The 1st Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Neurosonology and Embolus June 13-14, 2025: ABSTRACT

After joining JAN in 1988, he presented his main research theme of the evaluation of carotid artery occlusion using color Doppler ultrasound.After that, he used transcranial Doppler ultrasound to conduct research on cerebral vasospasm, moyamoya disease, and hypothermia during extracorporeal circulation.At the 2002, he delivered the symposium keynote address "The present and future of perioperative neurosurgery."He served as an editorial committee for the journal from 2004 to 2007, the chairman from 2007 to 2012, a member of the certification committee in 2008, a JAN director in 2009.In 2013, he hosted the 32nd general meeting.In 2016, he became the JAN president.In 2022, he delivered a culmination of his work in the presidential address "The history of JAN and my ultrasound research."From 2022 he was served as an auditor.In 2024, he was scheduled to deliver a special lecture titled "JAN and the Japan Society for Embolus Detection and Treatment, how to come and go".However, he passed away suddenly from acute heart failure on April 14, 2024 and was unable to make the presentation.He is buried in Tokushima City.He was 68 years old.