History of IKDS
International Kawasaki Disease Symposium
The International Kawasaki Disease Symposium is held alternately in Japan and the United States once every two or three years. It is positioned as one of the programs being offered by the American Heart Association. The Symposium brings together physicians from Japan and the USA who represent a broad range of fields. They include pediatricians who specialize in Kawasaki disease, physicians who practice basic medicine such as pathology, epidemiology, microbiology and immunology, and cardiovascular surgeons and internists. The Symposium is held to provide a forum for these experts to report the results of their research on the basics and their clinical experience of Kawasaki disease, and to discuss various issues that arise.
Recently, the organizers have called on physicians not only from Japan and the USA, but also from Asian countries such as China, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Russia and Thailand, to ask them to report on conditions in their respective home countries. At the same time, the participants focus on and mutually validate matters on which a worldwide consensus has been obtained. Their ultimate goal is to save children all over the world from Kawasaki disease.
Past Symposia
| The First International Meeting on Kawasaki Syndrome (the inaugural event) | |
| When held: | October 27 - 29, 1983 |
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| Venue: | Fuji Education Center, Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Noboru Kobayashi, Department of Pediatric Science, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo |
| The First US-Japan Workshop on Kawasaki Disease (Event No. 1) | |
| When held: | January 15 - 17, 1984 |
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| Venue: | Makaha, Hawaii, USA |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Marian E. Melish, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA |
| The Second International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | November 30 to December 3, 1986 |
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| Venue: | Kauai Hilton Hotel, Kauai, Hawaii, USA |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Stanford T. Shulman, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA |
| The Third International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | November 29 - December 2, 1988 |
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| Venue: | Keidanren Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, Department of Pediatrics, the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center |
| The Fourth International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | December 1 - 4, 1991 |
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| Venue: | Maui Inter-Continental Wailea, Hawaii, USA |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Masato Takahashi, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, USA |
| The Fifth International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | May 22 - 25, 1995 |
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| Venue: | ACROS Fukuoka International Conference, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Hirohisa Kato, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine |
| The Sixth International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | February 11 - 14, 1999 |
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| Venue: | Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Jane W. Newburger, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
| The Seventh International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | December 4 - 7, 2001 |
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| Venue: | Hakone Prince Hotel, Hakone, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Shiro Naoe, Department of Pathology, Toho University Medical Center Ohashi Hospital |
| The Eighth International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | February 17 - 20, 2005 |
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| Venue: | Omni San Diego Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Jane C. Burns, University of California San Diego, USA |
| The Ninth International Kawasaki Disease Symposium | |
| When held: | April 10 - 12, 2008 |
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| Venue: | Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Chairperson: | Dr. Hung-Chi Lue, Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University |
