Dr. Kuniyoshi Abumi
President
Medical
Asia Pacific Spine Society
Japan
Biography
Dr Kuniyoshi Abumi graduated from the Hokkaido University School of Medicine in 1977. He has since been focusing on spine surgery for the last 35 years. His major clinical subjects have been reconstruction of the cervical spine and correction surgery of spine deformities. He is an active member of the Scoliosis Research Society since 1995, and a corresponding member of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) since 1999. He is also one of the founding members of the CSRS-Asia Pacific Section, and served as the president of the inaugural meeting of the society. He was working as a Professor in the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine until 2013. Currently, he is the Director of the Sapporo Orthopaedic Hospital-Centre for Spinal Disorders and Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido University. His present major subject is correction of cervical deformity.
Research Interest
His major clinical subjects have been reconstruction of the cervical spine and correction surgery of spine deformities
