EDUCATION

1987 M.D. Tohoku University School of Medicine

2000 Ph.D. Tohoku University School of Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
2006 – 2007 Assistant Professor and Chief of Coronary Care Unit
Tohoku University Hospital
Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

2007 – 2008 Associate Professor in Innovative Cardiovascular Medicine
Tohoku University School of Medicine
Graduate School of Medicine
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

2008 – 2011 Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine
Tohoku University School of Medicine
Graduate School of Medicine
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

2011 – 2016, Jan Chairman
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Osaka, Japan

2016. Feb – 2020.Jun Deputy Director General
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Osaka, Japan

2020. Aug – present Professor and Chairman
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sendai, Japan
                                    
CERTIFICATION 
1991- Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
1992- Established Cardiologist (approved by Japanese Circulation Society)
2010- Established Interventionist (approved by Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics)

HONORS, AWARDS 
1993 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
1993 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Japan Heart Foundation
1996 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Uehara Memorial Foundation
1998 Research Award, Uehara Memorial Foundation
1999 Research Award, Japan Heart Foundation
1999 Research Award, Kimura Memorial Foundation
1999 Research Award, The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2002 Established Investigator Award of the Cardiovascular Research, Japan Heart Foundation
2011 Established Investigator Award, Research Foundation for Community Medicine
2016 Global Science Forum Best Awards
        

COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY POSITIONS
Member, Science Council of Japan
Councilor, Japanese Circulation Society
Councilor, Japanese College of Cardiology
Councilor, Japanese Association for Gender-Specific Medicine
Councilor, Japanese Coronary Association
Associate of Editor, Japanese Circulation Journal
Member, Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Vasospastic Angina
Member, Guidelines for Gender-Specific Cardiovascular Disease
Member, Guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Member, Guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Member, Guidelines for Coronary Revascularization