Biography of Dr. Yoshiaki Omura, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.A., F.I.C.A.E.
Dr./Prof. Yoshiaki Omura was born March 28, 1934
in Asahi-Machi, Toyoma Prefecture, Japan. Married 1962, separated;
2 sons, 1 daughter. Became U.S. citizen 1979. Home: 800 Riverside
Dr., Apt. 8-I, New York, N.Y. 10032-7416.Education:- 1952-54:
Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering and Pre-Medicine, Nippon
University, where he ranked among the top ten students in a class
of nearly 400.- 1957 : earned Bachelor of Science degree (M.S.
equivalent in the U.S.A.) from Waseda University Department of
Applied Physics, in Tokyo.- 1958 : M.D. degree at the School of
Medicine, Yokohama City University, with both the Ikueikai Scholarship
and a Special Medical Research Scholarship, given by the Ministry
of Education of the Japanese Government to one medical student
at each medical school each year to encourage and support outstanding
student research.- One year Rotating Internship at the Tokyo University
Hospital, working part-time in the evenings at the Emergency Hospital
in Yokohama.- Two months of Residency with the Department of Surgery
at Tokyo University Branch Hospital.- 1959 : Moved to U.S. : Twelve
months Rotating Internship at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut.-
1960-63 : Research fellow, cardiovascular surgery at Columbia
University, New York City. As a non-matriculating student, took
Graduate Advanced Experimental Courses through the Department
of Physics two evenings per week and on Saturdays.- 1963-65 :
With full scholarship, Sc.D. (Doctor of Science) in Medicine at
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University (with
emphasis on pharmaco-electrophysiology of single cardiac cells)
through the Department of Surgery and Pharmacology.- 1985- : Diplomate,
International College of Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics.-
1992- : Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management.- 1997
- : Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine.Career Positions:-
1961-65 : Resident physician in surgery at Columbia University's
Cancer Institute, Francis Delafield Hospital.- 1962 : Visiting
research professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering
at Manhattan College. As such, introduced [one of] the first course[s]
in biomedical electronics in the U.S. Also established the Bio-Medical
Electronics and Design Laboratory.- At the same time, worked weekends
and evenings as an Emergency Room Physician at the Englewood Hospital,
Englewood, N.J. -1965 - June 1966.- 1965-66 : Research consultant
on the Piezoelectric Phenomenon of Bone in the Department of Orthopedic
Surgery at Columbia University.- 1966 : Research consultant New
York Down State Medical Center, SUNY, Pharmacology Department.-
June 1966-72 : New York Medical College staff member: instructor
in the Department of Surgery and assistant professor in the Department
of Pharmacology. Taught a variety of graduate courses, including:
1) Pharmaco-electrophysiology of the heart; 2) Biophysics and
Electronics in Medical Research; 3) Special Laboratory Procedures,
Application of Microelectrode Technique in Muscle Physiology.-
At the same time, gave demonstration-lectures to both medical
and graduate students on the effects of various drugs on nerve
action potentials and their conduction, the ECG, BP, contractile
force, heart sound and transmembrane action potentials of single
myocardial cells of the in vitro heart in open chest preparations
and the electromechanical phenomena of tissue cultured cardiac
cells.- Also at the same time, researched the pharmaco-electrophysiology
of the cardiovascular system.- 1971- ?? : Director Medical Research,
Heart Disease Research Foundation, Brooklyn, N.Y.
* May 1972 : Performed the (so-called)
first successful acupuncture analgesia for surgery in the U.S.,
using combined manual and electro-acupuncture at the University
Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York,
upon the invitation of Prof. Louis Orkin, Chairman of the Department
of Anesthesiology. This highly publicized event stimulated clinical
application and basic research in acupuncture in hospitals and
medical schools in the U.S. and other western countries.- July
1972 : Director of Medical Research for the Heart Disease Research
Foundation. Gave many comprehensive talks on the early diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and the effects
of acupuncture on the cardiovascular and nervous systems through
the Foundation's Professional Education Program, at the request
of various organizations. Also through this program, gave the
first acupuncture seminar and workshop for physicians and dentists,
Hershey, Penn, July 1972. Also seminar and workshop "Clinical
use of acupuncture and its limitations in the treatment of pain
(including surgical pain), muscle spasms, high blood pressure,
deafness, blindness, asthma and other ailments and related research
on these problems," New York City, March 1973.- 1973-74 :
Invited to Paris, France, as Visiting Professor and Research Consultant
on Electroanesthesia, Electroanalgesia and Neuroelectricity at
the University Rene Descartes of the University of Paris V. During
this year, also served as a Visiting Professor at the Institute
of Anesthesiology and the Department of Psycho-Physiology at the
University of Paris VI. Continued to serve periodically (summers)
in these positions through 1977 (i.e. summer 1976 - Department
of Psycho-physiology, St. Anne Hospital).
