Hiroaki Kume
Professor
Kindai University
Osaka
Japan
Biography
Hiroaki Kume obtained his MD from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in 1982. He has completed his PhD in Department of Medicine (II), Nagoya University School of Medicine in 1990, and postdoctoral studies from School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Michael I. Kotlikoff’s Lab). Currently, he works at Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8577, Japan, and focuses on investigating the characteristics of COPD with the goal of rational therapy for COPD