Masahito Hitosugi

(born July 3, 1969) is a Japanese forensic pathologist, researcher and educator. He is serving as a professor in legal medicine in Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan.

 Early Career and Education  
After graduating from the Jikei University School of Medicine in 1994, after working at Kawasaki City Kawasaki Hospital, completed the Jikei University School of Medicine. He moved to his current position after working as an assistant at Doshisha University and an associate professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University. He is also active in a wide range of fields, including being a university lecturer, a part-time police doctor at the Tochigi Prefectural Police Headquarters, and energetically working on many related committees and academic societies. His area of expertise is the pathophysiology of sudden death, thrombosis, and preventive medicine for traffic accidents.

 Publications  
 2008,1 January

 Awards 
 Best Paper Award, The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (Co-author) 2017
 The Technological Contribution Award, Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. 2016
 Best Paper Award, Japan Council of Traffic Science (Co-author) 2016
 International Health Professional of the Year, Cambridge, England 2010
 Best Paper Award, Japan Council of Traffic Science 2010
 Kenichi Uemura Award, Japan Society for Medical English Education 2010
 Japan Society for Transportation Science, Best Paper Award 2010
 Japan Society for Medical English Education, Kenichi Uemura Award 2010
 Best Presentation Award, Japan Society of Automotive Engineers, Annual Congress 2008
 Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan,  Best Presentation Award 2008
 Best Presentation Award, Japan Society of Automotive Engineers, Annual Congress (Co-author) 2007
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 Other websites 
KAKEN
Justia

Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese academics
Category:Forensics
Category:Pathologists