Work Experience:
2020-present Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto
2012-2020 Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan,
Chief, Rheumatology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
2008-2012 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan,
2006-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan,
2004-2006 Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan,
2003-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan,
2000-2003 Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculuskeletal, and Skin Diseases (Dr. John J. O’Shea), NIH, USA
1997-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine,
Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan,

Education:
1991-1995 Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Ph.D. (Doctor of Medical Science) in 1997
1982-1988 Kyoto University, School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. M.D.

Professional Societies:
Japan College of Rheumatology
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japanese Society for Immunology
Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine
The Japan Society for Clinical Immunology
Japanese Society of Interferon & Cytokine Research
The Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration
The Japanese Society for Clinical Rheumatology and Related Research
The Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Japanese Society of Osteoimmunology