Daisuke Tsuruta, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman

OFFICE

Department of Dermatology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585 Japan
Phone : +81-6-6645-3826
Fax : +81-6-6645-3828
E-mail : dtsuruta*med.osaka-cu.ac.jp (Please change *asterisk to @at-mark.)

DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH

January 30, 1967
Osaka, Japan

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Osaka City University Medical School, 1986-92, M.D., Medicine

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1994-99

Ph.D. Thesis: In vivo activation of Langerhans cells and dendritic epidermal T cells in the elicitation phase of murine contact hypersensitivity.

RESIDENCY

Osaka City University Hospital, Dermatology, 1992-1994

FELLOWSHIP

Nagasaki University Medical School, Department of Cell Biology and Histology with Dr. Takehiko Koji, 1998-99:In situ hybridization/Apoptosis/Renal biology

Northwestern University the Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology with Dr. Jonathan CR Jones, 2000-2003: Cutaneous basement membrane studies/Immunogold for endothelial cells/live cell imaging for the matrix adhesion (hemidesmosomes/focal contacts)

HONORS

• Osaka City Mayor’s Award 1999
• United States Army Breast Cancer Fellowship 2000
• Gramm Travel Fellowship 2001
• Albert M Kligman Fellowship 2001
• Travel Award by American Academy of Dermatology 2003
• Japanese Association for Contact Dermatitis Art Award 2003
• Western Branch of the Japanese Association for Dermatologists President’s Award 2004
• Osaka City Mayor’s Award 2008
• Shiseido Basic Research Grant 2011
• Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructural Research Best Oral Award 2013
• Japanese Association of Clinical Molecular Morphology Award 2013

CERTIFICATION

Japanese Board of Dermatology (September, 1998)

ACADEMIC POSITION

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology
  Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka Japan, 2003-2005
• Assistant Professor, Dermatology
  Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 2005-2010 ,2011-2012
• Associate Professor, Dermatology
  Kurume University Medical School and Kurume Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, 2011-2013
• Professor and Chairman
  Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 2013-2022
• Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine 2022-

EDITOR

• Journal of Dermatology 2016-

EDITORIAL BOARD

• Japanese Journal of Pediatric Dermatology (Japan), 2015-

SECTION EDITOR

• Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica 2017-

INVITED VISITING PROFESSORSHIP

• Nagasaki University Medical School, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, 2009
• Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 2011
• Kurume University Medical School, Department of Dermatology, 2011-2013 (Visiting Associate Professor, 2013- (Visiting Professor)

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Japanese Society for Dermatopathology – President
• Japanese Society for Pediatric Dermatology – Vice President
• Society for Skin Structure Research - Director
• Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology - Director
• Japanese Society for Clinical Molecular Morphology - Director
• Japanese Society for Cutaneous Allergy and Immunology – Director
• Japanese Society for Cutaneous Pathology - Director
• Japanese Society for Psoriasis –Director
• Japanese Society for Histology and Cytology – Secretary