Yoko Kato

Yoko Kato is the first woman in Japan to become a professor of neurosurgery. She is the founder of the Women's Neurosurgical Association (WNA) of Japan and of the Asian Women's Neurosurgical Association.

Yoko Kato, born on 9 November 1952, is one of the earliest women neurosurgeons in Japan. She completed MD and residency at the Department of Neurosurgery, Aichi Medical University in 1978. She was promoted as a full Professor at Fujita Health University to become the first female professor in neurosurgery in Japan. In 1990, she founded the Women's Neurosurgical Association (WNA) of Japan. In 1996, she founded the Asian Women's Neurosurgical Association.