Ken Hashimoto

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He was born and brought up in Niigata City, Japan, where his father was professor and dean of the Niigata University School of Medicine. After graduating in medicine, he moved to the United States in 1956, and completed his training in dermatology at the University of Maryland and Massachusetts General Hospital.

He is best remembered for his skill in using the electron microscope and histochemistry to determine the pathogenesis of Anderson-Fabry's Disease. His name is connected with two rare skin conditions, congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis and the blistering transient bullous dermolysis of the newborn.

In 1980, he was appointed to Wayne State University as professor. Many future dermatologists were trained by him and he wrote numerous articles, book chapters and books. Provided by Wikipedia