1987 MD, Graduated from School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
1998 Awarded, PhD (Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
1999 - 2001 Clinical fellow (Cardiothoracic Surgery) at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
2009 - Professor and Chief, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
2013 - Director, Cooperative Unit of Medicine and Engineering, The University of Tokyo Hospital
2019- Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Specialty: Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart transplantation, Ventricular assist device, Device development
Peer reviewed English papers: > 300
