ARAI Hajime, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice CEO
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Short Biography
| 1979 | M.D. Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 1979-1985 | Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 1986 | Ph.D. Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine |
| 1980-1982 | Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Neurochemistry, NINCDS, NIH, Maryland, USA. |
| 1985-1987 | Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 1987-1988 | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School |
| 1988-1993 | Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 1993-2002 | Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 1995 | Visiting Researcher, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Florida, USA |
| 2002-Present | Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 2008-2011 | Director, Juntendo University Hospital |
| 2011-2016 | Dean, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine |
| 2016-2024 | President, Juntendo University |
| 2016-2018 | President, Association of Japan Medical Colleges |
| 2017-Present | Executive President, The Japan Neurosurgical Society |
| 2024-Present | Vice CEO, Juntendo University |
Keywords
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Skull Base Surgery
- Hydrocephalus
- Neuroendoscopy
Main Research Topics and Interests
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Skull Base Surgery
- Hydrocephalus
- Neuroendoscopy
Publications (in English)
- Original Articles (179)
Recent Main Publications
- Watanabe M, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Nakajima M, Arai H: Cerebellar Purkinje cells exhibit increased expression of HMGB-1 and apoptosis in congenital hydrocephalic H-Tx rats. Neurosurgery, 2013; 72: 459-467.
- Oishi H, Yamamoto M, Shimizu T, Yoshida K, Arai H: Endovascular therapy of 500 small asymptomatic unruptured aneurysms. AJNR, 2012; 33: 958-964.
- Teramoto S, Miyamoto N, Yatomi K, Tanaka Y, Oishi H, Arai H, Hattori N, Urabe T: Exendin-4, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, provides neuroprotection in mice transient focal cerebral ischemia. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 2011; 31: 1696-1705.
- Yoshida K, Melake M, Oishi H, Yamamoto M, Arai H: Transvenous embolization of dural carotid cavernous fistulas: a series of 44 consecutive patients. AJNR, 2010; 31: 651-655.
- Yatomi K, Miyamoto N, Komine-Kobayashi M, Liu M, Oishi H, Arai H, Hattori N, Urabe T: Pathophysiological dual action of adiponectin after transient focal ischemia in mouse brain. Brain Res, 2009; 1297: 169-176.
- Nonaka Y, Miyajima M, Ogino I, Nakajima M, Arai H: Analysis of neuronal cell death in the cerebral cortex of H-Tx rats with compensated hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatrics, 2008; 1: 68-74.
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Other Specific Comments
Board Certification
| 1985 | Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery |
Major Committee Assignment
| 2006 | Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery |
| 2008 | President, Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery |
| 2012 | President, Japanese Society for Neuroendoscopy |
| 2014 | President, The Japan Neurosurgical Society |