Kitano Medical Research Institute, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Tazuke kofukai

Date and Time

Thursday, May 6, 2010, 6:00 PM

place

Kitano Hospital Kitano Hall

Opening Remarks

Dr. Hiroyuki Koshiyama, Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Kitano Hospital

Session 1

Chair: Professor Yoshio Fujioka, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe Gakuin University

"Antiatherogenic Actions of Amlodipine"
Dr. Hiroki Ikeda, Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Ikeda Hospital and Visiting Researcher at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Kitano Hospital

"Soluble lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (sLOX-1) is a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for coronary acute syndrome (ACS)"
Professor Noriaki Kume, Lecturer, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Session 2 Special Lecture

Chair: Vice Director, General Manager of Internal Medicine, Director of General Medical Center, Kitano Hospital
Dr. Takashi Nohara, Vice Director of the Rehabilitation Center

“Endothelial Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Risk ~A Nanotechnology Approach~”
Professor, Harvard Medical School Preston Mason

Closing Remarks

Vice Director, General Manager of Internal Medicine, Director of General Medical Center, Kitano Hospital
Dr. Takashi Nohara, Vice Director of the Rehabilitation Center