Education:
1988-1994 Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, MD
1994-1998 Hamamatsu Medical Sciences Graduate School, PhD (Prof. Isamu Kino and Prof. Haruhiko Sugimura)
Thesis: 8-hydroxyguanine (7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine) DNA glycosylase and AP lyase activities of hOGG1 protein and their substrate specificity.
Training:
1998-1999 Research Resident, Biology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan (Dr. Jun Yokota, Chief)
Professional Record:
1999-2002 Staff Scientist, Biology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan (Dr. Jun Yokota, Chief)
2002-2004 Senior Resident, Pathology Department, Hamamatsu University Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan (Prof. Haruhiko Sugimura)
2004-2005 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
[2004-2006] Department of Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, USA (Associate Prof. Kenji Fukasawa)
2005-2008 Assistant Professor, 1st Department of Pathology (Department of Tumor Pathology), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
2008-2023 Associate Professor, Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
2023- Professor, Department of Tumor Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
License:
1994- Medical Doctor (Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
2008- Board-certified Pathologist of the Japanese Society of Pathology
2014- Board-certified Trainer of the Japanese Society of Pathology
2013- Board-certified Medical Cytologist of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
2015- Board-certified Trainer of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
2021- Board-certified Molecular pathologist of the Japanese Society of Pathology
Society Memberships:
Japanese Society of Pathology (Councilor)
Japanese Cancer Association
Japanese Society of Clinical cytology (Councilor)
Japanese Society of Cancer Epidemiology