in memorium professor yasuo tano 1948-2009 tatsuro ishibashi, m.d., ph.d
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In Memorium
Professor Yasuo Tano1948-2009
Tatsuro Ishibashi, M.D., Ph.D.
Yasuo Tano, M.D.Born in Nishiwaki, Japan on February 12, 1948
1972 Graduated from Osaka University Medical School
Yasuo Tano, M.D.
1972-1973 Residency in Ophthalmology, Osaka University Hospital
1977-1978 Research fellowship, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,
1978-1980 Research fellowship, Duke University Eye Center
1981 Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology,
Osaka University Medical School
1991- Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical
School
2000- Vice President, Osaka University Hospital
Department of OphthalmologyOsaka University Medical School
Kyoto, 2007
Official Appointments: Domestic
Council Member, Science Council of Japan 2005-2009President, Japanese Ophthalmological Society 2001-2003
2005-2007 Board of Directors, Japanese Ophthalmological Society
1993-20032005-2007
Board of Directors, Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons
1991-2009 Board of Directors, Vitreoretinal Society of Japan 1985-2009 Council Member, Japan Diabetes Society 1995-2009 Board of Directors, Japan Contact Lens Society 1991-2000 Secretary General, Closed Eye Surgery Club 1988-2002 Chairman, Mori Award Selection Committee 1997-2009
Official Appointments: International
Treasurer, International Council of Ophthalmology 2006-2009Advisory Committee, International Council of Ophthalmology
1998-2005
President, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology 2005-2009 President, The Club Jules Gonin 2008-2009Council Member, International Society for Eye Research
1992-1995 International Board Member, International Society of Ocular Trauma
1989-2009 Chairman, Alcon Research Institute Scientific Advisory Board
2001-2009
2004 Vail Meeting
2002 Jules Gonin Meeting
2004 Jules Gonin Meeting
Editorial Board Member for Numerous Peer-Reviewed English Language Journals ・ Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology (Executive Editor
Emeritus)
・ American Journal of Ophthalmology
・ Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (International Co-editor)
・ Survey of Ophthalmology
・ Current Eye Research
・ Retina
・ Seminars in Ophthalmology
・ Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
・ Eye Science
・ Journal of Eye Trauma (1996-1998)
・ Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (1996-1998)
Selected Honors and Awards
2000 Sir Norman McAllister Gregg Medal, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Sydney, Australia
2001 The Gertrude Pylon Award for Outstanding Retina Research, Retina Research Foundation, Houston, USA
2002 Patrick Ho Lecture, Shantou University, Shantou, China2002 LIX Edward Jackson Memorial Lecture, American Academy of
Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL, USA2002 Arthur Gerard DeVoe Lecture, Columbia University, New York,
USA2003 Keynote Lecture, Project Vision & National Telemedicine
Educational Symposium, Shantou, China2003 Special Plenary Lecture, LVII Annual Meeting of Japanese Clinical
Ophthalmology, Nagoya, Japan2004 Mori Award and Lecture, Japan Retina Vitreous Society, Kyoto,
Japan 2005 De Ocampo Lecture, 20th APAO Congress, Malaysia 2006 George Theodossiadis Lecture, IV Hippocratic Symposium, Greece2006 International Gold Medal Award, VI International Symposium of
Ophthalmology, Hong Kong, China
LIX Edward Jackson Memorial Lecture 2002
“Pathologic myopia: where are we now?”
Scientific Publications
Original articles (in peer-reviewed English language journals): 345
Original articles (in peer-reviewed Japanese language journals): 288
Proceedings (in English) 16
Textbooks 59
Authorized translations of English language textbooks: 3
Development of Surgical Instruments
Micro-hooked needle
Asymmetric forceps (Tano forceps)
Diamond-dusted membrane scraper
Vitrectomy sutureless lens system
27-gauge vitrectomy system
27G Chandelier Endo-illuminator
29 Gauge Fiber
10 mm
13 mm
27-Gauge Vitrectomy System
27G
20G
(Courtesy of Yusuke Oshima, M.D.)
Clinical Research and Development
Triamcinolone for proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Non-vitrectomizing vitreous surgery
Macular translocation surgery
Artificial vision project
15
Non-Vitrectomizing Vitreous Surgery
Helps to prevent nuclear cataract progression in surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane:
Pre-op 1 year post-op
Saito Y, Tano Y, et al. Ophthalmology 1999
Macular Translocation Surgery
50-year-old man with myopic choroidal neovascularization
VA=0.2 VA=1.0
(Courtesy of Masahito Ohji, M.D.)
Japan Artificial Vision Project
Yasuo Tano: Principal Investigator (since 2001)
Ryoko and Yasuo Tano in St. Moritz, 2008