Kuniyoshi Abumi

Dr. Kuniyoshi Abumi graduated from the Hokkaido University School of Medicine in 1977. He has since been focusing on spine surgery for the last 35 years. His major clinical subjects have been the reconstruction of the cervical spine and correction surgery of spine deformities. He is an active member of the Scoliosis Research Society since 1995 and a corresponding member of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) since 1999.

He is also one of the founding members of the CSRS-Asia Pacific Section and served as the president of the inaugural meeting of the society. He was working as a Professor at the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine until 2013. Currently, he is the Director of the Sapporo Orthopaedic Hospital-Center for Spinal Disorders and Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido University. His present major subject is the correction of cervical deformity.