The Residual Risk Reduction Initiative - Prof. Shizuya Yamashita

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Prof. Shizuya Yamashita

Rinku General Medical Center
Osaka, Izumisano, Japan


Education / Appointments

1979	Medical Degree, Osaka University, Japan Resident, Osaka University Hospital, Japan
1980-1982	Clinical Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Japan
1982	Department of Internal Medicine II, Osaka University Hospital, Japan
1988-91	Visiting Scientist, Division of Atherosclerosis, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, USA
1991	Clinical Fellow, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University Medical School
1992	Assistant Professor, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
1993	Visiting Scientist, Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, Columbia University, USA
1995	Lecturer, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
1996	Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine & Molecular Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2000	Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine & Molecular Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2005	Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine & Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2005-present	Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Hospital, Japan
2013	Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2015	Director, Rinku General Medical Center, Japan Specially Appointed Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2019	Director, Rinku General Medical Center, Japan

Research Interests

Lipoprotein Metabolism, Treatment of Dyslipidemia, Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis, Clinical Practice and Molecular Biology of Metabolic Syndrome