Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Alumni
Founded in 1928 as Japan’s first national dental school and later expanded to medical education, TMDU was a leading public health sciences university in Tokyo until its 2024 merger into Science Tokyo. It consistently ranks top‑10 in Japan for medicine and #1 globally for dentistry, with strength in biomedical engineering and biomaterials.
Here are 20 notable alumni and faculty from TMDU and its successor:
Alumni Name |
Notable Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Graduating Year |
---|---|---|---|
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Renowned heart surgeon; TMDU president; implanted first man-made heart valve (1960) |
MD (Medicine) |
1956 |
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Neuroscientist; studied calcium channels; NAS & AAAS member |
Faculty (MD/PhD) |
N/A |
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Molecular biologist; biotech expert; pioneer in gene literacy |
PhD (Medicine) |
N/A |
³§²¹³Ù´Ç°ù³Ü M¾±²â²¹²Ô´Ç |
Bioinformatics leader; ISCB Fellow; directs TMDU data science center |
PhD |
N/A |
²Ñ¾±³Ù²õ³Ü°ù³Ü S²¹°ì³Ü°ù²¹¾± |
Internist and politician; member of Japan’s House of Councillors |
MD |
N/A |
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Neuroscientist; vice-president of Tohoku University |
MD/PhD |
N/A |
±·´Ç²ú³Ü´Ç S³Ü²µ²¹ |
Neurophysiologist; expert on bat echolocation; NAS member |
Faculty (MD/PhD) |
N/A |
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Applied linguistics professor at UCLA |
Faculty |
N/A |
´³¾±²Ô²õ³Ü°ì±ð K²¹²µ±ð²â²¹³¾²¹ |
Psychiatrist; emeritus professor; criminology awards |
Faculty |
N/A |
²Ñ¾±²Ô´Ç°ù³Ü K²¹³¾²¹³Ù²¹ |
Physician, writer, humanitarian, and co-founder of Japan Chernobyl Foundation |
MD |
N/A |
²Ñ¾±³Ù²õ³Ü°ù³Ü M³Ü°ì²¹¾±²µ²¹·É²¹°ù²¹ |
Internist & global health diplomat; co-founded G8/G20 Youth Summit Japan |
MD |
2012 |
´¡²â³Ü³¾¾±â€¯M²¹±ð»å²¹ |
Anesthesiology resident; trained at Mass General Hospital |
MD |
2009 |
Faculty – Elisabeth Kalko |
Tropical ecologist; TMDU staff |
N/A |
N/A |
Faculty – Dieter Grossmann |
Painter & professor; contributed to TMDU arts |
N/A |
N/A |
Faculty – Erich Sackmann |
Experimental physicist in life sciences |
N/A |
N/A |
Faculty – Martin Plenio |
Quantum information physicist |
N/A |
N/A |
Faculty – Gudrun Kalmbach |
Quantum logic mathematician & STEM advocate |
N/A |
N/A |
Faculty – Franz J. Radermacher |
Economist; co-founded Global Marshall Plan Initiative |
PhD (Math/Econ) |
N/A |
±á±ð±ô³¾³Ü³Ù M²¹¾±±ð°ù |
Mathematician in number theory; known for "Maier’s theorem" |
Diploma (Mathematics) |
1976 |
¸é±ð¾±²Ô±ð°ù K²Ô¾±³ú¾±²¹ |
Internationally acclaimed board-game designer |
Faculty alumnus |
N/A |
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