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CV of Prof. Kazuhito Shimada |
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Kazuhito
Shimada, M.D.,
Ph.D., MSci, FAsMA Flight Surgeon Tsukuba Space Center Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Dr. Shimada was born in Chiba, Japan. He has medically
supported Japanese astronauts since
1993. He received M.D. and Ph.D. (auditory evoked brain potentials)
from Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan, Master of Science (aerospace medicine / human factor
engineering) from Wright State Univ., USA. He has physician license both in Japan and
State of Ohio, USA; board-certified in Otorhinolaryngology(Japan), Diving Medicine
(Japan), and Aerospace Medicine
(USA). He is a private pilot with 800 hours of flight time. His topics of interst include: precision
body mass measurement of astronauts in space community
video survey with privacy (e-JIKEI) space
suit gloves design with 3D fabric structure environment
control for the International Space Station (ISS) noise
control and medical monitoring for the ISS advanced
medical systems for the astronauts longitudinal
astronaut health maintenance Moon
regolith (dust) and nano-particle health effects decompression
sickness and denitrogenation protocol for
spacesuits RFID
(IC tag) for ISS medicine and food inventory control volmetric remote
monitoring of atmosphere and noise in ISS module disorientation of pilots in
flight Dr. Shimada is currently Medical Officer at Tsukuba Space
Center, Japanese space agency (JAXA). Since he joined aerospace medicine in 1993, he has supported
13 out of 18 Japanese astronaut space missions. His current residence is at
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. OFFICE ADDRESS Astronaut Medical Operations Group Flight Crew Operations and
Technology Unit Human Spaceflight Technology
Directorate 2-1-1 Sengen,
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505 Japan tel +81 70
6912 0059 fax +81 422 40 3344 shimada.kazuhito@jaxa.jp BIRTH PLACE/YEAR Japan , 1959 SEX male EDUCATION M. Sci. - (Aerospace Medicine) Wright
State Univ., 1995 Ph.D. -
(Auditory Evoked Potentials) Univ. of Tsukuba, 1987 M.D. -
Univ. of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 1983 MEDICAL CERTIFICATES 6/10/05 Occupational
Health Consultant(Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan) 9/24/04 Occupational
Medicine Physician(Japan Medical Association) 2/10/04 Hyperbaric Oxygen
Therapy Physician(Japanese Society of Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine) 1997 Board
Certificate, Aerospace Medicine/American Board of Preventive Medicine 1996 State
of Ohio Licensure 1989 Board
Certificate, Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan (1989) 1983 Japanese
unlimited physician license POSITIONS HELD April 2016 - Flight
Surgeon, Medical Operations, JAXA Dec. 2012 - Mar.2016 Medical
Officer at Human Factors and Physiology Research JAXA Flight Research Center May 2012-April 2013 President, Space Medicine Association Aug. 2010-Nov.2012 Lead,
Medical Operations, JAXA Aug. 2006-Aug.2009 JAXA
Flight Surgeon at MCC-Houston 4/1/04 – July 2006 Chief,
Occupational Medicine Office, Tsukuba Space Center, JAXA 12/10/99 – 3/31/04 Flight
Surgeon, Space Medicine Group, JAXA 4/1/98 – 12/9/99 Chief,
Medical Operations, Japan
Manned Space Systems Corporation 1/1/93
– 3/31/98 Flight
Surgeon, Medical Operations, ex.NASDA 1997 –
2012
Medical
Officer for JAXA EVA simulation water tank 1997 -
2012 Medical
Officer for JAXA hypobaric chamber 1995 -
1996 Resident
Rotation/OJT at JSC Flight Medicine Clinic 1993 -
1996 Aerospace
Medicine Resident, Wright State University 1989 -
1992 ENT
Chief, Kenritsu Chuo Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan 1987 - 1989 ENT
Surgeon, Saku Central Hospital, Nagano, Japan TEACHING
POSITIONS HELD 2000 - Visiting Lecturer, Univ. of Tsukuba
School of Medicine 2012- Visiting Professor, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat Univ., Thailand April
2014 –Mar.2015 Invited Professor, Organization
for Promotion of Research and University-Industry Collaboration, Gunma
University 2005-2006
VIsiting Lecturer, Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ. School
of Medicine 2005-2006 Visiting
speaker, International Christian Univ., Tokyo MISSION
SUPPORT EXPERIENCE Supported
Japanese astronaut space flight missions since 1995, as well as two
saturation dive training. OTHER
RECORDS May
2008 Fellow,
Aerospace Medical Association 1998-
Aviation Medical Examiner,
Japan 2003-2014
Senior
Aviation Medical Examiner, FAA, US 8/24/01
Associate
Fellow, Aerospace Medical Association 10/23/96-
Affiliate Member, American College of
Preventive Medicine 2004
-2005 Safety
Instructor, Japan Aircraft Pilot Association 1998-2014
FAA
senior Aviation Medical Examiner 1998 - 2014 2001-2015 Japanese
Delegate and Vice President(2010-2015), FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP) 2010- FAI
CIMP Therapeutic Use Exemption Panel 1994 NOAA/UHMS
Physicians Training in Diving Medicine Scuba
diving: NAUI open water rating Hypobaric
chamber training at USAF, FAA, JSC, and Tsukuba US Air
Force water survival (8h) and land survival training (1d and 3d) Private
flying (glider and airplane) total time 800 h Japanese Raio
Operator license SELECTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY Shimada
K. Japanese medical operations in Space Shuttle history. AviatEnvMed
82(3):308 (2011) Shimada
K, Fujii Y. Issues with body mass measurement on
the International Space Station (ISS). Applied Mechanics and
Materials Vol. 36 (2010) pp 9-20 Shimada
K. Joint efforts on the decompression procedure development for the
International Space Station EVA (ExtraVehicular Activity). The First Panel on U.S./Japan
Diving Physiology, Technology and Aerospace Medicine (
Formerly UJNR) Tokyo:66-68, 2004 Shimada
K, Human factor trends in glider accidents in Japan. ICASM 2003 Proc:31, 2003. Shimada
K, Kobayashi K, Ohashi N, Kohno M, Murai T, Akiyama S, Nishizawa
A, Gotoh Y, Sekiguchi C. Decompression
illness at shallow depth. Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. 25 (suppl): 12, 1998. Kazuhito Shimada, Toru Ohashi
and Nobuo Yoshie: Topographic recording of auditory brainstem response. In:
New dimensions of
otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery, vol.2. Elsevier Science Publishers
B.V.: 124 - 125, 1985. |
