brief skectch of Tadao Okada (autobiography)
TADAO OKADA, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, DABFM
General Secretary,
WONCA APR
(World Organization of Family Doctors, Asia Pacific Region)
Exuecutive Committee 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