Name

The Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (JACR)

(Nihon Shinzo Rehabilitation Gakkai” in Japanese)

President

•Yoshihiro Fukumoto,  MD, PhD

Deputy Director of Kurume University Hospital Professor and Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Kurume University School of Medicine

Office

2-23-1-260 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053

Telephone: +81-3-6300-7977

Facsimile: +81-3-6300-7966

E-mail: jacr-society@umin.ac.jp

Office Hours: Mon-Fri. 9:30 to 17:00

History

The Japanese Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Conference was first convened in 1978. Seventeen years later, the Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation was formally established in 1995.

Purpose

The objectives of this association, for fulfillment across a broad spectrum of society, are to conduct research concerning cardiac rehabilitation and facilitate resulting clinical applications, to strive toward providing education in the field while disseminating that knowledge and to contribute toward promoting improved health and welfare through advancements in clinical medicine.

Membership

1) Regular members:
Individuals who support the Association’s purposes set forth above

2) Supporting members:
Individuals or corporations who assist the activities of this Association

Number

Approximately 16,000 individuals

Publications

Official Journal of the Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (Japanese only)
(“Shinzo Rehabilitation” in Japanese)
 3 issues / year