Taro Takemi

was a Japanese physician who served as 11th President of the Japan Medical Association for 25 years from 1957 to 1982, and also served as president of the World Medical Association from 1975 to 1976.

Life Takemi completed his M.D. in 1930 from Keio University School of Medicine. He went to RIKEN to study the application of nuclear physics to medicine under Yoshio Nishina who was a famous physicist in Japan. He built the first portable electrocardiograph in 1937, and was also known for his invention of the vectorcardiograph in 1939. Also a medical researcher, he patented several laboratory processes, and was a member of the research and survey team which investigated effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. The Takemi Memorial Hall was established by the Japan Radioisotope Association in Takizawa, Iwate in 1989.

Awards and honours Takemi received numerous honors and awards include the following: Silver Medal from Pope Paul VI

Family His son, Keizo Takemi, is a politician.

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