brief skectch of Tadao Okada (autobiography)

 

TADAO OKADA, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, DABFM

General Secretary, Executive Committee
WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) Asia Pacific Region
（2007-2010)

CURRENT POSITION:
June 2006 – current

President, Kameda Family Clinic Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Board Member, Tessyoukai (Kameda group)

9/1/02 – current

Director and Chief,
Family Medicine Residency Program
Department of Family Medicine
Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan

EDUCATION:
4/1/89 – 3/31/95  M.D. degree

                                Kobe University, School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
8/00 – 8/02         Master of Public Health (Multidisciplinary MPH)(8/10/02)
                                Graduate School of Public Health,University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
4/15/95 – 4/16/96 Internship

                                United States Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
5/16/96 – 6/15/97 Residency

                                Dept. of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto Univ. Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
7/1/97 – 8/5/01    Family Practice Residency

                                UPMC Shadyside, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
8/6/00 – 8/5/02    Fellow, Faculty Development Fellowship

                                 UPMC Shadyside / St. Margaret, UPMC Shadyside, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

SPECIALTY BOARDS:
Diplomat, American Board of Family Medicine (DABFM) 9/01
The Japanese Medical Society of Primary Care 1/02

HONOR:
Fellow, America Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP)   2005

LICENSE:
Holds unrestricted medical license in both Japan and the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, USA

CERTIFICATE:
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Provider 8/98  - current)
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Instructor 11/03 – current