Obituary | Dr Takahiko Inagaki, 09 June 1975 - 05 November 2024
By: Masaru Tateno, M.D, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry. Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo. Division Psychiatry, Tokiwa Hospital, and Division Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Tokiwa Child Development Center), Tokiwa Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Takahiko Inagaki was born in Osaka, Japan on 09 June 1975. He graduated from Siga Medical University, School of Medicine in March 2004. He completed the initial clinical training for medical graduates at Chidoribashi Hospital in Fukuoka-city in April 2006. He returned to Siga Medical University Hospital to train as a psychiatrist and then became an Assistant Professor there. After he worked at Siga Medical University Hospital for a total of 10 years, in April 2016, he moved to Shiga Psychiatric Medical Center where he spent two and a half years as a Chief Psychiatrist. Then, he started working as Head of the Division of Adolescent Psychiatry of Biwako Hospital in Shiga prefecture in October 2018. He contributed to the establishment of a local network of mental health professionals for children and adolescents in the region. He was passionate about early detection and appropriate treatment of childhood depression. He participated in the Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in Psychiatric Treatment (EGUIDE) project and worked tirelessly to promote appropriate pharmacotherapy.
