EDUCATION 
1998 Ph.D., Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
1991 M.D., Osaka City University Medical School

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2026/July Director of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Center
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital
2021/April – Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
(Osaka Medical College and Osaka Pharmaceutical University were integrated.)
2020/Sep Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical College
2019- 2020 Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
2016 – 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
2005 – 2015 Lecturer, Department of Neurosurgery
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine 
1999 – 2001 Visiting Scholar, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
1998 – 2004 Clinical Research Associate, Department of Neurosurgery
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine 
1991- 1997 Residency, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City University Hospital 

BOARD CERTIFICATION 
Neurosurgery approved by Japanese Medical Specialty Board
Board-certified surgeon of Neurospinal Society of Japan
Board-certified instructor of Neurospinal Society of Japan

ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP 
The Japan Neurosurgical Society (Delegate)
The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons (Past Committee Member)
Neurospinal Society of Japan (President, 2026 Annual Meeting Chair)
Asia Pacific Cervical Spine Society (Board Member)
AO Spine (Past AO Spine Japan Council Education Officer-Neuro)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (International Neurosurgeon)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (International Spine Section)
WFNS spine committee (Past Japan delegate)