Education:

       1979-1985  School of Medicine, Kobe University

       1986-1990  Postgraduate Course, Department of Urology

                          Kobe University School of Medicine

Research and professional experience

       1991-1993  Postdoctoral Fellow at laboratory of Solid Tumor Immunology

                          Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

       1994-2002  Instructor at Department of Urology               Kobe University School of Medicine

       2002-2004  Assistant Professor at Division of Urology       Kobe University School of Medicine

       2004-2007  Associate Professor at Division of Urology      Kobe University School of Medicine

       2007-          Professor at Department of Urology               Wakayama Medical University