The JMSA honors students in the medical professions who demonstrate academic excellence and a commitment to the values of the Japanese Medical Society of America. Scholarship awards are presented at the JMSA Annual Spring Dinner each year.
Here are the students who received scholarships this year and their proposed projects.
2017 JMSA Scholarship Recipients with Affiliations and Proposed Projects
Honjo-JMSA Scholarship
Dan Ebner (Brown University School of Medicine)- A carbon-ion radiotherapy study at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba, Japan
Shoko Mori (SUNY Downstate College of Medicine)- JMSA Journal Club for Japanese students, researchers, residents, and physicians to come together
Yoshiko Toyoda (Weill Cornell Medical College)- Create a JMSA Women in Health Sciences group
Kuro Murase MD-JMSA Scholarship
Takuto Takahashi, MD (Pediatric Resident at SUNY Downstate)- Develop mentorship for pediatric trainees to advance post-graduate training in Japan
Takeshi Uemura, MD (Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Fellow at Mount Sinai)- Enhance communication between doctors and seriously ill patients
Mitsui USA-JMSA Scholarship
Halley Kaye-Kauderer (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)- Study the resilient behaviors and post-traumatic growth of Fukushima medical students
Kenny Nakazawa (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)- Organize JMSA career panel as guidance for prospective student members
Mika Tabata (Stanford University School of Medicine)- Initiate discussion and exchange of knowledge between the US and Japan related to early examination of skin cancer
Nippon Life-JMSA Scholarship
Risa Hoshino, MD (Pediatric/Genetics Resident at Mount Sinai)- Introduce the US approach to medical genetics through pediatric resident exchange program with Jikei University
Jake Levine (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)- Assess how disaster experience shaped medical students’ desire to become physicians in Fukushima
Nishioka-JMSA Scholarship
Kirsten Ellye Homma (George Washington University School of Medicine)- Start JMSA Life Science Forum Kids in Washington D.C. to promote scientific curiosity among children
Riku Moriguchi (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)- Introduce the multifaceted nature of medicine to Japanese high school students
Mihoko Tanabe (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine)- Develop workshops on the Japanese medical system for medical student colleagues at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Raymond Sekiguchi MD-JMSA Scholarship
Keiichi Ito, PhD (Rockefeller University)- Promote exchange among Japanese scientists through JMSA New York Life Science Forum
Fumihiro Ogawa, MD PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow at Weill Cornell)- Increase children’s interest in science through JMSA Life Science Forum for Kids
Toyota-JMSA Scholarship
Kenji Fujitani, MD (Resident Physician at Stony Brook University Hospital)- Guiding JMSA shadowing program and the mentorship/advising program
Ichiro Watanabe, MD (Simulation Research Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)- Analyze the differences in patients’ characteristics of percutaneous coronary intervation between US and Japan