•  Professional Career

1985-1988    Resident, Medicine, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan    
1991-1993    Research Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN    
1993-1998    Instructor, Medicine, Jikei Univ., Tokyo, Japan    
1998-2002    Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN    
2002-2005    Director, Clinical Trial Center, Tokai University Hospital
2005-2006    Director, Office of Strategic Outcomes Research Program,Japan Foundation
                    for the Promotion of International Medical Research Cooperation
2006-2009    Executive Vice President, e-solutions, Inc.
2006-2009    Director, NC Medical research, Inc.
2009-           Vice Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute

• Honors/Awards

1997    “Ohshima Award”, Japanese Society of Nephrology
2007-    Committee, Planning and Research Committee for Strategic
             Outcome Research, the Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare, Japan