About the Society

List of Executive Board

President

Masashi Aoki
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)

Special Assistant to the President

Hidekazu Tomimoto
(Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University / Director, Saiseikai Meiwa Hospital, Mie Prefecture)

Special Assistant to the President for International Affairs

Kazuo Fujihara
(Professor, Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine / Director, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Center, Institute of Neurological Diseases)

Director

Masashi Aoki
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
Mizuki Ito
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital)
Katsuhisa Ogata
(Director, National Hospital Organization Higashisaitama Hospital)
Mieko Ogino
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical Education Center, Faculty of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare / Department of Neurology, Center for Neurological Disorders, Ichikawa Hospital)
Kenjiro Ono
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University)
Masahisa Katsuno
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University)
Osamu Kano
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Toho University School of Medicine)
Takayoshi Shimohata
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine)
Masahiko Suzuki
(Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine)
Hiroshi Takashima
(Professor, Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University)
Kazushi Takahashi
(Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital Organization)
Hidehiro Takekawa
(Professor/Director, Stroke Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital)
Ichiro Nakashima
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University)
Harumasa Nakamura
(Director of Clinical Research Support, Department of Clinical Research and Education, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital)
Ichizo Nishino
(Director, Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Teruyuki Hirano
(Professor, Departments of Stroke, Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, Kyorin University)
Yoko Fujimoto
(Rohto Co., Ltd.)
Sonoko Misawa
(Professor, Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Science Tokyo)
Yoshihisa Yamano
(Professor, Department of Neurology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine)
Hirohisa Watanabe
(Professor, Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University)

Auditor

Satoshi Kuwabara
(Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurology, Chiba University)
Nobutaka Hattori
(Specially Appointed Professor, Department of Neurology, Juntendo Uniercity Fuculty of Medicine / Director, Neuro-Glia Crosstalk Center)
Toshiki Fujioka
(Professor Emeritus, Toho University)

Secretary

Yoshitugu Aoki
(Director, Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Ken Sakushima
(Center Director/Associate Professor, Clinical Research and Development Center, Institute for Medical and Health Science Research and Development, Hokkaido University Hospital)
Keisuke Suzuki
(Director of the Center for Promotion of Advanced Medical Research and Development, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology)
Atsushi Hashizume
(Professor, Nagoya University Hospital, Department of Advanced Medicine / Professor, Nagoya University Graduate school of Medicine, Department of Clinical Reseach Education)
Toshiaki Hirai
(Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Mizonokuchi Hospital, Teikyo University School of Medicine)

Standing Committee (as of December 2025)

Committee on Rules and Regulations

Chairperson
Hiroshi Takashima
Committee member
Masashi Aoki, Katsuhisa Ogata, Mieko Ogino,
Kenjiro Ono, Masahisa Katsuno, Takayoshi Shimohata,
Masahiko Suzuki, Hiroshi Takashima,
Hidekazu Tomimoto, Teruyuki Hirano, Kazuo Fujihara

Finance committee

Chairperson
Teruyuki Hirano
Vice-chairman
Mizuki Ito
Committee member
Masashi Aoki, Kazushi Takahashi, Ichizo Nishino

Editorial Committee

Chairperson
Takayoshi Shimohata
Vice-chairman
Yoshihisa Yamano
Committee member
Mizuki Ito, Osamu Kano, Hidehiro Takekawa,
Ichiro Nakashima, Sonoko Misawa, Hirohisa Watanabe

Medical Education Committee

Chairperson
Kenjiro Ono
Vice-chairman
Masashi Aoki
Committee member
Masahiko Suzuki, Hiroshi Takashima

Health Insurance Committee

Chairperson
Mieko Ogino
Vice-chairman
Osamu Kano
Committee member
Tomoyuki Uchiyama, Kenjiro Ono, Hidehiro Takekawa,
Makoto Hara, Motohiko Hara, Hirohisa Watanabe

Guidelines Steering Committee

Chairperson
Hidekazu Tomimoto
Vice-chairman
Takayoshi Shimohata
Committee member
Masashi Aoki, Katsuhisa Ogata, Mieko Ogino,
Masahisa Katsuno, Osamu Kano, Ichiro Nakashima,
Yoko Fujimoto, Hideki Mochizuki, Yoshihisa Yamano,
Hirohisa Watanabe

Guidelines Management Working Group

Chairperson
Hidekazu Tomimoto
Committee member
Yuichiro Ii, Mutsumi Iijima, Yuishin Izumi,
Mizuki Ito, Renpei Sengoku, Hiroyuki Murai,
Kazuhiro Muramatsu, Akihiko Morita

Public Relations Committee

Chairperson
Masahiko Suzuki
Committee member
Masashi Aoki, Mizuki Ito,Takayoshi Shimohata,
Hiroshi Takashima, Ichizo Nishino

Questionnaire Survey Working Group

Chairperson
Toshiaki Hirai
Committee member
Masashi Aoki, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Mizuki Ito,
Shingo Konno, Masahiko Suzuki

International relations Committee

Chairperson
Kazuo Fujihara
Vice-chairman
Yoko Fujimoto
Committee member
Mieko Ogino, Ken Sakushima, Masahiro Nagai,
Ichiro Nakashima, Harumasa Nakamura,
Ichizo Nishino, Sonoko Misawa

Conflict of Interest Committee

Chairperson
Katsuhisa Ogata
Committee member
Kazushi Takahashi, Yoshihiko Nakazato,
Harumasa Nakamura

Ethics Committee

Chairperson
Teruyuki Hirano
Vice-chairman
Kazushi Takahashi
Committee member
Hirohisa Watanabe

Drug Discovery Promotion Committee

Chairperson
Masahisa Katsuno
Committee member
Satoshi Kuwabaara, Ken Sakushima,
Takayoshi Shimohata, Keisuke Suzuki,
Harumasa Nakamura, Atsushi Hashizume,
Yoko Fujimoto, Naoto Matsuda, Sonoko Misawa,
Yoshihisa Yamano

Community Medicine Working Group

Chairperson
Katsuhisa Ogata
Committee member
Mizuki Ito, Yasuhiko Ito, Toshio Saito, Masahiko Suzuki

Dementia Working Team

Chairperson
Hidekazu Tomimoto
Vice-chairman
Kenjiro Ono
Committee member
Yuishin Izumi, Masafumi Ihara, Masahisa Katsuno,
Akihiro Shindo, Harumasa Nakamura, Kenji Wada

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