Division of Rehabilitation Medicine and Developmental Evaluation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan
Biography
Hakaru Hashimoto (橋本 策, Hashimoto Hakaru, May 5, 1881 – January 9, 1934) was a Japanese doctor and medical scientist of the Meiji and Taishō periods. He is best known for publishing the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis.