Koichi Hirata

Education

1974-1980     Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine, Tochigi
1980-1982     Residency, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Tochigi and Mito National Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
1982-1986　 Department of Neurology, Aftergraduated School, Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine
1991              Board certification in Japanese Society of Neurology
2002              Board certification in Japanese Society of Sleep Research
2003              Board certification in Japan Stroke Society
2005              Board certification in Japanese Headache Society
2016              Board certification in Japanese Internal Medicine

Professional Affiliations

1986-1987     Research fellow in Zurich University
1987-1996     Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine
1996-2020     Professor, and chairman, Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine
2005              Vice-President, The 30th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research
2007              President, The 36 th Annual Meeting of Japanese Clinical Neurophysiology
2009              President, The 37 th Annual Meeting of Japanese Headache Society
2009              Vice-President, The 1st Asian Regional Conference for Headache
2011              President, Nursing school of Dokkyo Medical University,
2014              Vice-Director, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital
2015              President, The 40th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Sleep Research
2017              Director, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital
2018              President, The 38 th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics
2020              Vice President , Chief Executive Officer of Hospital and Clinical Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University

Memberships

Japanese Society of Headache （President）, Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics (Past-President), Japanese Society of Neurology （Councilor），The Japanese Society of Sleep Research （Vice-President, Councilor）, Japanese Society of Stroke（Councilor），,Institute of Complex Medical Engineering（Councilor）, Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology（Councilor）,  Japan Society of Neurovegetative Research (Councilor)

Reviewer Journals

Neuropsychobioloy, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Japanese J Clinical Neurophysiology, Japanese J Headache,  Japanese J Epilepsy, Autonomic nervous system.

Academic Interests

- Headache
- Sleep
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Organic Depression

Recent Publication (2000-) Sample in Peer Reviewed Journals

1)      Hirata K, Takeshima T, Sakai F, Tatsuoka Y, Suzuki N, Igarashi H, Nakamura T, Ozeki A, Yamazaki H, Vladimir Skljarevski : A long-term open-label safety study of galcanezumab in Japanese patients with migraine. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2021 Jan 4;1-13. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2021.1866536. Online ahead of print. [PMID: 33393835]

2)      Suzuki K, Fujita H, Matsubara T, Haruyama Y, Kadowaki T, Funakoshi K, Watanabe Y, Hirata K : Zonisamide effects on sleep problems and depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease. Brain Behav. 2021 Jan 5:e02026. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2026. Online ahead of print. [PMID: 33399276]

3)      Fujita H, Ogaki K, Shiina T, Onuma H, Sakuramoto H, Satoh K, Suzuki K：V180I genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with cardiac sympathetic nerve denervation masquerading as Parkinson's disease: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jan 15;100(2):e24294. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024294 [PMID: 33466217]

4)      Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Haruyama Y, Okamura M, Shiina T, Fujita H, Kobashi G, Sairenchi T, Uchiyama K, Hirata K : Central sensitization in migraine is related to restless legs syndrome. J Neurol, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-10295-7 [PMID: 33150529]

5)      Suzuki K, Okuma Y, Uchiyama T, Miyamoto M, Haruyama Y, Kobashi G, Sakakibara R, Shimo Y, Hatano T, Hattori N, Yamamoto T, Hirano S, Yamamoto T, Kuwabara S, Kaji Y, Fujita H, Kadowaki T, Hirata K : Determinants of Low Body Mass Index in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Multicenter Case-Control Study. J Parkinsons Dis 10(1): 213-221, 2020 [PMID: 31868678]