12 Facts About Tachi Yamada

Tadataka "Tachi" Yamada KBE was a Japanese-born American physician and gastroenterologist.

Tachi Yamada was a venture partner of Frazier Healthcare Partners.

Tachi Yamada completed his internal medicine training at the Medical College of Virginia, and then became an investigator in the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases holding the rank of major, US Army Medical Corps.

Tachi Yamada later moved to the University of Michigan, where he headed the Gastroenterology Division and ultimately became chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the University of Michigan Medical Center before joining GlaxoSmithKline.

Tachi Yamada was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Michigan, University of East Anglia, the University of Warwick, Washington College, and Loyola University of Chicago.

Tachi Yamada served as Chairman of Research and Development and was a member of the board of directors at GlaxoSmithKline before joining the foundation.

In 2007, Tachi Yamada was asked by the US Senate Committee on Finance to provide information concerning his response to critics of GSK's anditabetes drug, Avandia.

Tachi Yamada served as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, vice-chair of the Council of the National Academy of Medicine, president of the Association of American Physicians and president of the American Gastroenterological Association.

Tachi Yamada served as a member of the board of the University of Michigan Health System and as chairman of the board of the Clinton Health Access Initiative.

Tachi Yamada received an honorary appointment as Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Tachi Yamada was a fellow of the Imperial College London, a Master of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; and gave the last centenary lecture at Imperial College London in March 2008, which was chaired by Sir Richard Sykes.

Tachi Yamada was conferred the title Honorary Citizen of Singapore in 2016; and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Stars, from the Japanese Government.