1986 M.D. at Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University 1994 Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University 2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Kagoshima University Hospital 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University 2018 Director, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kagoshima City Hospital 2020 Professor, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University