was a Japanese doctor, medical scientist, educator and president of

Tokyo Medical and Dental University is a Japanese national university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1928, it was the first national school of dentistry in Japan. TMDU is one of top 9 Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of Top Gl ...

(TMDU).Arai, Hirokuni
"In Honor of the Late Dr. Akio Suzuki,"
''Annals of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery'' (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg), 2011, vol. 17, p. 217; doi: 10.5761/atcs.ob.11.00200; retrieved 2012-8-6. He was best known as an expert on heart surgery.

Early life

Suzuki earned his medical degree from TMDU in 1956. His training continued as a surgical intern in Tokyo at the U.S. Army Hospital. He was a surgical resident at Albany Medical School in New York.

Career

In 1950, his medical career began as a staff surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. His academic career began in 1971 as an associate professor at the medical school of the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

. When he returned to Japan in 1974, he was a professor of chest surgery at

Juntendo University is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the School of Health and Sports Science. The university was established in 1838 for medical and in 1946 f ...

. In 1983, he joined the faculty of TMDU. He was named president of TMDU in 1995.

Legacy

Akio Suzuki Memorial Hall at TMDU is named after the doctor's honor.

References

1929 births 2010 deaths Japanese scientists {{Japan-med-bio-stub