President's Profile
PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • Name Hiroshi SAITO, M.D., Ph.D.
    Sex Male
    Date of Birth January 5, 1937
    Place of Birth Nagano Prefecture, Japan
    Present Address 24-9, Hirano-machi, Nagasaki 852-8117, Japan
    TEL (Home): +81-95-847-7061
    Position President of Nagasaki University
    Business Address Nagasaki University
    1-14, Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
    TEL: +81-95-819-2017
    FAX: +81-95-844-4243
    E-mail:
    Citizenship Japan
    Marital Status married
    Wife's First Name Takiko
    Number of Children two

EDUCATION AND POSITION
  • Medical School Tohoku University School of Medicine
    Sendai, Japan, Graduated in March, 1963
    Internship Tohoku University Hospital, April / 1963-March / 1964
    Postgraduate
    1. Postgraduate School of Medicine Tohoku University, April / 1964-March / 1968
    2. Clinical Fellow at the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, April / 1968-December / 1969
    Position
    1. Senior Instructor at the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, January / 1970-July/1978
    2. The Head of Human Ecology Section at the National Institute For Environmental Studies, August / 1978-Novenber / 1983
    3. Professor and Chairman at the Department of Preventive Medicine & Health Promotion, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, December / 1983-2002
    4. Dean of Nagasaki University School of Medicine, October / 1998- March / 2002
    5. President of Nagasaki University, October / 2002- Present

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
  • President of Nagasaki University Medical Association
  • Official Member of Japanese Environment Agency Cadmium Poisoning Committee
  • Vice-President of the Nagasaki Association o f Hibakusha`s Medical Care (NASHIM)
  • Guest Professor of Fujian Medical University, June 12, 1999
  • Honorary Doctor of the Semipalatinsk Medical Academy, August 31, 2000
  • Honored Doctor of Sciences of Gomel State Medical University, February 1, 2007
  • Honorary Professor of the Northeast Normal University, August 20, 2007

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
  • Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (Council Member)
  • Japanese Society of Public Health (Council Member)
  • Japanese Society of Hygiene (Council Member)
  • Japanese Society of Epidemiology (Council Member)
  • Japanese Society of Nephrology (Council Member)
  • International Society of Nephrology

MEDICAL LICENSE AND DEGREE
  • Degree of Medical Doctor, March / 1963
  • Passed National Board Examination for Physicians, April / 1964
  • Obtained Physicians License, April / 1964

PUBLICATION
  • 67 peer-reviewed scientific journals in English
  • 103 Japanese articles and reviews

