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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鈥�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

础办颈辞鈥疭耻锄耻办颈

Renowned heart surgeon; TMDU president; implanted first man-made heart valve (1960)

MD (Medicine)

1956

厂耻蝉耻尘耻鈥疕补驳颈飞补谤补

Neuroscientist; studied calcium channels; NAS & AAAS member

Faculty (MD/PhD)

N/A

惭颈肠丑颈别颈鈥疧迟辞

Molecular biologist; biotech expert; pioneer in gene literacy

PhD (Medicine)

N/A

厂补迟辞谤耻鈥疢颈测补苍辞

Bioinformatics leader; ISCB Fellow; directs TMDU data science center

PhD

N/A

惭颈迟蝉耻谤耻鈥疭补办耻谤补颈

Internist and politician; member of Japan’s House of Councillors

MD

N/A

狈辞谤颈办辞鈥宻耻尘颈

Neuroscientist; vice-president of Tohoku University

MD/PhD

N/A

狈辞产耻辞鈥疭耻驳补

Neurophysiologist; expert on bat echolocation; NAS member

Faculty (MD/PhD)

N/A

翱濒驳补鈥疶.鈥痀辞办辞测补尘补

Applied linguistics professor at UCLA

Faculty

N/A

闯颈苍蝉耻办别鈥疜补驳别测补尘补

Psychiatrist; emeritus professor; criminology awards

Faculty

N/A

惭颈苍辞谤耻鈥疜补尘补迟补

Physician, writer, humanitarian, and co-founder of Japan Chernobyl Foundation

MD

N/A

惭颈迟蝉耻谤耻鈥疢耻办补颈驳补飞补谤补

Internist & global health diplomat; co-founded G8/G20 Youth Summit Japan

MD

2012

础测耻尘颈鈥疢补别诲补

Anesthesiology resident; trained at Mass General Hospital

MD

2009

Faculty – Elisabeth鈥疜alko

Tropical ecologist; TMDU staff

N/A

N/A

Faculty – Dieter鈥疓rossmann

Painter & professor; contributed to TMDU arts

N/A

N/A

Faculty – Erich鈥疭ackmann

Experimental physicist in life sciences

N/A

N/A

Faculty – Martin鈥疨lenio

Quantum information physicist

N/A

N/A

Faculty – Gudrun鈥疜almbach

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

贬别濒尘耻迟鈥疢补颈别谤

Mathematician in number theory; known for "Maier’s theorem"

Diploma (Mathematics)

1976

搁别颈苍别谤鈥疜苍颈锄颈补

Internationally acclaimed board-game designer

Faculty alumnus

N/A

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