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Education:

April, 1976-March 1978 General culture course at the University of Tokyo
April 1978-March 1982 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
May 1982 M.D. degree

Postgraduate training:

May 1982-March 1989 Clinical and research assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery, the University of Tokyo Hospital (Director Prof. K Takakura). Including 3 year rotation in the Department of Neurosurgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital (Director; Dr. Takanori Fukushima) 1984-1987
July 29, 1988 Japanese Board of Neurological surgeon
April 1989-December 1990 Clinical Fellowship in the Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic (Director; Prof. T M Sundt Jr.)
April 1995-December 1995 Skull base Fellowship/Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University (Director; Prof. LN. Sekhar)
January, 1996-June, 1996 Chief Resident Associate in Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic
July, 1996-December, 1996 Stereotactic and Radiosurgery Fellow at the Mayo Clinic (Director: Prof. Robert J. Coffey)

Acadermic Position held:

January 1991-March 1995 Resident fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic (Director; Prof. D G Piepgras)
January, 1997-May,1997 Director of Neurosurgery at the Teraoka Memorial Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan (President: Akira Teraoka, MD)
June, 1997 Visiting Fellow for Endoscope Assisted & Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mainz, Germany (Director: Prof. A Perneczky)
June, 1997-Aug.31, 1998 Assistant Professor at the Department of Neurological Surgery George Washington University (Chairman: Laligam N. Sekhar, MD): Co-Director Spine Center George Washigton University Medical Center
February 5, 1998-Aug. 31, 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor Departement of Neurosurgery University of Maryland (Chairman: Howard Eisenberg, MD)
May 1998-Aug. 31, 1998 Co-director Minimally invasive cranial base surgery training center and laboratory
Sept.1, 1998- May 15, 2001 Assistant professor, Director of Neurosurgery ward
May 16, 2001-March 31,2006 Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo (Chairman: Takaaki Kirino, MD, PhD)
April 1,2006-Dec. 2012 Director, Department of Neurosurgery and Stroke Unit, NTT Medical Center Tokyo
Jan 1, 2013-March 30, 2023 Professor & Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Faculty of Medicine
April 1, 2019-March 30, 2023 Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
April 1, 2023- Professor, Emeritus, Nippon Medical School, Senior Neurosurgeon, Teraoka Memorial Hospital, Head, Teraoka Geriatric Health Care Center
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