Education: 1988 – 1994 M.D. - Osaka University Medical School 1999 – 2003 Ph.D. -Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Professional Experience: 1994 - 1995 Resident in Medicine, Osaka University Hospital, Japan 1995 - 1999 Staff, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan 2003 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology Goettingen University, Germany 2005 - 2006 Staff, Department of Cardiology, Osaka University Hospital, Japan 2007 - 2012 Staff, Cardiology, Sakurabashi-Watanabe Hospital, Japan 2012 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Nihon University Itabashi Hospital, Japan 2016 – 2019 Director, Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan