Toshikazu Wakatsuki

Toshikazu Wakatsuki (若月俊一, Wakatsuki Toshikazu, June 26, 1910 – August, 2006) was a Japanese medical doctor. He received a M.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1936 and a PhD from the same institution in 1947, after imprisonment for anti-war views during World War II.[1] In 1946, Wakatsuki performed Japan's first tubercular spinal caries and also organised its first blood bank.[1] He founded the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine.[2] Wakatsuki was awarded the 1976 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his contributions to rural medicine,[1] as well as the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Star in 1981. He died of pneumonia in August 2006, at the age of 96.[3]

Toshikazu Wakatsuki
若月俊一
Wakatsuki in 1953
Born(1910-06-26)June 26, 1910
Japan
DiedAugust 22, 2006(2006-08-22) (aged 96)
Saku Central Hospital
SpouseTsugie Takahashi
Children2

References
  1. "Wakatsuki, Toshikazu". Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. Nagami, Hiroshi (2010). "Historical Perspective of Pesticide Poisoning in Japan and Measures Taken by the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine". Journal of Rural Medicine. 5 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2185/jrm.5.129. PMC 4309314. PMID 25649320.
  3. "Obituary: Toshikazu Wakatsuki". The Japan Times. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2017.


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