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Kenichi Oishi, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Background

Dr. Kenichi Oishi is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at Johns Hopkins Medicine. His expertise lies in neurology and neuroscience, focusing on magnetic resonance imaging and neuroinformatic technologies.

Dr. Oishi completed two residencies: one in internal medicine at Kobe City General Hospital in Kobe, Japan, and another in neurology at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Tokyo, Japan. Following his tenure as a research and teaching assistant in Clinical Molecular Medicine at Kobe University, he became an Assistant Professor of Neurology there in 2005. In 2006, Dr. Oishi joined the Division of Magnetic Resonance Research in the Department of Radiology.

Dr. Oishi is internationally renowned for developing electronic brain atlases, which are widely utilized in neuroimaging research. He uses these atlases to investigate brain structures involved in language, brain development, aging, and changes due to preterm birth, perinatal hypoxic-ischemic events, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases. His methods include advanced neuroimaging techniques and comprehensive neurological, behavioral, and neuropsychological assessments to gauge brain injury severity. Dr. Oishi's recent work includes analyzing real-world clinical data with artificial intelligence for precision medicine in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and dementia in the elderly. He also conducts in vivo and ex vivo ultra-high-resolution MRI studies to explore anatomical connectivity and changes due to neurodegeneration, along with cross-species comparative neuroanatomy to understand evolutionary changes in brain structures and functions.

Titles

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Departments / Divisions

Radiology and Radiological Science - Magnetic Resonance Research

Centers & Institutes

Magnetic Research Imaging, Center for

Education

Degrees

M.D.; Kobe University - Fac of Medicine - Chuo-Ku - Kobe - (Japan) (1997)
Ph.D.; Kobe University - Fac of Medicine - Chuo-Ku - Kobe - (Japan) (2005)

Additional Training

Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, 2005, Research Assistantship; Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, 2004, Teaching Assistantship; National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, 2001, Residency in Neurology; National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, 2001, Residency in Neurology

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

Oishi K, Faria AV, Hsu J, Tippett D, Mori S, Hillis AE. Critical role of the right uncinate fasciculus in emotional empathy. Annals of Neurology. 2015;77(1):68-74.

Oishi K, Mori S, Donohue PK, Ernst T, Anderson L, Buchthal S, Faria A, Jiang H, Li X, Miller MI, van Zijl PC, Chang L. “Multi-contrast human neonatal brain atlas: application to normal neonate development analysis.” NeuroImage. 2011;56(1):8-20.

Oishi K, Faria A, Jiang H, Li X, Akhter K, Zhang J, Hsu JT, Miller MI, van Zijl PC, Albert M, Lyketsos CG, Woods R, Toga AW, Pike GB, Rosa-Neto P, Evans A, Mazziotta J, Mori S. "Atlas-based whole brain white matter analysis using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping: application to normal elderly and Alzheimer's disease participants. NeuroImage." 2009;46(2):486-99.

Oishi K, Zilles K, Amunts K, Faria A, Jiang H, Li X, Akhter K, Hua K, Woods R, Toga AW, Pike GB, Rosa-Neto P, Evans A, Zhang J, Huang H, Miller MI, van Zijl PC, Mazziotta J, Mori S. "Human brain white matter atlas: identification and assignment of common anatomical structures in superficial white matter." NeuroImage. 2008;43(3):447-57.

Oishi K, Mori S, Troncoso JC, Lenz FA. Mapping tracts in the human subthalamic area by 11.7T ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging. Brain Struct Funct. 2020 May;225(4):1293-1312.

Activities & Honors

Honors

Fellow, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2006
Fellow, Japanese Society of Neurology, 2002
Radiology BRITESTAR Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2017
ADRC Pilot Project Award, Johns Hopkins University , 2009

Memberships

American Academy of Neurology
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Japanese Society of Neurology
American Neurological Association, 2016

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