Nippon Club – JMSA Cosponsored Health Webinar “The Importance of Sleep”
【Date & Time】
Tuesday, April 9 7:00～8:00 pm (EDT)
Free Webinar
(registration required)
Did you know there is a specialist for sleep medicine? Sleeping is what we do for a quarter of the day every day. Just like eating and you care about diet for your health, sleeping and resting takes a major role in your health. Sleep problems occur in all generations, even at a young age. Dr.Kawai, the physician and scientist at Stanford University who specialized in sleep medicine and neurophysiology will give us his perspective about what is important to know about sleep.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email regarding your participation in the webinar.
*The event will be held in Japanese, but English subtitles will be provided in real time via Wordly.
*This event is an online event via Zoom. The actual event is not being held at The Nippon Club building.
Speaker Profile
Makoto Kawai, M.D.
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Got a Japanese medical board by graduating from Kyoto University. Residency and fellowship in Baylor College of Medicine, TX and became board certified in American board of psychiatry and neurology sleep medicine, neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and epilepsy. Currently practicing as associate professor at Stanford Health as a sleep specialist near SF. He remains in an academic position to pursue learning his special interest; investigate the mechanism of progression from normal aging to mild cognitive disorder and dementia through potential sleep biomarkers, as well as seeing the impact of sleep to cognitive function and behavioral abnormality.
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