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A Nisei, right place, right time / Toshio Inahara.
Dr. Inahara talks about his early years in Portland and Tacoma and Hillside, Oregon, and how his family was forced to relocate to Ontario, Oregon during World War II. He talks about his education and about the early years of vascular surgery and its slow acceptance as a medical specialty. He talks at length about Japan, Japanese Americans, and the internment camp at Mindoka, Idaho, where he and his wife were held during World War II. He contrasts Japanese American life with Chinese American culture and discusses his interests in Japanese art and culture.
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- Physical Description: 265 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000.
Content descriptions
| Biographical or Historical Data: | First trained vascular surgeon in Portland. Dr. Inahara was born in Seattle and educated at University of Wisconsin and University of Oregon Medical School (M.D., 1950), and completed an internship and residency at St. Vincent Hospital, 1950-1955. He held a fellowship in peripheral vascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1955-1956. Returning to Portland in 1957, he established a private practice and joined the faculty at UOMS as a clinical instructor in surgery. He established the first blood vessel bank for transplants. He was co-developer of two carotid shunts. He started the Pacific Northwest Vascular Society. He retired from private practice and OHSU in 1994. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Ontario Community Library | 921 INAHA (Text) | 33330004236255 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Ontario Community Library | o 921 INAHA (Text) | 33330004367449 | Oregon Collection | Available | - |
