Professor Yoichiro Kameyama DDS PhD

Professor of Pathology, School of Dentistry Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan

Dean of Dental Studies, School of Dentistry Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan

Professor Kameyama graduated in Dentistry from Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. He did his internship and residency in the Department of Periodontology in the School of Dentistry of University of Alabama, USA. After his return to Japan he worked in the Department of Oral Pathology in the School of Dentistry of Tokyo Medical and Dental University from were he was awarded his PhD degree. From 1969-1974 he was Assistant Professor and from 1974-1976 Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine of University of Manitoba in Canada. In 1977 he was appointed Associate Professor and in 1979 Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, School of Dentistry Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. In 2000 he was appointed Dean of the School of Dentistry. Professor Kameyamas’ research interests lie in both periodontal histopathology, tumor pathology and the presence of papillomaviruses in oral tumors. He has published extensively in national and international medical and dental journals. He is a member of many international societies including the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the International Association of Dental Research. He was President of the Japanese Society of Oral Pathology from 1991-1997.