Affiliation:
Professor and Chairman
Department. of Cardiovascular Surgery
Graduate School of Medicine
Kyoto University

• 1987-1995 Surgical resident, Kokura memorial Hospital, Kitakyusyu, Japan.
• 1996-1997 Clinical fellow, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• 1997-2008 Staff surgeon, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
  2000-2001 Clinical fellow, Hannover medical school, Hannover, Germany
• 2001-2002 Clinical fellow, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA
• 2009-2011 Associate professor, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
• 2011-2016 Director in Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery (Vascular), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
• 2016 Professor and Chairman in Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan