Wayne State University SOM - Dermatology Image Atlas | Dr. Ken Hashimoto
Dr. Ken Hashimoto was born and raised in Niigata, Japan. Dr. Hashimoto completed his residency training at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston before returning to Japan for two years to study electron microscopy and histochemistry at the department of anatomy at Kyoto University School of Medicine.
He had organized a dermatology residency and a research laboratory in short order, but by 1980 he had been offered the position of chairman of dermatology at Wayne State University. Dr. Hashimoto’s time at the Wayne State University department of dermatology was very productive. He attracted some the best and brightest research fellows from around the world to Detroit to do dermatology research.
Dr. Hashimoto maintained the strength and stability of the residency program and trained over 60 dermatology residents during his tenure. Dr. Hashimoto also had multiple fellows, some of whom went on to become Chairmen of Dermatology in Japan. During his career, Dr. Hashimoto wrote the original description of congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis (Hashimoto-Pritzker syndrome). Dr. Hashimoto retired in 1999.
He had organized a dermatology residency and a research laboratory in short order, but by 1980 he had been offered the position of chairman of dermatology at Wayne State University. Dr. Hashimoto’s time at the Wayne State University department of dermatology was very productive. He attracted some the best and brightest research fellows from around the world to Detroit to do dermatology research.
Dr. Hashimoto maintained the strength and stability of the residency program and trained over 60 dermatology residents during his tenure. Dr. Hashimoto also had multiple fellows, some of whom went on to become Chairmen of Dermatology in Japan. During his career, Dr. Hashimoto wrote the original description of congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis (Hashimoto-Pritzker syndrome). Dr. Hashimoto retired in 1999.
