Prof. Fukumi Furukawa
Japanese Red Cross Society Takatsuki Hospital, Japan
Honorary Director/Super Advisor, Head of Center for Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society Takatsuki Hospital, Japan
Emeritus Prof. of Wakayama Medical University, Japan
Special interests in systemic lupus erythematosus, collagen disease, vasculitis, atopic dermatitis, cosmetic dermatology, Hansen disease, autoinflammatory disease, alternative medicine, Immunotherapy in general.
Fukumi Furukawa, MD, PhD was born in Hiroshima in 1951 and graduated from Kyoto University, Japan in 1982. He has been the Vice Director of Wakayama University Hospital (2010–2014) and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology, Wakayama Medical University (1999–2017). He serves as the President of Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital, Japan. He is actively involved in society and academic activities: President of Japanese Society for Dermatoallergology (2003–2007), Chief Organizer of 2nd International Conference on Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus 2008, President of Japanese Society for Aesthetic Dermatology (2009–2011), President of Japanese Society for Dermatoallergology and Contact Dermatitis (2011–2013) and President of the 114 Annual Meeting of Japanese Dermatology Association (2015). He was awarded a Dermatology Foundation Fellowship Award (1985), Congressus Mundi Dermatologie Scientific Poster Award (1987), ILDS (the International League of Dermatological Societies) Certificate of Appreciation (2019), The Master of Dermatology from Japanese Dermatology Association (2022) and Yasuda-Sakamoto Award (2022).