Name
  Akira Matsumura
   
Affiliation
 

University of Tsukuba (Institute of Clinical Medicine) Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences Doctoral Program of Functional and Regulatory Medical Sciences (Neurosurgery)

   
Title
 

Professor

   
Academic degrees
 

MD (University of Tsukuba)
PhD (University of Tsukuba)
Dr.med. ( University of Gottingen)
   
Research Fields
 

Clinical & Academic Neurosurgery, Neurooncology, Spinal surgery, Cerebral stroke

   
Research Subjects
 

Diagnosis and multi-modal treatment of brain tumors
Diagnosis of metabolism and circulation in various Neurosurgical diseases

   
Academic Society Membership
 

-Committee member & Fellow, Japanese Society for Neurosurgery
-Fellow , Japan Stroke Society
-Board of Councilor, International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy
-Executive member, Japan Society for Neutron Capture Therapy
-Executive member, Japan Society of Neurosurgical Photodynamic Medicine
-Executive member, Kanto Society for Neurosurgery

   
Academic Publications
 

Yamamoto T, Matsumura A , et al.: Characterization of Neutron Beams for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy: In-air Radiobiological Dosimetry. Radiat Res , 2003; 160: 70-76.

 

Matsumura A , et al. : In Vivo Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy Using a Potentially Effective Compound (Gd-BOPTA). Anticancer Res , 2003; 23: 2451-2456.

  Matsumura A , et al.: Combined Laminoplasty With Posterior Lateral Mass Plating for unstable Spondylotic Cervical Canal Stenosis. -Technical Note-. Neurol Med Chir ( Tokyo ) 20003, 43: 514-519.
  Isobe T, Matsumura A , Anno I, Yoshizawa T, Nagatomo Y, Itai Y, Nose T: Quantification of cerebral metabolites in glioma patients with proton MR spectroscopy using T2 relaxation time correction. Magn Reson Imag , 2002; 20: 343-349.
  Zhang T, Matsumura A , et al.: Comparison of two Brain Tumor-Localizing MRI Agents ： GD-BOPTA and GD-DTPA. ? The study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy with Rat Brain tumors-. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 23: 15-18,2002.
   
Awards
 

-(1999) The 1st Ken's Award, Japanese Society for Neurosurgery, Simultaneous Translation Corps
-(1999) The 10 th Anniversary Prize from “Tojinkai (Alumnus Club of Medical College at University of Tsukuba )” for the research of “Intraoperative Fluorescence Diagnosis of Malignant Tumors Using High Resolution Cooled CCD Camera”
-(1999) The 20 th Research Prize from Japanese Foundation for Multidisciplinary Treatment of Cancer. “Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Malignant Gliomas using Epithermal Neutron Beam (alpha particle therapy) “
-(2001) Award from the President of University Hospital of Tsukuba
-(2003) 4 th Research Award of Japanese Society for Spinal Surgery: Perfusion study of cervical spondylosis.
   
tel,fax
  tel : 029-853-3220
  fax : 029-853-3214
   
E-mail Address
 

a-matsumurmd.tsukuba.ac.jp
[Education and Experience]
1980.3
Graduated from School of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
1980.6
Residency at University Hospital of Tsukuba, General Surgery, Neurosurgery
1984.10
Clinical Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Gottingen, Germany
（ Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst scholarship ）
1986.10
ntermediate Clinical Training Course in Neurology, National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queen Square, University College London, England

1987.1
Department of Neurosurgery, Hata General Hospital, Tsukuba Medical Center, Moriya Daiichi General Hospitals

1992.2
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba
1995.4
Visiting Researcher at Max-Planck Institute, NMR research Laboratory, Gottingen , Germany (Alexander von Humboldt scholarship)
2003.12
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba
2004.3
Professor & Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba