Haruko Akatsu MD

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism, Thyroid

Clinical Assoc Prof, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism, Stanford University Medical Center

300 Pasteur DriveA-175Stanford, CA 94305
Phone+1 650-723-6961
Fax+1 650-725-8418

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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1997 - 1999
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 1994

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - 2027

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2014, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2014, 2016
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Teaching "medical interview and physical examination" from the very beginning of medical school and using "escape rooms" during the final assessment: achievements and ...
Haruko Akatsu, Yuko Shiima, Harumi Gomi, Ahmed E Hegab, Gen Kobayashi
BMC Medical Education. 2022-01-28
20 citations
Japanese medical learners’ achievement emotions: Accounting for culture in translating Western medical educational theories and instruments into an asian context
Osamu Nomura, Jeffrey Wiseman, Momoka Sunohara, Haruko Akatsu, Susanne P. Lajoie
Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2021-05-12
17 citations
Diagnostic 123I Whole Body Scan Prior to Ablation of Thyroid Remnant in Patients With Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Implications for Clinical Management.
Hong Song, Camila Mosci, Haruko Akatsu, Marina Basina, Chrysoula Dosiou
Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2018-10-01