[ISS-L1] Basic Neuroscience

[L-04] New aspects of extremely preterm infants with brain injury

Kimiko DEGUCHI (Deguchi Pediatric Clinic, Japan)

NAME: Kimiko Deguchi
CITIZENSHIP: Japan
ADRRESS: Deguchi Pediatric Clinic
3-78 Omura, Ngasaki,856-0024, Japan
TEL: [phone], FAX: [phone]
e-mail; [e-mail]
EDUCATION:
DEGREE INSTITUTION YEAR FIELD
M.D. Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan 1988 Medicine
Ph.D. Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan, Japan 1997 Medicine
Pediatric neuropathology

TRAINING:
Residency National Nagasaki Center Hospital 1988-1990
Clinical Fellow Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Japan 1992-1993 Pediatric Neurology
Research Fellow National Institute of Neuroscience,
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) 1993-1997 Pediatric Neuropathology
Postdoctoral Fellow Baylor College of Medicine 1997-2007 Pediatric Neuropathology
Pediatric Neurology
Molecular & Human Genetics

・PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
5/06 –present Director, Deguchi Pediatric Clinic, Nagasaki, Japan
4/12- present Part time Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
・BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Board Certified Pediatrics (Japan)
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Determine the disease mechanisms for human brain injury in extremely preterm infants (EPIs) using
neuropathological approach and the disease mouse model.
Determine disease mechanisms and identify treatments for human EPIs with brain injury