[Bio
Born 1947 in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Graduated from Nagasaki University Faculty of Medicine in 1975 and entered the orthopedic classroom at Nagasaki University Faculty of Medicine.
Chairman, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, National Nagasaki Hospital, 1979 (1982)
Vice President of Nagasaki National Hospital, 1992
Director of Minamigokura Hospital (renamed “Kokurari-Habilitation Hospital” in 2001), 1998
Director of Shinjuen, a nursing home for the elderly, since 2000
President of the Japan Association of Rehabilitation Hospitals and Facilities in 2003 (until 2012)
Chairman of Special Nursing Home for the Elderly “Gokuranosato” in 2007
2011 Vice President of the National Association of Health Care Facilities for the Aging (until 2012)
Honorary President of the Japan Rehabilitation Hospital and Facility Association, 2012
President Emeritus of Kokurari Havilitation Hospital, 2013
[Incumbent
President Emeritus of Kokurari Havilitation Hospital and Director of Shinjuen Nursing Home for the Elderly
Special Nursing Home for the Elderly Kokurano Sato President
Honorary President, Japan Rehabilitation Hospital and Facility Association
President of the Kitakyushu Block Nursing Care and Health Facilities Association
[Specialty
Community Rehabilitation, Senior Rehabilitation, Community Inclusive Care
[Major books, etc.
“Community Rehabilitation Praxis (ed.) (History of Medical Culture)
“Community Rehabilitation White Paper 3” Chapter 1 What is Community Rehabilitation – Current Status and Prospects (Miwa Shoten)
“Rehabilitation in a Community Comprehensive Care System” (All Japan Hospital Publication Society) – (All Japan Hospital Publication Society)
