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Hajime Ohgushi

Affiliated Society: Japanese Society for Biomaterials
Country of Residence: Japan
Current Position: Deputy Director and Chairperson of the Dept. of Orthopedics, Ookuma Hospital

Biography:

Professional Training and Employment:

Post Graduate Course at the Dept. of Biochemistry, Nara Med. Univ., Nara, Japan

April 1976 to March 1980 (Dr. Medical Science Degree Received, March 1980)

Orthopedic Surgeon, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Med. Univ., Higashi Osaka Central Hospital and Ohtemae General Hospital in Osaka.

May 1980 to December 1984

Research Associate, Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve Univ. (USA)

April 1985 to June 1987

Lecturer and Assistant Professor,, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Med. Univ.

July 1989 to Dec. 2000

Senior Researcher, National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Japan.  Jan. 2001 to March 2001

Group Leader, Tissue Engineering Research Group, Research Institute for Cell Engineering (RICE), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, April 2004 to 2009

Director, Research Institute for Cell Engineering (RICE), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2009 to March 2010

Head, Orthopedic dept. Ookuma Hospital, Amagasaki city, Japan, April 2010 to present

Invited Senior Research Scientist, Health Research Institute, AIST, April 2010 to 2016

Emeritus Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology  (AIST), April 2012 to present

Deputy Director. Ookuma Hospital, Amagasaki city, Japan, April 2014 to present

Honors:

  • Zimmer Japan Award – Grant of Japan Orthopedic and Traumatology Foundation Inc. No. 00040, 1989
  • Terumo Science Foundation Award. 1993
  • Osaka Gas Social Service Foundation Award. 1993
  • The Award of Japanese Society for Biomaterials 1997
  • Fellow Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), International Union of Society for Biomaterial Science and Engineering, 2004
  • President award of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 2005
  • Tsukuba award of Chemistry and Bioscience 2005
  • Distinguished scientific award of Japanese Orthopaedic Association, 2016

Areas of research interest:
Tissue engineering, Orthopedic implants, Bioceramics

Research keywords:
Orthopaedic Biomaterials,Tissue Engineering