Kiyohiro Houkin

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'''Houkin Kiyohiro''' (寳金 清博, 24 September 1954 – ) is a Japanese medical scientist and neurosurgeon. He has served as the President of [[Hokkaido University]] since 2020, where he is also Professor Emeritus.{{Cite web |title=Governing Organization |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/governing-organization |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Hokkaido University }}{{Cite web |title=President's Message |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/presidents-message |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Hokkaido University }} He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Hokkaido University, specializing in neurosurgery, and is one of the pioneers in the research of [[moyamoya disease]].{{Cite journal |last1=Yoshimoto |first1=Tetsuyuki |last2=Houkin |first2=Kiyohiro |last3=Takahashi |first3=Akihiro |last4=Abe |first4=Hiroshi |date=December 1996 |title=Angiogenic Factors in Moyamoya Disease |url=https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.STR.27.12.2160 |journal=Stroke |volume=27 |issue=12 |pages=2160–2165 |doi=10.1161/01.STR.27.12.2160 |pmid=8969773 |issn=0039-2499|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Kuroda |first1=Satoshi |last2=Houkin |first2=Kiyohiro |date=November 2008 |title=Moyamoya disease: current concepts and future perspectives |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1474442208702400 |journal=The Lancet Neurology |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=1056–1066 |doi=10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70240-0|pmid=18940695 |url-access=subscription }}

'''Houkin Kiyohiro''' (寳金 清博, 24 September 1954 – ) is a Japanese medical scientist and neurosurgeon. He has served as the President of [[Hokkaido University]] since 2020, where he is also Professor Emeritus.{{Cite web |title=Governing Organization |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/governing-organization |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Hokkaido University }}{{Cite web |title=President's Message |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/presidents-message |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Hokkaido University }} He holds a [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree from Hokkaido University, specializing in neurosurgery, and is one of the pioneers in the research of [[moyamoya disease]].{{Cite journal |last1=Yoshimoto |first1=Tetsuyuki |last2=Houkin |first2=Kiyohiro |last3=Takahashi |first3=Akihiro |last4=Abe |first4=Hiroshi |date=December 1996 |title=Angiogenic Factors in Moyamoya Disease |url=https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.STR.27.12.2160 |journal=Stroke |volume=27 |issue=12 |pages=2160–2165 |doi=10.1161/01.STR.27.12.2160 |pmid=8969773 |issn=0039-2499|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Kuroda |first1=Satoshi |last2=Houkin |first2=Kiyohiro |date=November 2008 |title=Moyamoya disease: current concepts and future perspectives |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1474442208702400 |journal=The Lancet Neurology |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=1056–1066 |doi=10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70240-0|pmid=18940695 |url-access=subscription }}

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Houkin was employed at Hokkaido University Hospital. In 1986, he took up a position as a visiting researcher at the [[University of California, Davis]].{{Cite web |title=寳金 清博 {{!}} 研究者情報 {{!}} J-GLOBAL 科学技術総合リンクセンター |url=https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200901022425937792 |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=jglobal.jst.go.jp |language=ja}} After returning to Japan in 1990, he earned a Doctor of Medicine from Hokkaido University in 1991. Thereafter, he has been continuously affiliated with Hokkaido University and Hokkaido University Hospital, culminating in his appointment as Director of Hokkaido University Hospital and Vice President of Hokkaido University in April 2017, and as President of Hokkaido University in October 2020.{{Cite web |title=President's Message |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/presidents-message |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Hokkaido University }} He was a [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|MEXT]] Overseas Research Fellow at [[Stanford University]] and Royal Neurological Institute (now the [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]]), UK, for three months beginning November 1996. He has also held the position of Professor, School of Medicine, [[Sapporo Medical University]], since 2001.{{Cite web |title=寳金 清博（ほうきん きよひろ） 先生（北海道の脳神経外科医）のプロフィール：北海道大学病院 |url=https://medicalnote.jp/doctors/170221-003-QJ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=メディカルノート |language=ja}}

After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Houkin was employed at Hokkaido University Hospital. In 1986, he took up a position as a visiting researcher at the [[University of California, Davis]].{{Cite web |title=寳金 清博 {{!}} 研究者情報 {{!}} J-GLOBAL 科学技術総合リンクセンター |url=https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200901022425937792 |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=jglobal.jst.go.jp |language=ja}} After returning to Japan in 1990, he earned a Doctor of Medicine from Hokkaido University in 1991. Thereafter, he has been continuously affiliated with Hokkaido University and Hokkaido University Hospital, culminating in his appointment as Director of Hokkaido University Hospital and Vice President of Hokkaido University in April 2017, and as President of Hokkaido University in October 2020.{{Cite web |title=President's Message |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/presidents-message |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Hokkaido University }} He was a [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|MEXT]] Overseas Research Fellow at [[Stanford University]] and Royal Neurological Institute (now the [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]]), UK, for three months beginning November 1996. He has also held the position of Professor, School of Medicine, [[Sapporo Medical University]], since 2001.{{Cite web |title=寳金 清博（ほうきん きよひろ） 先生（北海道の脳神経外科医）のプロフィール：北海道大学病院 |url=https://medicalnote.jp/doctors/170221-003-QJ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=メディカルノート |language=ja}}

He conducted brain metabolism research using magnetic resonance methods under the guidance of Professor Tsutomu Nakata [[:ja:中田力|ja]] at the University of California, Davis [citation needed]. In clinical work, he specializes in cerebral revascularization and surgical treatment of moyamoya disease; in research, regenerative medicine using bone marrow stem cells. He is also a member of the [[Science Council of Japan]] and has made expert recommendations on dementia.

He conducted brain metabolism research using magnetic resonance methods under the guidance of Professor Tsutomu Nakata [[:ja:中田力|ja]] at the University of California, Davis [citation needed]. In clinical work, he specializes in cerebral [[revascularization]] and surgical treatment of moyamoya disease; in research, regenerative medicine using [[bone marrow]] stem cells. He is also a member of the [[Science Council of Japan]] and has made expert recommendations on dementia.

== President of Hokkaido University ==

== President of Hokkaido University ==