Training:
Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Japan, General surgery residency (97-2000)
Kobe Children's Hospital, Japan, CV surgery residency (00-01)
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan, Pediatric CV surgery fellowship (01-05)
University of Michigan, Pediatric CV surgery clinical fellowship (06-08)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, CT surgery clinical fellowship (08-09)
Hospital appointment:
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan, Lecturer (05-06)
University of California, San Francisco, Visiting assistant professor (09-11)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Assistant professor (11-18)
Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Associate professor (18-19)
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Professor (19-current)
Congenital heart diasese in neonates/infants/children and adults
Surgical treatment for severe heart failure (VAD/transplant)
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan (MD. 1996)