Eikichi Okada, MD, PhD, Director of the Department of Clinical Pathology, Toyama City Medical Association Health Control Center, Toyama, Japan.

Educational background:

• 1970-1976 M.D. course, Akita University Medical School, Akita, Japan
• 1976-1980 Ph.D. course, Akita University Graduate School of Medical Science, Akita, Japan

Position and Employment:

• 1980-1984: Assistant professor, 2nd Department of Pathology, Akita University Medical School, Akita, Japan
• 1984-1986: Guest researcher, 2nd Institute of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Medical School, Budapest, Hungary
• 1986-2003: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Toyama University Faculty of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
• 2003-2018: Director of the Department of Clinical Pathology, Takaoka City Municipal Hospital, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan
• 2018-present: Director of the Department of Clinical Pathology, Toyama City Medical Association Health Control Center

ISL contribution:

• 2007-2010, 2013-2016, 2018-present: Executive Committee Member of International Society of Lymphology
• 2010-present: editorial board member of the official Journal "Lymphology”