Tadataka Yamada

Biography

 Tadataka "Tachi" Yamada is Venture Partner of Frazier Healthcare. Before joining Frazier, he was Executive Vice-President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, and a Board Member of Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he was President of Global Health for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2006 to 2011, and prior to that he served as Chairman of R&D and a Board Member of GlaxoSmithKline. He was also Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the University of Michigan. A scientist and scholar in gastroenterology, Dr. Yamada is the author of more than 150 original manuscripts on the subject and is the editor of The Textbook of Gastroenterology (now in its Fifth Edition). In recognition of his contributions to medicine and science, he has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (United States), the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom), and the National Academy of Medicine (Mexico). Dr. Yamada has received an honorary appointment as Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and has been conferred the degree of DSci honoris causa from the University of East Anglia, the University of Warwick, Washington College, and Loyola University Chicago. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards, including the SmithKline and French Award for Distinguished Achievement in Gastrointestinal Physiology from the American Physiological Society and the Julius Friedenwald Medal from the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Yamada is a Fellow of the Imperial College of Medicine, a Master of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and former President of the Association of American Physicians and the American Gastroenterological Association.

Research Interest

 Research on all Healthcare Products