"2023 School of Medicine Retirement Commemorative Lecture" held

A retirement commemorative lecture event was held over two days, Monday, March 11th, 2024 and Tuesday, March 12th, 2024, in the 201 Large Lecture Hall of the Education and Research Building Hyogo Medical University, featuring the hospital director and eight professors who will be retiring at the end of fiscal year 2023. Many people attended the event and listened with interest to the lectures given by the nine professors who have contributed to education, research, and medical care for many years. After the lectures, faculty, staff, and students presented bouquets of flowers to express their gratitude.

Part 1: March 11, 2024
・"From the bedside to the benchtop"
Speaker: Professor Masahiro Koshiba (Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
・"Looking back on 40 years of progress in immunology"
Speaker: Professor Kiyoshi Matsui (Department of Diabetes Endocrinology and Clinical Immunology)
・"Research into cognitive dysfunction in neurological diseases"
Speaker: Professor Masanaka Takeda (Department of Neurology)
・"About the treatment, research, and education of bone tumors"
Speaker: Professor Hiroyuki Futani (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
・"Reproductive medicine confronting the declining birthrate issue: technological advances and current state of government support"
Speaker: Hiroaki Shibahara, Chair Professor (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Part 2: March 12, 2024
・"Health Effects of Air Pollution and Eco-Children Survey: Environmental Protection Research to Date"
Speaker: Professor Masayuki Shima (Public Health)
・"To make pleural mesothelioma a curable disease"
Speaker: Professor Masanori Hasegawa (Department of Thoracic Surgery)
・"Watching and Regulating Breathing - 18 Years of Progress"
Speaker: Hitoshi Koshihisa, Chief Professor (Department of Physiology and Biofunctions)
・"Thankful for the fulfilling 29 years at Hyogo College of Medicine - Ear surgery strategies from a quality of life perspective and hospital management that puts the field first"
Speaker: Masashi Sakagami, Hospital Director