HIROSHI AKIYAMA Physician (b. Chiba, 1931 – d. 21 September 2012)

University of Tokyo, professor (from 1986); director of Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo

Membership of SASA: Department of Medical Sciences: foreign member from 23 October 1997

Accession speech:  Cornerstone in the Surgical Treatment of the Esophageal Cancer (delivered on 16 March 1998)

Awards and recognitions: Nakayama Award, Japan (1993)

Photograph:  SANU-F 837