Professor Emeritus, Saga University is a Board Member of Japanese Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare (JSQSH) & Editor-in-Chief of Japanese Journal of Quality and Safety in Healthcare; Japan

Shunzo Koizumi, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor Emeritus, Saga University is an active Board Member of both Japanese Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare and Japanese Coalition for Patient Safety.

After graduating from Kyoto University in 1971 and completing a general surgical residency at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Yale affiliated program in 1980, he joined Tenri Hospital in Nara, Japan, both as a surgeon and co-director of residency program.

In 1994, he became the Professor and Chairman of the Department of General Medicine, Saga University Hospital. Since 2011, he practices primary care at Shichijo Clinic in Kyoto. His membership includes the Society of General Internal Medicine, Japan Primary Care Association and Japan Society for Medical Education.