Dr. Omura will also be a keynote speaker at the World Congress on Cancer Research & Therapy in Baltimore, MD, on February 20-22, 2017
NEW YORK, NY, February 28, 2017 -- Yoshiaki Omura has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
With almost five decades of invaluable contributions to his field, Dr. Omura is renowned for his excellence as a medical researcher and educator. He discovered how to detect cancer from an electro-cardiogram and his work is strongly accepted worldwide. Dr. Omura will be a keynote speaker at the World Congress in Baltimore, MD, on February 20-22, 2017. Dr. Omura was also a keynote speaker on February 8, 2017 at European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on non-invasive early diagnosis of cancer.
Best recognized as the creator of the US patented non-invasive, early diagnostic method of cancer & cardiovascular diseases "Bi-Digital O-Ring Test", Dr. Omura parlays his expertise into roles at New York Medical College, where he is an adjunct professor of family and community medicine. Until 2 years ago, he has been affiliated with the Heart Disease Research Foundation, where he has been the director of medical research since 1972, the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, where he has been a member of the alumni council since 1986, and the Ukrainian National Medical University, where he has been a professor for more than 10 years in the department of non-orthodox medicine since 1993.
Dr. Omura earned an associate degree from Electrical Engineering Dept. of Nihon University, a Bachelor of Science in applied physics from Waseda University, and an MD from Yokohama City University. Upon graduation, Dr. Omura started as a rotating intern at Tokyo University Hospital and subsequently held the same role at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut. In 1960 he joined Columbia University as a research fellow in cardiovascular surgery, which is the same year he began postgraduate studies in experimental physics. From 1961 until 1965, he worked as a resident physician in oncological surgery at Francis Delafield Hospital, then main cancer institute of Columbia University and towards the end of that role, he earned a Doctor of Science degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in Pharmaco-electrophysiology of single cardiac cell in vivo & in vitro. Dr. Omura has also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Paris, important research position at INSERM (National Institute of Health of France), visiting professor of Unviersity of Padua, Italy, visiting professor of Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, visiting professor of Showa University of Tokyo, visiting professor of Chinese Medical School, consultant with the New York Pain Center, and vice chair for the American Board of Forensic Medicine.
A diplomate through the International College of Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics, the American Academy of Pain Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Dr. Omura has contributed his extensive knowledge to a variety of creative works. He is the author of 9 books and has also served on the editorial board of the Scandinavian Journal of Acupuncture and Electrotherapy since 1987, as editor-in-chief of the Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, International Journal since 1974, and Functional Neurology of Italy from 1988 until 2002. In order to remain abreast of changes in the field, he affiliates himself with the New York Cardiology Society, the American College of Angiology, the American Association of Integrative Medicine, and the life fellow of Royal Society of Medicine of England, as well as many others.
A shining example of excellence in his field, Dr. Omura has achieved much throughout his long-standing career, including obtaining seven U.S. and seven Japanese patents in the medical field. In recognition of his efforts, he was named Acupuncture Scientist of the Year through the International Congress of Chinese Medicine in 1989 and earned the World First Qi Gong Scientist of the Year Award through the same organization a year later. Additionally, he has had the honor of being named to Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. Among the top 100 scientists by International Biographical Institute of Oxford, he was selected.
To learn more about Dr. Omura, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshiaki-omura-m-d-sc-d-42436047.
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