education
Syracuse University College of Law
University of Nicosia
Western Governors University
Quantic School of Business and Technology
Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University
New York University
University of Toronto
JD Candidate
MSc Blockchain
BSBA Accounting
Executive MBA
DMedSc
Cert Orthodontics
Cert Appl Biostat
DDS
HBSc
In Progress
In Progress
2024
2022
2014
2014
2013
2010
2006
fellowship
Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Fellow
2015-2017
awards and honors
University of Nicosia Blockchain & Digital Currency Merit Scholarship (25% tuition)
Syracuse University College of Law Dean's Merit Scholarship (70% tuition)
Quantic School of Business and Technology EMBA Merit Scholarship (50% tuition)
First Place Prize, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Research Day Poster Award
Dr. Bernard E. Rudner Memorial Award
The Samuel I. Botkin Memorial Award
NYU Invisa-Leader Award
NYU College of Dentistry Dean's Merit Scholarship (100% tuition)
Dr. James A. & Connie P. Dickson Scholarship in the Sciences and Mathematics
University of Toronto Scholarship (Top 1% GPA)
University of Toronto Entrance Scholarship (Top 1% of the entering class)
2023
2021
2020
2014
2010
2010
2010
2006
2006
2003
2001
overview
Dr. Naoshi Hosomura is a Harvard-trained clinician-scientist. Dr. Hosomura holds a doctorate in medical sciences and a certificate in applied biostatistics from Harvard University, where he completed an orthodontic residency and a postdoctoral research fellowship. Dr. Hosomura also holds an MBA with specialization in U.S. business law and blockchain.
Dr. Hosomura has extensive experience in medical informatics research and clinical orthodontics. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals and treated over 6,000 orthodontic cases.
Selected Publications
selected publications
1. Brown CJ, Chang LS, Hosomura N, Malmasi S, Morrison F, Shubina M, Lan Z, Turchin A. Assessment of Sex Disparities in Nonacceptance of Statin Therapy and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels Among Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk. JAMA Network Open. 2023; 6 (2), e231047-e231047. PMID: 36853604. View In: PubMed
2. Chang LS, Malmasi S, Hosomura N, Zhang H, Brown CJ, Lei VJ, Rubin A, Ting C, Tong K, Shubina M, Turchin A. Patient‐provider discussions of bariatric surgery and subsequent weight changes and receipt of bariatric surgery. Obesity. 2021 Aug;29(8):1338-1346. PMID: 34111329. View In: PubMed
3. Turchin A, Hosomura N, Zhang H, Malmasi S, Shubina M. Predictors and consequences of declining insulin therapy by individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 32077139. View in: PubMed
4. Malmasi S, Ge W, Hosomura N, Turchin A. Comparing information extraction techniques for low-prevalence concepts: The case of insulin rejection by patients. J Biomed Inform. 2019 Oct 13; 99:103306. PMID: 31618679. View in: PubMed
5. Zhang H, Goldberg SI, Hosomura N, Shubina M, Simonson DC, Testa MA, Turchin A. Lifestyle Counseling and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2019 Sep; 42(9):1833-1836. PMID: 31371430. View in: PubMed
6. Malmasi S, Ge W, Hosomura N, Turchin A. Comparison of Natural Language Processing Techniques in Analysis of Sparse Clinical Data: Insulin Decline by Patients. AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc. 2019; 2019:610-619. PMID: 31259016. View in: PubMed
7. Chang LS, Malmasi S, Hosomura N, Zhang H, Brown C, Turchin A. Bariatric Surgery Discussions: The Patients Who Have Them and Their Outcomes. Poster presentation in the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2019. Washington DC, USA. 2019. View Publication
8. Chang LS, Malmasi S, Hosomura N, Zhang H, Brown CJ, Lei VJ, Rubin A, Ting C, Tong K, Turchin A. Metabolic surgery counseling, diabetes remission, and A1C control in patients with diabetes and obesity. Diabetes. 2018 May; 67(S1):2101. View Publication
9. Malmasi S, Hosomura N, Chang LS, Brown CJ, Skentzos S, Turchin A. Extracting Healthcare Quality Information from Unstructured Data. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2018 April; 2017:1243-1252. PMID: 29854193. View in: PubMed
10. Chang LS, Malmasi S, Hosomura N, Zhang H, Brown CJ, Lei VJ, Rubin A, Ting C, Tong K, Turchin A. A weighty issue: Gender disparities in bariatric surgery counseling. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2017 October; 13 (10):S187-S188. View Publication
