PROFILE
UMEMURA Atsushi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders
Department of Neurosurgery
Short Biography
- 1986
- M.D. Nagoya City University Medical School
- 1986
- Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Hospital
- 1991
- Ph.D. Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine
- 1993
- Senior Registrar, Department of Neurological Surgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurological Surgery, London, U.K.
Research Fellow, Department of Neurological surgery, Institute of Neurology, London, U.K.
- 1995
- Assistant Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu Social Insurance Hospital
- 1999
- Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Medical School
- 2002
- Clinical Fellow (Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery), Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
- 2003
- Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine
- 2009
- Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine
- 2012
- Senior Associate Professor, Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
- 2018
- Professor, Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
Keywords
- Functional Neurosurgery
- Stereotactic Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Parkinson's Disease
- Movement Disorders
Main Research Topics and Interests
- Stereotactic Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Neuromodulation
- Parkinson's Disease
- Movement Disorders
Publications (in English)
- Original Articles: 63
- Review Articles: 2
- Books: 5
- h-Index: 15
- Sum of Times Cited: 770
Recent Main Publications
- Umemura A, Oyama G, Shimo Y, Nakajima M, Nakajima A, Jo T, Sekimoto S, Ito M, Mitsuhashi T, Hattori N, Arai H: Current topics in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 56: 613-625, 2016
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Yamada K, Oyama G, Shimo Y, Hattori N: Validity of Single Tract Microelectrode Recording in Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 53: 821-827, 2013
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Yamamoto K, Okita K, Matsukawa N, Yamada K: Complications of Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 51: 749-755, 2011
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Okita K, Matsukawa N, Yamada K: Subthalamic nucleus stimulation for Parkinson disease with severe medication-induced hallucinations or delusions. J Neurosurg 114: 1701-1705, 2011
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Ohkita K, Yamawaki T, Yamada K: Effect of subthalamic deep brain stimulation on postural abnormality in Parkinson disease. J Neurosurg 112: 1283-1288, 2010
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