ABSTRACT
Thomas T. Yoshikawa is Provost/Chief Operating Officer and Acting President, Charles R. DrewUniversity ofMedicine and Science, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Yoshikawa is a member of several professional organizations within the field of internal medicine, infectious diseases, microbiology, geriatrics, and gerontology. He was a member of the first American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Test Committee for (the added qualification in) Geriatric Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. He has published over 185 scientific articles, 16 books, and 71 book chapters. Dr. Yoshikawa received the B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the M.D. degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor. He completed an internship and an internal medicine residency as well as an infectious disease fellowship at Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California.
