2025 FY HICARE International Symposium Report and On-Demand Video｜Lectures and Seminars｜Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed

Hiroshima International Council
for the Radiation-exposed
(HICARE)

Atomic Bomb Survivors Support Division
Hiroshima Prefectural Government

10-52 Motomachi, Naka-ku Hiroshima
730-8511 Japan

Phone: +81-82-228-9901
Fax : +81-82-228-3277
E-mail: hicare1991@hicare.jp

2025 FY HICARE International Symposium Report and On-Demand Video

※The On-Demand Video is available in the box below the report.

HICARE International Symposium Commemorating 80 Years since the Atomic Bombing/

35th Anniversary of HICARE

			Page
Cover
Index			1
Speakers and Panelists			2
Contents
	Opening Remarks		17
	Opening Remarks by the Co-Organizer		20
	Guest Messages		23
	Keynote Speech Ⅰ	“80 Years after the Atomic Bombing: What We Have Learned from Hibakusha -Two Messages and Legacy-” Kenji Kamiya M.D., Ph.D. Chair and Representative Director, Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) / President of HICARE	37
	Keynote Speech Ⅱ	“HICARE Educational Exchange Program: Following A-bomb survivors in Los Angeles” Susan Reynolds M.D., Ph.D. President and CEO of The Institute for Medical Leadership/HICARE US West Coast Liaison	48
	Symposium Ⅰ	"Establishment of the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed and Its Subsequent Journey " Hiroo Dohy M.D., Ph.D. Honorary Director, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital	67
		"Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association’s Initiatives: ‘Never Give Up, Never Quit, and Never End” Nobutsune Ishikawa M.D., Ph.D. Executive Board Member, Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association/ Senior Manager, Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital	74
		"Hiroshima University’s Endeavor to Develop Internationally Effective Human Resources Who Can Respond to Radiation Disasters: Focusing on the Phoenix Leader Development Program” Nobuyuki Hirohashi M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Radiation Disaster Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University	84
		“Eighty Years after the Atomic Bombing: History and Succession of Health Checkups for Hibakusha in Hiroshima” Yoshitaka Ueno M.D., Ph.D. Director, Health Management and Promotion Center, Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council	97
		"Initiatives of the Nagasaki Association for Hibakusha’s Medical Care" Noboru Takamura M.D., Ph.D. Vice Chair, Executive Committee, Nagasaki Association for Hibakusha’s Medical Care (NASHIM)/ Professor, Department of Disaster Resilience and Science, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University	106
		"Toshiyuki Mimaki Talks about the War, Post-war Hiroshima, and His Own Life" Toshiyuki Mimaki Chair, Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organizations	112
	Symposium Ⅱ	Panel Discussion, “Future Perspectives of HICARE” Panelists: Keynote speakers. Chairs, and Panelists of Symposium I	131
	Closing Remarks	Hiroo Dohy M.D., Ph.D. Honorary Director, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital	144

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