Dr. Misao Nishikawa

Misao Nishikawa, MD PhD joined the North Shore-LIJ Health System in 2006 as a Research Scientist at the Chiari Institute.  Dr. Nishikawa has been studying Chiari Malformation and its related disorders and has created new diagnostic assessments in concurrence with the unique pathophysiology of these disorders.   Dr. Nishikawa has authored many chapters and articles about Chiari malformation, Syringomyelia and Cranio-Vertebral Junction Diseases.

Dr. Nishikawa graduated from Osaka City University Medical School in 1987, with dual degrees:  Doctorate of Medical Science and Physiopathology (D.M.Sc. and Ph.D.)   His major field of research and interest centered on Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia. Dr. Nishikawa then went on for additional training, serving as a "Scholar for Developmental Biotechnology and Molecular Biology", at the Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon  (focusing in Developmental biology: neural crest cell segregation and migration). He has been a member of the Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery since 1989, a Teaching and Board member of the Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery since July 2004 and the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery since 1993 and an international active member of Congress of Neurological Surgeons in USA since 2007.

Dr. Nishikawa is categorized as an "outstanding researcher and surgeon" at the Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery. Dr. Nishikawa’s research into the morphometry and embryology of the posterior cranial fossa, craniovertebral junction and spine resulted in the discovering of the pathogenesis of Chiari malformation. Dr. Nishikawa had honor of “Tsuru Award” from Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery in 1998.

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