Koji Nakashima, MD was exposed to health inequality as a volunteer in the emergency and orthopedics departments at St. Jude's Hospital in St. Lucia, West Indies prior to his first year of medical school. His work there spurred his interest in global health equity and prompted him to pursue a career in international health care. After earning his BA in 1997 from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in Health Sciences in 1998 from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Nakashima went on to receive his MD in 2004 from Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine. At Loyola, he co-founded a student chapter of Physicians for Human Rights. He developed an interest in the health needs of Haitians when he served as a medical volunteer in Port au Prince through the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation.
Dr. Nakashima has worked on medical research projects including: examining arm trauma at the Department of Orthopedics, Loyola University Medical Center; studying the effects of light on vision cells at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University; and developing models for cartilage construction at the Department of Orthopedics, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Nakashima expects to complete the Harvard Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program in 2008.
Koji Nakashima, MD was exposed to health inequality as a volunteer in the emergency and orthopedics departments at St. Jude's Hospital in St. Lucia, West Indies prior to his first year of medical school. His work there spurred his interest in global health equity and prompted him to pursue a career in international health care. After earning his BA in 1997 from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in Health Sciences in 1998 from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Nakashima went on to receive his MD in 2004 from Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine. At Loyola, he co-founded a student chapter of Physicians for Human Rights. He developed an interest in the health needs of Haitians when he served as a medical volunteer in Port au Prince through the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation. 
Dr. Nakashima has worked on medical research projects including: examining arm trauma at the Department of Orthopedics, Loyola University Medical Center; studying the effects of light on vision cells at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University; and developing models for cartilage construction at the Department of Orthopedics, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Nakashima expects to complete the Harvard Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program in 2008. 
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