「お酒が苦手で甘いものも嫌い」日本人に多いが、あまり知られていないシトリン欠損症
今から約20年前、それまでまったく知られていなかった病気が日本人研究者によって発見されました。この病気の名前はシトリン欠損症。日本人にとても多い病気であり、その症状は様々です。新生児期の黄疸、成人期の性格の変化や意識障害などで診断され、治療を誤ると命にも関わることもあります。
Category: Event
JMSA New York Life Science Forum 2019
JMSA is having our annual Life Science Forum on Saturday, April 20th at NYU Langone Medical Center! The event will feature Japanese researchers and physicians working in the US, sharing their research and experiences. This event is open to everyone,…
JMSA Holiday Party Online Registration is now available
Dear JMSA Members and Friends: We are excited to announce the JMSA Holiday Party on Friday 12/14/18 at the Columbus Citizens Foundation in NYC from 6:30pm to 9pm. Online registration is now available. Register your guests by 12/7/18 for the…
JMSA Hosts a Round Table with Dr. Yoshitake Yokokura, President of World Medical Association
The World Medical Association (WMA) is an international organization representing physicians. It was founded in 1947, when physicians from 27 different countries met at the First General Assembly of the WMA in Paris. The organization was created to ensure the…
JMSA Leads 7th Annual 9/11 – 3/11 Disaster Outreach Program in Tohoku
American Airlines, Consulate General of Japan in New York, Japan Society, Mount Sinai Global Health, and Rotary International supports JMSA and September 11th Family Members for 7th 9/11-3/11 Outreach Program to Tohoku, Japan 7/14/2018 Fukushima Minyu News Article: September 11th family…
5th JAMSNET World Symposium held in New York
Japanese Medical Support Network (JAMSNET) was initiated through a 2005 conversation between Dr. Koichi Nakamoto, a medical attache at the Japanese Consulate in New York, and Dr. Shunichi Homma, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, then the President of Japanese…
Nippon Club 43rd Health Seminar with JMSA on 10/24
Dear JMSA Members, Please see this flyer for information regarding the upcoming Nippon Club 43rd Health Seminar in cooperation with JMSA, featuring Dr. Satoko Kanahara, on Wednesday 10/24. We hope to see you there! JMSA
Sunday 9/16 Senior week lectures by Dr. Shimada and Dr. Asoma
On behalf of JMSA, I gave a talk about how best to communicate with physicians in the United States at the Japanese American Association of New York’s Autumn Health Fair om Sunday, September 16th. The topics included postgraduate medical training in…
JCOP 2018 Now Accepting Applications
Dear JMSA Member and Friend: JMSA is now accepting JCOP 2018 applications! JMSA Community Outreach Program Grant Application 2018: The Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) seeks to help support social and medically related Japanese community programs through grants given…
JMSA helping to organize a benefit to raise money for the Japan Flood
Dear JMSA member and friend: On 8/23, JACC, or Japanese American Community Cares, a coalition of Japanese Community Groups in New York, will be hosting a joint benefit to raise funds for the Western Japan Flood. JMSA is one of…