanced Medicine for Pulmonary Circulation and Respiratory Failure (Donation Course) and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He retired at Nara Medical University in March 2017 and at the same time moved to Nippon Medical School in Tokyo.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and member of the American Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society and the Asia Pacific Society of Respirology. He has been elected to the president of the Japanese Society of Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation (JSRCR) in 2014 and the president of the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) in 2015.
Dr. Kimura has been focusing on not only pathophysiology of experimental and clinical pulmonary hypertension and hypoxic stress especially during exercise and sleep but also systemic effects of COPD and respiratory rehabilitation in various respiratory diseases.
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Education:
| 1972-1978 | Kanazawa University School of Medicine (M.D.) |
| 1985 | Chiba University School of Medicine (Ph.D.) |
Professional Carrier:
| 1978-1980 | Clinical Training at Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan |
| 1980-1984 | Senior Clinical Training & Research Training in Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University Hospital |
| 1984-1986 | Chest Physician, National Chiba-Higashi Hospital |
| 1986-1987 | Research Fellow, Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine |
| 1987-1988 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine |
| 1988-1990 | Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Professor Allan I. Pack) & Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (Professor Richard O. Davies and Professor Leszek Kubin), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1990-1992 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine |
| 1992-1997 | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine |
| 1997-2001 | Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine |
| 2001-2017 | Professor of Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, and Second Department of internal medicine, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Nara, Japan |
| 2008-2012 | Visiting Professor, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Concurrent Position) |
| 2011-2014 | Guest Lecturer, Nippon Medical School, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Concurrent Position) |
| 2014-2017 | Visiting Professor, Nippon Medical School, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Concurrent Position) |
| 2012-2016 | Director of Medical Library of Nara Medical University (Concurrent Position) |
| 2013-2017 | Assembly Head, Assembly of Pulmonary Circulation, the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR). |
| 2014-2017 | Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine Professor of Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine Nara Medical University School of Medicine |
| April in 2017-at present | Emeritus Professor, Nara Medical University |
| April in 2017-at present | Professor of Medicine, Department of Advanced Medicine for Pulmonary Circulation and Respiratory Failure (Donation Course) and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, |
Professional Areas:
| Respiratory Medicine |
| Pulmonary Circulation |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| Sleep Medicine |
| Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
| Control of Breathing |
| Inflammatory Cytokines |
| Exercise Physiology |
| High Altitude Medicine |
Professional Societies:
Presidents:
| The Japan Society for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Medicine (October 2013-October 2014) |
| The Japanese Respiratory Society (April 2014-April2015) |
The representative senior directors:
| The Japanese Respiratory Society (2014-2016) |
The board of directors (Past):
| The Japanese Respiratory Society |
| The Japan Society for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| The Japanese Pulmonary Hypertension Society |
| Japanese Society of Clinical Physiology |
Chair of The Japanese Respiratory Society:
| Vice-Chair; Future Plan Committee in The Japanese Respiratory Society (2004-2008) |
| Chair; Future Plan Committee in The Japanese Respiratory Society (2008-2012) |
| Vice-Chair; Pulmonary Physiology Committee in The Japanese Respiratory Society (2012-2014) |
| Chair; Future Plan Committee in The Japanese Respiratory Society (2014-2016) |
Delegate of Society (Past):
| The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine |
| Japanese Society of Allergology |
| The Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy |
| The Japanese Society for Tuberculosis |
| The Japan Lung Cancer Society |
| Japanese Society for Respiratory Endoscopy |
| The Japanese Society of Sleep Research |
| Japanese Society of Anti-aging Medicine |
| The Japanese Association for Smoking Control Science |
Member of International Society:
| Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) |
| Member of the American Thoracic Society |
| Member of the European respiratory Society |
| Member of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology |