GRAND AWARD 2006
Katsutaro Nagata, M.D. & Ph.D.,
born June 29, 1948 in Uchibamacho, Japan, is
WHO professor, psychosomatic medicine and psychopharmacology and Assistant
Professor of the Health Administration Center and Director of Psychosomatic
Medicine, Hamamatsu University.
Dr. Nagata received his M.D. in 1977 and his Ph.D. in 1986. Some of his
professional assignments are:
- Director, Chinese Mental Health Association, (Beijing)
- President, International Study Board of Comprehensive Medicine (Tokyo)
- Director, Viktor Frankl Institute of Japan
- President,
Japanese Society of Existential Therapy
- Director, Japanese Society for the Study of Chronic Pain and
Traditional Oriental Medicine
- President, Japanese Society for the Study of Intractable pain
- Director, Japanese Psychosomatic Association
- Director, Japanese Society for Dying with Dignity
He is author or co-author of 172 books and 254 journal articles, and has
contributed a total of 512 presentations at Medical Conferences.
He is editor of several scientific periodicals, for example
- Journal of Comprehensive Medicine, the official journal of the
Japanese Society of Existential Therapy
- Section of Psychosomatic Medicine, Journal of the Viktor Frankl
Institute (Vienna), 1993-1998
- Journal of Japanese Society for the Study of Chronic Pain
The latest of many conferences presided by K. Nagata was the
12th Japanese Society of Existential Therapy (attached to
"2006 International Congress of Psychotherapy in Japan and
The Third International Conference of the Asian Federation for
Psychotherapy", 2006.
In appreciation of his work Dr. Nagata received the "Medicus
Hippocraticus Award" at the First International Medical Olympiad,
1996, and the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal 2002.
Also, he was appointed Honorary Member of Polish Academy of Medicine
(Warshaw 1994) and
Honorary Counselor of International Institute of Universalistic
Medicine (Warshaw 1995).
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