Final Programme

Dignitaries
Kaori Togashi
Kyoto/JP
was born in 1954 in Kyoto, Japan.
After receiving her M.D. from Kyoto University in
1979 and completing her residencies at the Kyoto
University Hospital and the Hospital of Shiga Medical
School in Shiga, Japan, she became assistant
professor in radiology at the Shiga Medical School
in 1980.
From 1983 to 1987 Dr. Togashi attended the
Postgraduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University,
where she graduated with a degree of Doctor of
Medical Science. From 1987 to 1989 she worked
as clinical associate at Kyoto Teishin Hospital in
Kyoto, and from 1989 to 1992 as Director in
Radiology at Otsu Municipal Hospital in Shiga,
before she moved back to Kyoto to become assistant
professor in radiology and nuclear medicine at the
Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine. After a short
stint as clinical associate at the Osaka Red Cross
Hospital in Osaka, Japan, in 1997/98, she then took
an appointment as associate professor in Hitachi
Medical Corporation Chair at the Department of
Diagnostic and Interventional Imageology. In 2003
Dr. Togashi went back to Kyoto as associate
professor at the department of radiology, where
in 2004 she was promoted to her current position
as professor and chairperson at the Department
of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine at
Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Medicine.
Dr. Togashi thus became the first woman to chair
a department at the medical school of Kyoto
University, one of the most prestigious universities
in Japan, known by its distinguished tradition and
outstanding achievements in basic science, and the
first woman in Japan to chair a radiology department
in a national university.
Apart from her vast œuvre in Japanese, Dr. Togashi
has published 117 original articles, 16 invited
reviews and 7 books in English, most notably ‘MRI of
the female pelvis’, and ‘Magnetic Resonance imaging
in cervical cancer’, two virtual standards in her field
of expertise. Due to her reputation in this field, in
1997 Dr. Togashi was invited to become visiting
assistant professor in radiology at Harvard Medical
School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in
Harvard, Massachusetts/US. Dr. Togashi is now
striving to extend the horizon of MR imaging with
the use of cine MR imaging technique for the uterus.
This technique has attracted interests not only from
radiology, obstetrics, and gynaecology, but also from
the bioengineering society as a new tool to elucidate
biomechanics of the uterine function.
Dr. Togashi is a member of the Japan Radiological
Society (JRS), the Japanese Society of Magnetic
Resonance in Medicine, the Japanese Society of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Japanese Society
of Infertility, the Radiological Society of North
America, the International Society for Magnetic
Resonance in Medicine, the Society of Uroradiology,
and the Society for the advancement of Woman’s
Imaging. In these societies, Dr. Togashi has not only
presented numerous academic achievements, but
also contributed to the educational programmes
such as the refresher course in the annual meeting
of the Radiological Society of North America.
Dr. Togashi’s remarkable achievements have been
duly honoured by her peers, leading to a string of
awards, such as the prize for excellent manuscript
at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Radiological
Society (Kobe, 1990), five Certificates of Merit
at RSNA (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002), two
Excellence in Design Awards at RSNA (2002,
2003), the ESUR Gold Medal in 2002, the Prize for
excellent subject at the 57th Scientific Meeting of
the Japan Oesophageal Society (Kyoto, 2003), two
International Jump Awards at ISMRM (2004, 2005),
two Educational Exhibit Awards (Magna Cum Laude
and Cum Laude) at ECR 2005, and two Certificate
of Merits awards at ECR 2006. Many of these
attainments are also the results of her assiduous
effort to train young academic radiologists.
In recognition of her extraordinary accomplishments,
especially in the field of women’s
imaging, and of her pioneering role as female
radiologist and shining example for her fellow
scientists, particularly in her home country,
Dr. Togashi is awarded Honorary Membership of the
European Congress of Radiology and the European
Association of Radiology.
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