EDUCATION

April,1988 – June,1993:

Graduate School, Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Trained for Anatomical and Renal Pathology

Awarded the degree of Ph.D.(1993) for a thesis entitled “Apoptosis and cell desquamation

in repair process of ischemic tubular necrosis.”

April,1979 – March,1985:

Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Awarded the degree of M.D.(1985).

PROFESSIONAL / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2013 June-present

Professor of Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

2017 April-2020 April

Director of Diagnostic Pathology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo,

Japan

2005-2013

Associate professor of Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Supervisor: Fukuda Yuh, MD.,PhD., Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical School,

Tokyo, Japan.

2003-2005

Instructor of surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard

Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Supervisor: David H. Sachs MD.,Transplantation Biology Research Center,

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2000-2003

Assistant professor of Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo,

Japan

Supervisor: Nobuaki Yamanaka, MD.,PhD., Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical

School, Tokyo, Japan.

1998-2000

Instructor of Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo,

Japan

Supervisor: Nobuaki Yamanaka, M.D.,PhD., Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical

School, Tokyo, Japan

1995-1998

Resarch Associate, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard

Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Supervisor: Robert B. Colvin MD.,Department of Patholog, Massachusetts General

Hospital, /Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1993-1995

Instructor of Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo,

Japan

Supervisor: Nobuaki Yamanaka, MD.,PhD., Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical

School, Tokyo, Japan

1985-1987

Resident of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University,

Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan

AWARD

• Academic Award (Japan Kidney Foundation, 2019)
• Award for the research: Acute kidney injury during the development of hepatic
• failure (Japanese Society of Nephrology, 2011)
• Award for the research: Capillary repair in glomerulonephritis (Japanese
• Society of Pathology, 2006)
• Award for the research: Apoptosis in glomerulonephritis (Nippon Medical
• School, 1993)

LICENSURE AND BOARD STATUS

July, 2007 Board certification in Diagnostic Pathology in Japan

April, 1992 Board certification in Autopsy in Japan

June, 1985 National Physician’s license in Japan

MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

2005-present American Society of Nephrology

1993-present International Society of Nephrology

1988-present Japanese Society of Pathology

1987-present Japanese Society of Nephrology

2013-present Japanese Renal Pathology Society (2018?president)