Keizo Dohi

Keizō Dohi was born in Fuchu. He was a Japanese professor of dermatology and syphilis, and chair of the department of dermatology and syphilis at the University of Tokyo.

Career

He trained at the Vienna School of Dermatology, and published his first article in 1896 the Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis in German.
Dohi learned the technique of moulage in Vienna and introduced its practice to Japan.

Death and legacy

Dohi's name appears in Keratosis follicularis squamosa Dohi, which is a type of follicular keratosis, in which scales appear elevated from the skin surface reminding one of the floating leaves of the lotus. He died in 1931.