■ Curriculum vitae
1994- Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University
1997- Postdoctoral fellow, UCSF, Stanford University (Prof. Pak H. Chan)
2000 Ph.D. (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
2003- Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University
2013- Lecturer, Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University
2014- Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University
2017- Director and vice-president, Department of Neurosurgery, Kohnan Hospital, Sendai
2021- Professor and Chair, Hokkaido University (Neurosurgery), Sapporo
■ Professional Affiliations etc.
The Japan Neurosurgical Society (Council Member)
The Japan Stroke Society (Council Member, Guideline Committee)
The Japanese Society on Surgery for Cerebral Stroke (Council Member)
The Japanese Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (Council Member)
Conference on Neurosurgical Techniques and Tools (Council Member)
Japan Society of Aesthetic Neurosurgery (Council Member)
The Japan Society of Molecular Neurosurgery (Steering Committee Member)
The Japan Neurosurgical Society, Hokkaido branch (President)
■ Academic Interests
Microsurgery for cerebrovascular diseases; Moyamoya disease, Aneurysm surgery, Molecular biology of cerebral ischemia, Cerebral blood flow and metabolism.