UMEMURA Atsushi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Short Biography
| 1986 | M.D. Nagoya City University Medical School |
| 1986 | Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Hospital |
| 1991 | Ph.D. Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| 1993 | Senior Registrar, Department of Neurological Surgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurological Surgery, London, U.K.
Research Fellow, Department of Neurological surgery, Institute of Neurology, London, U.K. |
| 1995 | Assistant Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu Social Insurance Hospital |
| 1999 | Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Medical School |
| 2002 | Clinical Fellow (Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery), Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA |
| 2003 | Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| 2009 | Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| 2012 | Senior Associate Professor, Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine |
| 2018 | Professor, Department of Research and Therapeutics for Movement Disorders, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine |
Keywords
- Functional Neurosurgery
- Stereotactic Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Parkinson's Disease
- Movement Disorders
Main Research Topics and Interests
- Stereotactic Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Neuromodulation
- Parkinson's Disease
- Movement Disorders
Publications (in English)
- Original Articles: 63
- Review Articles: 2
- Books: 5
- h-Index: 15
- Sum of Times Cited: 770
Recent Main Publications
- Umemura A, Oyama G, Shimo Y, Nakajima M, Nakajima A, Jo T, Sekimoto S, Ito M, Mitsuhashi T, Hattori N, Arai H: Current topics in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 56: 613-625, 2016
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Yamada K, Oyama G, Shimo Y, Hattori N: Validity of Single Tract Microelectrode Recording in Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 53: 821-827, 2013
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Yamamoto K, Okita K, Matsukawa N, Yamada K: Complications of Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 51: 749-755, 2011
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Okita K, Matsukawa N, Yamada K: Subthalamic nucleus stimulation for Parkinson disease with severe medication-induced hallucinations or delusions. J Neurosurg 114: 1701-1705, 2011
- Umemura A, Oka Y, Ohkita K, Yamawaki T, Yamada K: Effect of subthalamic deep brain stimulation on postural abnormality in Parkinson disease. J Neurosurg 112: 1283-1288, 2010
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