Current Appointments: Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University Director, Kyoritsu Hospital, Medical Corporation Toukeikai Office address: Nishi 16, Kita 1-27, Obihiro, 080-0046, Japan Phone: +81-155-35-3355 e-mail: teik4579@gmail.com EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 1982 D.D.S.Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan 1982-84Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Hokkaido University Dental Hospital, Sapporo, Japan 1984 Residency in Anesthesiology Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan 1986-87 Residency in Radiology Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, Chiba, Japan 1992 Ph.D.Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan 2007-2008 Visiting scholar, Dr. JB Palmer Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Academic Appointments 1985-99 Instructor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan 1999-04 Assistant Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Hokkaido University Dental Hospital, Sapporo, Japan 2004- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University 2008 Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital. 2012 Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University 2020 Managing Executive Member, Immediate Past President, Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons