PROFILE

ARAI Hajime, M.D., Ph.D.


President
Department of Neurosurgery

Short Biography

1979
M.D. Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1979-1985
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1986
Ph.D. Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
1980-1982
Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Neurochemistry, NINCDS, NIH, Maryland, USA.
1985-1987
Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1987-1988
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School
1988-1993
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1993-2002
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1995
Visiting Researcher, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Florida, USA
2002-Present
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
2008-2011
Director, Juntendo University Hospital
2011-2016
Dean, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
2016-Present
President, Juntendo University
2016-2018
President, Association of Japan Medical Colleges
2017-Present
Executive President, The Japan Neurosurgical Society
 

Keywords

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Neuroendoscopy

Main Research Topics and Interests

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Neuroendoscopy

Publications (in English)

  • Original Articles (179)
  • Impact Factor (354.663)

Recent Main Publications

  • Watanabe M, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Nakajima M, Arai H: Cerebellar Purkinje cells exhibit increased expression of HMGB-1 and apoptosis in congenital hydrocephalic H-Tx rats. Neurosurgery, 2013; 72: 459-467.
  • Oishi H, Yamamoto M, Shimizu T, Yoshida K, Arai H: Endovascular therapy of 500 small asymptomatic unruptured aneurysms. AJNR, 2012; 33: 958-964.
  • Teramoto S, Miyamoto N, Yatomi K, Tanaka Y, Oishi H, Arai H, Hattori N, Urabe T: Exendin-4, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, provides neuroprotection in mice transient focal cerebral ischemia. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 2011; 31: 1696-1705.
  • Yoshida K, Melake M, Oishi H, Yamamoto M, Arai H: Transvenous embolization of dural carotid cavernous fistulas: a series of 44 consecutive patients. AJNR, 2010; 31: 651-655.
  • Yatomi K, Miyamoto N, Komine-Kobayashi M, Liu M, Oishi H, Arai H, Hattori N, Urabe T: Pathophysiological dual action of adiponectin after transient focal ischemia in mouse brain. Brain Res, 2009; 1297: 169-176.
  • Nonaka Y, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Nakajima M, Arai H: Analysis of neuronal cell death in the cerebral cortex of H-Tx rats with compensated hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatrics, 2008; 1: 68-74.
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Other Specific Comments

Board Certification

1985
Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery

Major Committee Assignment

2006
Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery
2008
President, Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
2012
President, Japanese Society for Neuroendoscopy
2014
President, The Japan Neurosurgical Society

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