MAJOR ARTICLES (Cd-poisoning related English papers from the Department of Preventive Medicine & Health Promotion, Nagasaki University School of Medicine)
  • 01) S.SHINBO, N.MATSUDA-INOGUCHI, T.WATANABE, K.SAKURAI, C.DATE, A.NISHIMURA, H.NAKATSUKA, H.SAITO, K.ARISAWA, & M.IKEDA. Dietary intake of tin in Japan, and the effects on intake of canned food and beverage consumption. Food Additives and Contamination, 2007, 24(5):535-545.
  • 02) NOBORU Takamura, VRADIMR Bebeshko, KIYOSHI Aoyagi, SHUNICHI Yamashita, and HIROSHI Saito. Ukraine Urinary Iodine Levels; 20 years after the Chernobyl Accident. Endcrine Journal, 2007, 54(2), 335.
  • 03) Kokichi Arisawa, Hirokazu Umemura, Mineyoshi Hiyoshi, Hideo Takeda, Hiroshi Saito, Midori Soda. Cadmium-induced renal dysfunction and mortality in two cohorts: Disappearance of the association in a generation born later. Toxicology Letters, 169(2007):214-221.
  • 04) Shohei Ohgi, Kokichi Arisawa, Tatsuya Takahashi, Takashi Kusumoto, Yoshiko Goto, Tomitaro Akiyama, Hiroshi Saito. Neonatal behavioral assessment scale as a predictor of later developmental disabilities of low birth-weight and/or premature infants. Brain & Development, 25(2003):313-321.
  • 05) Kokichi Arisawa, Tomotaka Sobue, Itsuro Yoshimi, Midori Soda, Satoshi Shirahama, Hiroshi Doi, Shigeru Katamine, Hiroshi Saito & Minoru Urata. Human T-lymphotropic virus type-I infection, survival and cancer risk in southwestern Japan: a prospective study. Cancer Causes and Control, 14:889-896, 2003.
  • 06) Kotaro Takazawa, Kokichi Arisawa, Sumihisa Honda, Yoshisada Shibata and Hiroshi Saito. Lower-extremity muscle forces measured by a hand-held dynamometer and the risk of falls among day-care users in Japan: using multinomial logistic regression analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2003, 25(8), 399-404.
  • 07) Kokichi Arisawa, Toru Matsumura, Chiharu Tohyama, Hiroshi Saito, Hiroshi Sato, Masaki Nagai, Masatoshi Morita, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki. Fish intake, plasma ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and polychlorinated dibenzo-ρ-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzo-furans and co-planar polychlorinated biphenyls in the blood of the Japanese population. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2003) 76:205-215.
  • 08) Kokichi Arisawa, Shigeru Katamine, Shimeru Kamihira, Kenji Kurokawa, Takashi Sawada, Midori Soda, Hiroshi Doi, Hiroshi Saito & Satoshi Shirahama. A nested case-control study of risk factors for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma among human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-I carriers in Japan. Cancer Causes and Control, 13: 657-663, 2002.
  • 09) Shohei Ohgi, Masafumi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Takashi Kusumoto, Tomitaro Akiyama, J. Kevin Nugent, T. Berry Brazelton, Kokichi Arisawa, Tatsuya Takahashi, Hiroshi Saito. Comparison of Kangaroo Care and Standard Care: Behavioral Organization, Development, and Temperature in Healthy, Low-Birth-Weight Infants Through 1 Year. Journal of Perinatology, 2002, 22: 374-379.
  • 10) Kokichi Arisawa, Midori Soda, Satoshi Shirahama, Hiroshi Saito, Noboru Takamura, Maki Yamaguchi, Kazumasa Odagiri, Tohru Nakagoe, Akihiko Suyama and Hiroshi Doi. Geographic Distribution of the Incidence of Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma and Other Malignancies in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2002, 32(8) 301-306.
  • 11) Mitsuyo Yamasaki, Tatsuya Takahashi, Atsuko Minohara, Hisashi Ishibashi, Hiroshi Saito. Changes of Food Preference in Children Aged 4 and 5 Years. Acta Med. Nagasaki 46:47-54, 2001.
  • 12) Hiroshi Saito, Kokichi Arisawa, Liu Xiao-Jie and Atsuhiro Nakano: Environmental cadmium pollution and its health effects on inhabitants in Kosaka town, Akita Prefecture and Izuhara town, Ngasaki Prefecture. Advances in the Prevention of Environmental Cadmium Pollution and Countermeasures. (Koji Nogawa, Mitsuo Kurachi and Minoru Kasuya, Ed.) pp.43-45, 1999.
  • 13) Hiroshi SAITO, Kokichi Arisawa, LIU Xiao-Jie and Atsuhiro NAKANO:Environmental cadmium pollution and its health effects on inhabitants in Japan. International Symposium on Itai-Itai Disease, Environmental Cadmium Pollution and Countermeasures. (Abstract of Communications), p 27-28 (1998).
  • 14) Shioji Nogae, Masanobu Miyazaki, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Takako Saito, Keishi Abe, Hirosi Saito, Paul K. Nakane, Yoshinobu Nakanishi and Takehiko Koji: Induction of Apoptosis in Ischemia-Reperfusion Model of Mouse Kidney: Possible Involvement of Fas. J Am Soc Nephrol 9:620-630, 1998.
  • 15) Arisawa,K., Nakano,A., Honda,S. and Saito,H.: Reproducibility of urinaryβ2-microglobulin and cadmium excretion among residents in a cadmium-polluted area during a 3-year period. Toxicology Letters, 91:147-152, 1997.
  • 16) Iwata,K., Saito,H., Moriyama,M., Nakano,A.: Renal Tubular Function After Reduction of Environmental Cadmium Exposure: A Ten-Year Follow-up. Archives of Environmental Health, 48(3):157-163, 1993.
  • 17) Iwata,K., Saito,H., Moriyama,M., Nakano,A.: Follow up study of renal tubular dysfunction and mortality in residents of an area polluted with cadmium. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 49:736-737, 1992.
  • 18) Iwata,K., Saito,H. and Nakano,A.: Association between Cadmium-Induced Renal Dysfunction and Mortality: Further Evidence. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 164: 319-330, 1991.
  • 19) Iwata,K., Saito,H., Moriyama,M. and Nakano,A.: Association between Renal Tubular Dysfunction and Mortality among Residents in a Cadmium-Polluted Area, Nagasaki, Japan. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 164:93-102, 1991.
  • 20) Moriyama,K., Mori,T., Arayashiki,H., Saito,H. and Chino.M.: The Amount of Heavy Metals Derived from Domestic Wastewater. Water Science and Technology, 21: 1913-1916, 1989.
  • 21) Tohyama,C., Sugihira,N., Suzuki,K.T., Murakami,M. and Saito,H.: Some Consideration on Critical Concentration of Cadmium for Renal Toxicity in Rats. Nephrotoxicity (Edited by P.H.Bach and E.A.Lock), Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1989, pp.43-49.
  • 22) Tohyama,C., Mitane,Y., Kobayashi,E., Sugihira,N., Nakano,A. and Saito,H.: The Relationship of Urinary Metallothionein with Other Indicators of Renal Dysfunction in People Living in a Cadmium-Polluted Area in Japan. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 8(1):15-21, 1988.
  • 23) Umeyama,T., Saruki,K., Imai,K., Yamanaka,H., Suzuki,K., Ikei,M., Kodaira,T., Nakajima.K., Saito,H. and Kimura,M.: Immunohistochemical Demonstration of Metallothionein in the Rat Prostate. The Prostate, 10:257-264, 1987.
  • 24) Tohyama,C., Sugihira,N., Saito,H.: Critical concentration of cadmium for renal toxicity in rats. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 22:255-259, 1987.
  • 25) Yoshida,K., Sugihira,N., Suzuki,M., Sakurada,T., Saito,S., Yoshinaga,K. and Saito,H.: Effect of Cadmium on T4 Outer Ring Monodeiodination by Rat Liver. Environmental Research, 42:400-405,1987.
  • 26) Sugihira,N., Tohyama,C., Murakami,M. and Saito,H.: Significance of increase in urinary metallothionein of rats repeatedly exposed to cadmium. Toxicology, 41:1-9, 1986.
  • 27) Tohyama,C., Kobayashi,E., Saito,H., Sugihira,N., Nakano,A. and Mitane,Y.: Urinary α1-Microglobulin as an Indicator Protein of Renal Tubular Dysfunction Caused by Environmental Cadmium Exposure. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 6(3):171-178, 1986.
  • 28) Mitane,Y., Tohyama,C. and Saito,H.: The Role of Metallothionein in the Elevated Excretion of Copper in Urine from People Living in a Cadmium-Polluted Area. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology, 6:285-291, 1986.
  • 29) Ohi,G., Yamamoto,S., Fujino,T., Itai,Y., Ueno,K., Saito,H., Inaba,Y., Nakajima,K. and Shiroishi,K. : Urinary Beta-2-Microglobulin Does Not Serve as Diagnostic Tool for Minamata Diseise. Archives of Environmental Heslth, 37(6):336-341, 1982.
  • 30) Saito,H. and Shitomi,K.: Chronic Cadmium Poisoning, Fanconi's syndrome and Osteomalacia. Cadmium-Induced Osteopathy (Proceedings of the Conference on Cadmium Induced Osteopathy, Hakone, Japan, 27-29 August 1979), pp.139-143.
  • 31) Saito,H., Shioji,R., Hurukawa,Y., Arikawa,T., Saito,T., Nagai,K., Furuyama,T. and Yoshinaga,K. : Chronic Cadmium Poisoning Induced by Environmental Cadmium Pollution. Renal Lesions (Multiple Proximal Tubular Dysfunctions) Identified in Residents of Cadmium-Polluted Hosogoe, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Medicine, 16(1):2-13, 1977.
  • 32) Saito,H., Shioji,R., Hurukawa,Y., Nagai,K., Arikawa,T., Saito,T., Sasaki,Y., Furuyama,T. and Yoshinaga,K.: Cadmium-Induced Tubular Dysfunction in a Cadmium-Polluted Area. Contributions to Nephrology(Contr.Nephrol.), Vol.6, pp.1-12, 1977.

MAJOR ARTICLES (Atomic bomb related English papers from the Department of Preventive Medicine & Health Promotion)
  • 01) NOBORU Takamura, VRADIMR Bebeshko, KIYOSHI Aoyagi, SHUNICHI Yamashita, and HIROSHI Saito. Ukraine Urinary Iodine Levels; 20 years after the Chernobyl Accident. Endcrine Journal, 2007, 54(2), 335.
  • 02) Tatsuya Takahashi, Steven L.Simon, Klaus R.Tbott, Keisei Fujimori, Noriaki Nakashima, Kokichi Arisawa and Minouk J.Schoemaker: A Progress Report of the Marshall Islands Nationwide Thyroid Study: An International Cooperative Scientific Study. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 187:363-375, 1999.
  • 03) Kokichi Arisawa, Midori Soda, Masazumi Akahoshi, Tatsuki Matsuno, Eiji Nakashima, Masao Tomonaga and Hiroshi Saito: Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Infection, Antibody Titers and Cause-specific Mortality among Atomic-bomb Survivors. Jpn J Cancer Res, 89:797-85, 1998.
  • 04) Saito,H. and Shitomi,K.: Chronic Cadmium Poisoning, Fanconi's syndrome and Osteomalacia. Cadmium-Induced Osteopathy (Proceedings of the Conference on Cadmium Induced Osteopathy, Hakone, Japan, 27-29 August 1979), pp.139-143.

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