Kobe City: New Director of the Kobe Children’s Early Acute Care Center

Press Release (May 31, 2024)
Community Healthcare Division, Health Bureau
We are pleased to announce that Masaaki Kure, the current Deputy Director of the Kobe Children’s Early Acute Care Center, will assume the position of Director of the Kobe Children’s Early Acute Care Center effective June 1, 2024.

Profile of New Director]

1. Name:

Masaaki Kugo

2. Age

: 66 (born on July 16, 1958)

3. Specialty

: Neonatal/Child Development

4. Education

: Graduated

from Kobe University School of Medicine in March

1983

.
Graduated from Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine (Pediatrics, Internal Medicine) in March 1989

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5.

Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Hospital
July 1984 Pediatrician, Toyooka Public Hospital
April 1989 Neonatologist, Kure Kyosai Hospital
November 1991 Chief of Pediatrics, Saiseikai Hyogo Hospital
April 1997 Deputy Chief of Pediatrics, Himeji Red Cross Hospital
April 2000 Chief of Pediatrics, Himeji Red Cross Hospital
April 2010 Clinical Professor, Kobe University School of Medicine

Apr

2023 Deputy Director, Himeji Red Cross Hospital Apr 2024 Deputy Director, Kobe Children’s Early Acute Care Center