* 1973 : Co-founder of the first
successful mass drug detoxification program using acupuncture
which was introduced at Lincoln Hospital, New York,
with Prof. Omura serving as originator and consultant on the Clinical
Research Program"Methadone, Heroin and Morphine Detoxification
by Manual, Intradermal and Electro-Acupuncture". 1974-75
: Under this program, Prof. Omura trained the hospital's staff
and physicians in manual and electro-acupuncture techniques for
the treatment of withdrawal syndrome of addictive drugs, while
also discovering a variety of methods to reduce the consumption
of alcohol, cigarettes and excessive eating. These findings have
become used throughout the U.S. and the world, and the program
is considered a model. The program was taken over and expanded
by Dr. Michael Smith, director.- 1974?- : Chairman, Acupuncture
Seminar and Workshop (accredited by the New York State Boards
for Medicine and Dentistry); teaches accredited courses on electro0acupuncture
and non-electrical acupuncture, required courses for M.D. and
D.D.S. towards an Acupuncture Certificate.- 1974-75 : Chairman,
Columbia University Affiliation and Community? Medicine Commission?,
Community Board, Francis Delafield Hospital.- 1977 summer : Maitre
de Recherche, Nancy, France of INSERM (National Institute of Health
and Medical Research) of the French government through their distinguished
foreign scientist program. :- 1982-93 : Adjunct Professor, Department
of Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences / Chicago Medical
School, North Chicago, Illinois.- 1980-88 : Attending Physician,
Department of Neuroscience, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn,
N.Y.- 1988-92 : Consultant, New York Pain Center- 1988- : Adjunct
Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, Showa University,
Tokyo.- 1993- : Professor, Department of Non-orthodox Medicine,
Ukrainian National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine.- Permanent
Visiting Professor and Consultant to the U.N. International Training
School of Traditional Medicine for the European Center for Peace
and Development.- from when?- : Adjunct Professor, Community and
Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College Other Positions:-
1962- : Chairman, Science Division, Children's Art & Science
Workshops, N.Y.C.- 1963-75 : President of the New York Japanese
Medical Society.- Elected as a Foundation Member and member of
the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Acupuncture
for Physicians and Dentists.
- 1974-ongoing - Editor-in-Chief
and founder of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research,
The International Journal.
This publication became indexed in 15 major international medical
and scientific indexing periodicals. - Editorial consultant to
the Journal of Electrocardiology, 1979-85. [1980-86]- Editorial
boards of: Acta Electrophotographical, the official journal of
the International Kirlian Research Association, 1979-ongoing;
Alternative Medicine, 1981 [1985] -ongoing; Scandinavian Journal
of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapy, 1985 [1987] -ongoing; Functional
Neurology, 1988-ongoing.- Honorary editor-in-chief, Resonance,
the official journal of the Japan Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Association,
1988-ongoing.- 1980-: President (first), International College
of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics (permanently chartered
by the Regents of the University of the State of New York and
the New York State Education Department).- 1981- : Vice-president,
International Kirlian Research Association.- 1984-94 : Member,
New York State Board of Medicine.- 1986- : Member, Alumni Council,
College of Physics and Surgery, Columbia University.- 1994- :
Consultant, NIH Research Grant Evaluation.- Memberships: N.Y.
