Education and Training Education 09/1976 – 03/1979 Hilliard High School, Hilliard, Ohio. 04/1979 – 03/1980 Ikeshinden High School, American Field Service (AFS) High School Exchange Student, Kikugawa, Japan. 09/1980 – 03/1985 Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences, Japanese Studies, Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude with Honors, Columbus, Ohio. 09/1983 – 08/1984 Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Tokyo, Japan. 08/1985 – 06/1989 Ohio State University College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio. 09/1992 – 06/1994 University of Carolina School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Master of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 09/1994 – 05/1998 Michigan University, Interdisciplinary Programs in Health and Humanities, Master of Arts, East Lansing, Michigan. Postdoctoral Training 09/1983 – 08/1984 Visiting Scholar, Tokyo University, Department of Geriatrics, Tokyo, Japan. 07/1989 – 06/1990 Internship, University of Carolina, Department of Family Practice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 07/1989 – 06/1992 Resident, University of North Carolina, Department of Family Practice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 06/1992 – 08/1992 Graduate Fellow, Jichi Medical University, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Jichi, Japan. 09/1992 – 06/1994 Research Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 09/1994 – 06/1997 Lyle C. Roll Fellow in Bioethics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Scholarships and Fellowships 1983 Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan. 1983 Japan Foundation Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan. 1986 Samuel J. Roessler Memorial Scholarship for Medical Student Research, “Does DNA supercoiling regulate sister chromatid exchanges?” Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 1987 Jeremiah Milbank (J.M.) Foundation Scholarship for Education of Medical Students on Substance Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio. 1987 Samuel J. Roessler Memorial Scholarship for medical student research, “A study of stress and coping by Japanese children in the process of acculturation,” Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Trial Trial
1987 Title VI Fellowship for Chinese Language Studies, United States Department of Education, Washington, DC. 1989 Student Exchange Scholar, Tongji Medical University, Hubei Province, The People's Republic of China. 1989 Bertha Mount Memorial Award for travel to The People's Republic of China. 1989 Indian Health Service Award for a Medical Student Elective to Bethel, Alaska. 1992 Fulbright Foundation "Japan Today" Fellowship to Study Ethics of End of Life Decision-Making in Japan, Host Institution – Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. 2000 – 2002 Awardee, Graduate Medical Education in Ethics Program, University of Michigan, Directors: Susan Goold, MD, MHSA, MA; David Stern, MD, PhD. Certification and Licensure Certification 1989 – 1993 Advanced Trauma Life Support 1989 – Present Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Recertified 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 1990 National Board of Medical Examiners (Diplomate) 1993 – 2018 American Board of Family Physicians (Diplomate) Recertified 2000-2007, 2008-2018 1997 – Present Japanese Academy of Primary Care (Nintei, Nihon Puraimari Kea Gakkai) 2001 – 2008 Neonatal Resuscitation Program 2002 – 2005 Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics 2011 – 2013 Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Licensure 1994 North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners (39589) 1994 – 2016 State of Michigan, Department of Commerce Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy (4301063810) Academic, Administrative and Clinical Appointments Academic Portfolio 1997 – Present Adjunct Faculty Member, The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan University, East Lansing, Michigan. 1998 – Present Faculty Decision Consortium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 2000 – Present Faculty, University of Michigan Health System, Graduate Bioethics Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan.