Akio Suzuki

was a Japanese doctor, medical scientist, educator and president of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU).Arai, Hirokuni.  "In Honor of the Late Dr. Akio Suzuki," Annals of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg), 2011, vol. 17, p. 217;  doi: 10.5761/atcs.ob.11.00200; retrieved 2012-8-6.  He was best known as a heart surgery expert.

 Early life 
Suzuki earned his medical degree from TMDU in 1956.  His training continued as a surgical intern in Tokyo at the U.S. Army Hospital. He was a surgical resident at Albany Medical School in New York.

Career
In 1958, his medical career began as a staff surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.  

His academic career began in 1971 as an Associate Professor at the medical school of the University of Mississippi. 

When he returned to Japan in 1974, he was a professor of chest surgery at Juntendo University. 

In 1983, he joined the faculty of TMDU. 

He was named president of TMDU in 1995.

Legacy
Akio Suzuki Memorial Hall at TMDU is named after the doctor.

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Category:1929 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:Japanese scientists