Remembering Keisuke Fujita, M.D., Ph.D., President and Founder of Fujita Health University, and his contributions to medical science and education

Abstract

Keisuke Fujita, M.D., Ph.D. (1925–1995), founded and was President of Fujita Gakuen (academy) in 1964, Fujita Health University in 1968, and Fujita Health University (FHU) School of Medicine in 1972. He also established the Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science (ICMS) at FHU in 1972, at the same time as the founding of FHU School of Medicine, to promote the institutional development of FHU School of Medicine by providing a strong foundation for science. I collaborated with Dr. Fujita from 1965. Returning from the study abroad at the NIH in the USA in 1965, I joined Professor Fujita’s Department of Biochemistry at the Aichi Gakuin University School of Dentistry, as an Associate Professor. Dr. Fujita’s major research interest was in the biochemistry of diseases, namely, cancer, neuropsychiatric diseases, and various intractable diseases, which he investigated by applying analytical chemistry and molecular/cellular biochemistry. He was also interested in the pharmacognosy of aloe plants and established “Syoyaku Kenkyu Juku (Center for Pharmacognosy),” and where he studied by himself and trained many FHU graduates. I herein present an overview of the research carried out by Dr. Fujita to share his legacy and praise his memoir and contributions to medical science and education for all faculty members, staffs and students of FHU. It is assumed that individuals at FHU have already made significant contributions to medical science. I hope that his vision of FHU producing a Nobel Prize laureate will be realized someday.