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Koichiro KUDO

Organization for Asian Studies, Visiting Professor
Diseases Study, Doctor of Medicine
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Social Integration and Networking

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KUDO, Koichiro (M.D.) is the director of Disease Control and Prevention Center (DCC) at International Medical Center of Japan. He earned Medical Doctorate degree from the School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo. His specialties are Clinical Respiratory Medicine, International Infectious Diseases and International Health care. He became the Director of DCC in October 2004 which was established after the experience of the SARS pandemic, to achieve clinical preparedness for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. His idea of the integration of activities between clinical and medical research has been bringing variety of research achievements including the international cooperative study projects with Vietnam and Mexico such as Clinical Study Project on Comprehensive Therapy for Human H5N1 in Vietnam for finding the new clinical treatment method for H5N1 influenza and Study of Pulmonary Pathology for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Mexico. Dr. Kudo is the visiting professor at Graduate School of Waseda University. He is the council for variety of medical societies and associations such as the Japanese Respiratory Society, the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, the Japanese Society of Allergology, the Association for Infectious Diseases, the Japanese Society of Tuberculosis and the Japan Lung Cancer Society. In fact, he acted as the president for the 20th Spring Meeting of Japanese Society of Allergology in 2008. His current publications include, "H5N1-Infected Cells in Lung with Diffuse Alveplar Damage in Exudative Phase from a Fatal Case in Vietnam", JPN. J. Infect. Dis., 61 (2008: co-authored), and "Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Northern Vietnam, 2004-2005", Emerg Infect Dis., 15(1) (2009: co-authored).
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Achievements (since 2006 till 2012)

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  1. Nguyen DH, Nguyen HH, Nguyen TV, Nguyen MH, Trinh ML, Nguyen QT, Van DT, Shimbo T, Takahashi Y, Kato Y, Kawana A, Akita S, and Kudo K, "Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Northern Vietnam, 2004-2005", Emerg Infect Dis, 2009; 15(1), 2009, 19-23
  2. Nguyen Tl, Nakajima N, LePP, Sato Y, Hoang NT, Pham VH, Luong TS, Katano H, Oka T, Kawachi S, Matsushi T, Sata T, and Kudo K, "H5N1-Infected Cells in Lung with Diffuse Alveplar Damage in Exudative Phase from a Fatal Case in Vietnam", JPN. J. Infect. Dis., 61, 2008, 157-160

Presentations at international conferences (since 2006 till 2012)

  1. Keynote speech, Koichiro Kudo, 2009/12, "Influenza Pandemic: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and Avian Influenza (H5N1)", The 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Tokyo Women's Medical University Symposium "Seasonal influenza and novel influenza virus infections", Tokyo
  2. Oral presentation, Jin Takasaki, Shinyu Izumi, Vu Thi Tuong Van, Nguyen Dang Tuan, Phan Thu Phuong, Dao Xuan Co, Nguyen Thanh Hoi, Toshie Manabe, Pham Thi Phuong Thuy, Nguyen Gia Binh, Ngo Quy Chau, Tran Thuy Hanh, and Koichiro Kudo, 2009/09, "Application of sputum inducing method for diagnosis of A/H5N1 as a tool of Comprehensive Therapy for Human H5", International Joint Forum on Infectious Diseases, Bangkok Thailand
  3. Oral presentation, Koichiro Kudo, Jin Takasaki, and Shinyu Izumi, 2009/08, "Case Study from International Medical Center of Japan. Medical Grand Rounds 2009 - International H1N1 2009 (Swine Flu)", Tele-Symposium, Australia-Vietnam-Japan

Past research grants (since 2006 till 2012)

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