Dr. Naoki Nakashima

Naoki Nakashima, MD, PhD, is the Director/Professor (2014- ) of the Medical Information Center of Kyushu University Hospital, and also Vice CIO of Kyushu University, Japan. He has been a specialist in diabetes mellitus for more than 30 years and simultaneously worked as a specialist in medical informatics for 18 years. Professor Nakashima served as the President of the Japan Association for Medical Informatics (JAMI) and the Asia-Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI). He also served as the Vice President of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). Professor Nakashima focuses on the disease management methodology and patient-engagement promotion of chronic diseases from primary to tertiary prevention with IT networks including personal health record (PHR), telemedicine, IoT sensor network, data-driven medical study, learning health systems, cyber-physical systems, and artificial intelligence.