Cardiology Society (Fellow 1975- ); American College of Angiology
(Fellow 1976- ); American College of Acupuncture (First Life Fellow
1977- ); New York Academy of Sciences (Member), Japan Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test Association (president 1986- [1987- ]); honorary president,
Japan Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Association (1990- ); Japan Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test Medical Society (president 1991- ); American Society
of Artificial Internal Organs, N. Y. (member??).- Consultant,
Fukuda M-E Kogyo Co-Ltd., Tokyo, a major Japanese ECG instrument
manufacturer.- Before 1990? : Named member of the International
Committee of W.H.O. conference on Traditional Medicine (consisting
of 10 representatives from around the world).- 1990- : Chair,
International Advisory committee of the International Training
School of Traditional Medicine for the European Center for Peace
and Development within the U.N.Grants:- 1961-63 : American Cancer
Society Institute.- 1966-72 : John Polacek Foundation.- 1967-72
: NIH.- 1972- : Heart Disease Research Foundation.Awards:- 1989
: Acupuncture Scientist of the Year, International Congress of
Chinese Medicine.- 1990 : Qi Gong Scientist of the Year, International
Congress of Chinese Medicine & Qi Gong.- 1990 : Annual Scientific
Meeting Award, Japan Ryodoraku Autonomic Nervous System Medical
Society.- 1993-94 : International Man of the Year, International
Biographical Center of Cambridge, England.- 1994 : Man of the
Year, awarded the "Twentieth Century Achievement Award"
by the American Biographical Institute.Patents:5 U.S. (as of 1997?)1.
Non-invasive method of measurement of cerebral blood pressure
and blood flow.5 Japanese (as of 1997?)1. Cuff for cerebral blood
pressure, blood flow measurement - 1992.Publications:Over 160
articles in professional journals.Chapters in books.Books (6):-
The Tofu-Miso High Efficiency Diet - 1981- New Approach to Self-Diagnosis:
Introducing Applied Kinesiology - 1982- Acupuncture Medicine -
1982- Acupuncture Therapy: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment -
1990Media coverage of Dr. Omura's work:- 1991, 1992 : Five TV
documentaries on the clinical application of the Bi-Digital O-Ring
Test for diagnosis, treatment, and for laboratory confirmation
of the diagnosis - broadcast in Japan, with an additional report
shown in the U.S.A.- 1995 : More than ten TV news and documentary
reports, including three thirty-minute documentaries were shown
after the Showa University International symposium.- Over 30 magazine
articles, over 40 newspaper reports, over 15 radio and 20 TV reports
in the U.S.A., Europe, and Japan.Conferences which include Dr.
Omura's work:- 1992- : annual symposium on Bi-Digital O-Ring Test,
Tokyo University, Japan.- 1993 : International symposium, Waseda
University, Japan.- 1995 : International symposium, Showa University,
Japan. - every October, since 1985? : International symposium
on Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics, School of International
Affairs, Columbia University, N.Y.C.Other lectures:- June 1979
: As a guest of Dr. Quian Xizhong, Minister of Public Health and
President of the Chinese Medical Association, and of Dr. Cui Yueli,
President of the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine of
the People's Republic of China, invited to give lectures on "Electro-Acupuncture:
Its electro-physiological basis and criteria for safety and effectiveness
and measurement of threshold potentials for tingling, muscle contraction
and pain" as one of five scientists representing the U.S.
at the First National Acupuncture Symposia of the P.R.C.- 1985-1992,
at least once a year : Guest speaker of the Schmerz Therapeutisches
Kolloquium in major German cities, lecturing on the treatment
of intractable pain for German pain specialists.- 1989-1992, twice
each year : Gave five-day seminar and workshop for the International
Training School of Traditional Medicine for the European Center
for Peace and Development within the U.N.- August 1991 : Two-day
seminar and workshop on acupuncture, electro-therapy and the Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test for Chinese clinicians and researchers as an invited
guest of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing. Discoveries:*
1975 : Bi-Digital O-Ring Test.* Cephalic Hypertension Syndrome,
characterized by high BP of the head, headache.* Cephalic Hypotension
Syndrome, characterized by insomnia or excessive sleepiness, difficulty
in concentration, easy forgetfulness of recent events, increased
muscle spasticity (particularly in the neck, shoulders, and back),
increased sensation of pain, irritability, and varying degrees
of depression.Adapted from: Five Hundred Leaders of Influence;
2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century; Who's Who In The
World; Who's Who In Medicine and Healthcare; Who's Who In Science
and Engineering; and the introduction to Dr. Omura's book on Acupuncture.
Dr. Omura is also listed in: Who's Who of American Inventors,
American Men and Women of Science, Dictionary of International
Biography, Men of Achievement, International Who's Who in Community
Service, International Who's Who of Intellectuals, Who's Who in
World Medicine.
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