Education and professional carrier 1996 M.D. Kyoto University, school of medicine 1996-1997 Resident in Kyoto University Hospital 1997-2001 Department of cardiology, Kokura memorial hospital 2001-2005 Kyoto University, graduate school of medicine 2005 Ph.D. Kyoto University, graduate school of medicine 2005- Department of cardiovascular medicine, Kobe city medical center general hospital 2013- Director of heart center, Kobe city medical center general hospital Specialty Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy