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Edison K. Miyawaki, M.D. Dr. Miyawaki is an Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and an attending neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts USA.
About Dr. Miyawaki is an Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and an attending neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts USA. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in English Literature and from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology at the New England Deaconess Hospital, Massachusetts Mental Health Center and at Harvard’s Longwood Neurological Training Program. He is a former Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. His areas of medical interest include movement disorders and the interface of neurology and psychiatry. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 articles, book chapters and reviews in professional journals and has written on scientific subjects for general readers in periodicals such as The Atlantic Monthly, The American Scholar and The Yale Review. In 2002, The American Medical Writers’ Association recognized him for distinction in medical writing intended for lay audiences. He has won numerous awards for his medical-school teaching and, in 2004, he was elected as a scholar at The Academy at Harvard Medical School. His first book, on Sigmund Freud and his use of literature in psychological science, is in preparation. A business person as well as an academic neurologist and writer, he holds equity interest in diversified businesses, including his family’s health-care concern in Honolulu, Hawaii, a privately-held business financial corporation in Seattle, Washington, multiple real estate investments in the US and abroad, and in professional sports, including the Cincinnati Bengals, a National Football League franchise. Active both in private investment and in philanthropy, especially on behalf of educational institutions and other non-profit organizations, he currently sits or advises on several boards, including Family Health, Inc. (Honolulu, Hawaii), The Japanese-American National Museum (Los Angeles, California), The National Council for Harvard Medicine (Boston, Massachusetts) and The Pembroke Hill School (Kansas City, Missouri). He is married with three children and divides his time between his Boston home and his primary residence in Kansas City, Missouri. Profiles |
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