11. Hosomura N, Malmasi S, Timerman D, Lei VJ, Zhang H, Chang L, Turchin A. Decline of insulin therapy and delays in insulin initiation in people with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med. 2017; 34(11):1599-1602. PMID: 28905434. View in: PubMed
12. Hosomura N, Malmasi S, Timerman D, Lei VJ, Zhang H, Chang L, Turchin A. Studying insulin decline in patients with diabetes. Poster presentation in the American Diabetes Association 77th Scientific Sessions, June 2017. San Diego, USA. 2017. View Publication
13. Hosomura N, Zhang H, Turchin A. Delayed initiation of insulin therapy and glycemic control in patients who decline insulin. Podium presentation in the American Diabetes Association 77th Scientific Sessions, June 2017. San Diego, USA. 2017. View Publication
14. Malmasi S, Sandor NL, Hosomura N, Goldberg M, Skentzos S, Turchin A. Canary: An NLP Platform for Clinicians and Researchers. Appl Clin Inform. 2017 May 03; 8(2):447-453. PMID: 28466087. View in: PubMed
15. Zhang H, Hosomura N, Shubina M, Simonson DC, Testa MA, Turchin A. Lifestyle counseling in primary care and cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes. Poster presentation in the American Diabetes Association 76th Scientific Sessions, June 2016. New Orleans, USA. 2016. View Publication
16. Hosomura N, Goldberg SI, Shubina M, Zhang M, Turchin A. Electronic Documentation of Lifestyle Counseling and Glycemic Control in Patients With Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2015 Jul; 38(7):1326-32. PMID: 26070590. View in: PubMed
17. Hosomura N, Goldberg SI, Shubina M, Zhang M, Turchin A. Electronic documentation of lifestyle counseling and glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Podium presentation in the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2015. Minneapolis, USA. 2015. View Publication
18. Hosomura N, Goldberg SI, Shubina M, Zhang M, Turchin A. Electronic documentation of lifestyle counseling and glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Poster presentation in the American Diabetes Association 75th Scientific Sessions, June 2015. Boston, USA. 2015. View Publication
19. Ali N, Brustowicz K, Hosomura N, Bruun RA, Padwa BL. Change in Mandibular Position in Patients With Syndromic Craniosynostosis After Midfacial Advancement With Distraction Osteogenesis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2015 Sep; 52(5):506-11. PMID: 25210859. View in: PubMed
20. Hosomura N. Electronic documentation as a reflection of quality of care. Doctoral Thesis, Harvard University. 2014. View Publication
21. Hosomura N, Goldberg SI, Shubina M, Zhang M, Turchin A. Heterogeneity and intensity of electronic documentation of lifestyle counseling and glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Poster presented in the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Student Research Day, April 2014, Boston, USA. 2014. View Publication
22. Ali N, Brustowicz KA, Hosomura N, Bruun RA, Padwa BL. Change in mandibular position in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis after midfacial advancement with distraction osteogenesis. Poster presented in the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 95th Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions. October 2013, Orlando, USA. 2013. View Publication
23. Ali N, Brustowicz KA, Hosomura N, Bruun RA, Padwa BL. Change in mandibular position in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis after midfacial advancement with distraction osteogenesis [abstract]. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2013; 71(9):Supplement 1:e45. View Publication
24. Hosomura N. An electromyographic study of the production of /w/ in English and Japanese. Podium presentation in the Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association, May 2005. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. 2005. View Publication
25. Hosomura N. Walker's ‘parity’ fostering approach to speech perception in second language learning: a dynamical systems perspective. Podium presentation in the Niagara Linguistic Society Conference, March 2005. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 2005. View Publication
26. Hosomura N. Niagara Linguistics Society 2005 Conference Proceedings. The ‘Parity and Disparity’ approach to speech perception in second language learning: A dynamical systems perspective. 2005; 25:103-113. View Publication