MEDICAL SCHOOL:                          

1988  Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

POST GRADUATE:

1988-1993  Resident and Clinical Fellow in Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine

ACADEMIC CAREER:

1994  Received D.MSc from Sapporo Medical University

1994-1998  Instructor, Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine

1998-2001  Research Fellow, Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA

2001  Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine

2002  Exchange visitor, Department of Urology, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

2006  Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine

2013-present  Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine