Sat. May 18, 2019 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room 1 (1F Main Hall)

Chair: Izumi Maruyama(Japan Primary Care Association, Japan), Machiko Inoue(Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan)

Izumi Maruyama
President, Hosenkai Healthcare Corporation
President, Nonprofit Organization Asuterasu Health Corporation
Executive Director, All Japan Hospital Association

Professional Experiences
●1989- : President, Hosenkai Healthcare Coporation
●2004- : President, Nonprofit Organization Asuterasu Health Promotion
●2014- : Committee Member, Japan Medical Association
●2012-2019 : President, Japan Primary Care Association

Educational Background
●1975: Graduated from Kurume University School of Medicine
●Diplomate in Primary Care of the Japan Primary Care Association
●Board Certified Hepatologist of the Japan Society of Hepatology
●Board Certified Gastroenterologist of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
●Board Certified Rehabilitation Physician / Physiatrist
●Honorary Fellowship of The College, Royal College of General Practitioners, UK



Machiko Inoue
Machiko Inoue, MD, MPH, PhD is a family physician, Professor of Department of Family and Community of Medicine at the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, and the Director of Shizuoka Family Medicine Training Program in Japan. As an educator in family medicine and a researcher in primary care and health communication, she has engaged in a number of research projects and published articles on quality of primary care, healthy aging elderly care, women’s health, and health services. She is an Associate Editor of Journal of General and Family Medicine. She also serves as a board member of the Japan Primary Care Association, the Japan Society for Mixed Methods Research, and the Healthcare Empowerment and Liaison Support (Heals). In 2015, she served as a member of the Advisory Panel of “Japan Vision: Health Care 2035,” in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Japanese Government.