Affiliation:
Nara Prefectural Hospital Organization, Japan

Kobe University (M.D.) (1976)
Tenri Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Residency (1976 – 1983)
National Heart Hospital (London), Surgery, Registrar (1985 – 1986)
Kyoto University (Ph.D.) (1994)
Director, Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenri Hospital (1996)
Professor & Chairman, Dept.of CardioThorac Surgery, Nagoya University (1999)
Chief Operating Officer, Tenri Hospital (2012)
Chief Executive Officer, Nara Prefecture Medical Center (2014)
Secretary-General, Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (2015~ )
Chairman of the board of Nara Prefecture Hospital Organization (2018 ~ )