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Prof. Hiroaki Shimokawa

Present
Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD.：
Representative Director, President, CEO, and CMO (Chief Medical Officer)
Tohoku University：
Visiting Professor (Graduate School of Medicine) and Emeritus Professor (Tohoku University)
International University of Health and Welfare：
Specially Appointed Professor
History
1979-03-27
Graduated from Kyushu University (MD)
1985-09-15
Received PhD (Kyushu University)
1985-09-19
Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic
1991-09-01
Assistant Professor, Kyushu University Hospital
1995-08-16
Associate Professor, Kyushu University Medical School
2005-07-01
Professor and Chairman, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
2013-06-01
Director, Tohoku University Hospital, Clinical Research,
Innovation and Education Center (CRIETO)
2017-04-01
Director, Tohoku University Big Data Medicine Center
2020-04-01
Vice Dean of Graduate School and Professors of Graduate School of Medicine and Medical School, International
University of Health and Welfare
Visiting Professor (Graduate School of Medicine) and Emeritus Professor (Tohoku University), Tohoku University
2020-04-01
Chairman and CMO,Sound Wave Innovation CO., LTD.
2025-04-01
Representative Director, President, CEO, and CMO (Chief Medical Officer)
Main specialties
General cardiology, Ischemic heart disease, Heart failure,
Hypertension, Vascular biology, Development of advanced medicine
Main academic societies
Honorary/
Meritorious
members
Japanese Circulation Society, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Japanese College of Angiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society, Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Board members
Nitric Oxide Society of Japan, Japanese Society of Circulation Research,Society of Free Radical Research Japan, Japanese Association of Gender-specific Medicine
Fellows
American Heart Association (AHA), European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American Physiological Society(APS)
Main awards
1988
Young Investigator Award (YIA), American College of Cardiology (ACC)
1999
Satoh Award (Society award), Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)
2006
Jeffrey M. Hoeg Award, American Heart Association (AHA)
2012
Medical Award, Japan Medical Association (JMA)
2014
Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2014
William Harvey Lecture Award, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2019
Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2019
Society Award, Society of Free Radical Research Japan
Research Achievements
Main academic activities
（Domestic・Board member）（*President、†Vive president）
  • Japanese Society of Circulation Research（2005~present）
  • Society of Free Radical Research Japan（2006~present）
  • Japanese Circulation Society（2007~2020）
  • Japanese Association for Gender-specific Medicine（2008~present）*
  • Japanese Heart Failure Society（2008~2020）
  • Japanese College of Angiology（2010~2020）†
  • Nitric Oxide Society of Japan（2011~present）*
  • Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation（2012~2020～）
  • Japanese Society of Internal Medicine（2017~2020）
    • （International Fellow）
  • American Heart Association (AHA)（1986~present）
  • European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (1989~present）
  • American Physiological Society (APS)（1992~present）
    • Main sponsoring academic societies

    （Domestic）（15）

    2008
    8th Nitric Oxide Society of Japan
    2008
    37th Japanese Society of Circulation Research
    2012
    16th Japanese Heart Failure Society
    2012
    1st Japanese Society of Pulmonary Circulation
    2013
    8th Japanese Association for Gender-specific Medicine
    2014
    62nd Japanese College of Cardiology
    2016
    80th Japanese Circulation Society (Emperor and Empress visit)
    2016
    Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (Tohoku district)
    2019
    7th Japanese Academic Research Organization
    2020
    61st Japanese College of Angiology
    2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 Japanese Circulation Society, Tohoku district

    （International）（3 ）

    2009
    10th International Symposium on Mechanisms of Vasodilatation (MOVD)
    2016
    9th International Society of Nitric Oxide
    2017
    8th International Society of Gender Medicine
    Main journals activities
    Editor-in-Chief
    Circulation Journal （Japanese Circulation Society） (2008～2016) (IF=3.35)
    Associate Editors
    European Heart Journal (European Society of Cardiology, ESC) (IF=35.855)
    Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) (American Heart Association, AHA) (IF=10.514)
    Senior Associate Editor
    Circulation Research (American Heart Association, AHA) (IF=23.218)(2015～2019)
    Editorial Members
    (11 international journals, 5 domestic journals）:
    Circulation, American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, etc.
    Reviewers
    (27 international journals, one domestic journal）:
    New Engl J Med, Lancet, JCI, PNAS, JACC, FASEB Journal, Cardiovascular Research, Stroke, etc.
    Awards for the department members
    （2005~2020）
    Domestic meetings 162 awards　
    (Japanese Circulation Society, main 23 and 34 district)
    International meetings 69 awards　
    (37 for AHA, 17 for ESC)

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