Hiroto Kawasaki, MD

Education

• 1979-1985, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
• 1985, Doctor of Medicine

Postgraduate Education

• 1985-1991, Residency, Neurological Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan
• 1994-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Group on Cell Biology of Excitable Tissue) Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Physiology, McGill University, Montreal Canada
• 1999-2001, Postdoctoral Fellow,Department of Neurology, University of Iowa

Certification and Licensure

• 1991, Board Certification of the Japan Neurosurgical Society
• 1995, Doctor of Medical Science, Toyko Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Professional and Academic Appointments

• 1991-1994, 1997-1999, Faculty Associate Neurological Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
• 2002, Associate, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa
• 2002-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa

Areas of Research Interest and Current Projects

• Neurophysiology of Emotion Processing in the Human Brain
• Neurophysiology of Auditory Cortex
• Information processing of the Brain
• Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy