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Hitoshi Honda, MD, PhD

Professor
Fujita Health University School of Medicine
Toyoake , Aichi, Japan

Hitoshi Honda MD, PhD is an infectious diseases consultant and a hospital epidemiologist at the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.

He received his MD and PhD from the Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan in 2000. He completed the internal medicine residency at University of Hawaii in 2007 and then completed an infectious diseases fellowship and healthcare epidemiology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

After completing his fellowship in 2010, Dr. Honda moved back to his native country of Japan to help initiate an infectious disease consultation service while also working to advance infection control and hospital epidemiology. His clinical research has focused on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections. He is also interested in antimicrobial stewardship and behavioral modification among healthcare workers, as exemplified in vaccination protocol and hand hygiene practice.
Dr. Honda is Board Certified in Infectious Diseases. He has authored 64peer-reviewed articles and 5 book chapters.

He received the SHEA Jonathan Freeman Scholarship in 2010, and was selected to be the SHEA International Ambassador in 2012. He also received the SHEA International Award at IDWeek 2013. He used to serve as a member of the SHEA External Affairs Committee.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

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