In Memory of Yukitaka Miyachi

Dr. Yukitaka Miyachi graduated from the Medical School of the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1963; four years later he received his Ph. D. degree from the Graduate School of the same University. He subsequently did his residency in Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo Medical School. He joined the National Institutes of Health as a visiting fellow in 1971, and continued his research in the field of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis under the supervision of the late Dr. M. B. Lipsett for two years, before returning to his native country as an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine.

Yukitaka Miyachi, M. D., Ph. D. Professor and Chairman of Internal Medicine First Department of Internal Medicine Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan March 2, 1939 - January 23, 2003

Dr. Miyachi became Chief and Director of Internal Medicine at Shizuoka General Hospital in 1983, Associate and Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Toho in 1987 and 1990, respectively, and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, in 1998. He was a leader of the Japanese Society of Endocrinology for many years and founded the Japanese Society on Hormonal Steroids. He made major research contributions to the fields of peptide and steroid radio-immuno-assays and performed a number of excellent studies in Clinical Endocrinology. He maintained close contact with his former mentor and other colleagues at the NIH, and collaborated with scientists worldwide.

Colleagues will remember Dr. Miyachi for his ebullient personality, his humor, his dedication to research and clinical practice of Endocrinology, his kindness and his generosity. He trained many young colleagues who will always be grateful for his unwavering support, encouragement and guidance, and for giving them the opportunity to undertake clinical and/or research training in Endocrinology under his supervision.