Dr. Akiyoshi Miyazawa

2004 recipient

Dr. Akiyoshi Miyazawa graduated from Yamanashi Medical University in 1998. He trained in internal medicine at the Tokyo University Hospital and the Omiya Red-cross Hospital. After his training in internal medicine, he worked at the Mitsui Memorial Hospital as resident of cardiovascular medicine. He joined Center for Research in Cardiovascular interventions in June 2004 as 7th postdoctoral fellow supported by the Stanford-Getz scholarship program. He was interested in atherosclerosis, mechanisms of coronary artery disease progression and improvement of medical treatment in interventional cardiology.