Japanese Faculties

CURRICCULUM VITAE

Education and Training:
M.D. 1997, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

Professional Experience:
4/97-3/99: Resident in Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
4/99-3/01: Fellow in Ophthalmology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital
4/01-5/03: Fellow in Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
6/03-3/05: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
4/05-4/06: Clinical Fellow, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
5/06-9/07: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
10/07-3/10: Research Fellow, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
4/10-: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
6/17-: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine

Research Interests:
Myopic Retinoschisis
Myopic retinal disorders including myopic choroidal neovascularization and myopic schisis are still not treated completely. Their management is still controversial and need further investigations. Dr. Baba is interested in myopic schisis and has reported its prevalence and characteristic in highly myopic eyes. [AJO 2002] Currently, the most common approach to myopic schisis is pars plana vitrectomy with ILM peeling. However, this procedure sometimes causes postoperative development of full-thickness macular hole which is hard to be treated even with repeated vitrectomy. Moreover, the retinal damage by ILM peeling has to be taken into account. We have reported the efficacy of scleral buckling surgery using macular plombe to treat myopic schisis. [AJO2005] Recently we have tried scleral imbrication combined with vitrectomy. The functional and anatomical outcome was favorable although ILM peeling was not performed.[Retina2016]

Morphological changes after macular surgery
The morphological change after ILM peeling during vitrectomy has been reported as dissociated optic nerve fiber layer (DONFL) appearance. Recently, this observation was called inner retinal dimpling and suggested the damage of inner retina. We have described the thinning of ganglion cell complex after ILM removal during vitrectomy for macular hole and it was associated with decreased retinal sensitivity. [Eye 2012] This morphological and functional change after ILM removal was not affected the types of dye (ICG, BBG) and is thought to be thoroughly due to mechanical damage. [Ophthalmology 2013] Although the ILM peeling contributed to the increase of success rate after vitrectomy for MH, the necessity of ILM peeling should be considered again. The retinal sensitivity and vascular density after ILM removal was determined by OCT and microperimetry. [Retina 2020] The reduction of vascular density at the temporal macula was correlated with low retinal sensitivity.

Kaoru Fujinami, MD PhD, is a clinical ophthalmologist and a Clinical Geneticist, working for the Laboratory of Visual Physiology, and Department of Ophthalmology/Medical Genetics Center, Tokyo Medical Centre (TMC). He is also affiliated with Genetics, University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology associated with Moorfields Eye Hospital.

He has focused on inherited retinal disorder (IRD) over the last 15 years. He has been working on improving understanding of IRD both in clinical and molecular genetic aspects, including clinical characterization, electrophysiologic assessment, molecular genetic analysis, genotype-phenotype association/correlation, and introducing cutting-edge treatments.

TMC leads many nationwide and international genetic research consortia, including the Japan Eye Genetics Consortium (JEGC), National Hospital Organization Network Research Group (NHO-NRG), and East Asia Inherited Retinal Disease Society (EAIRDS). These consortia have large cohorts in Japan/East Asia, and analyses of the obtained big data (N>3000 Japanese subjects, N>6000 East Asian subjects) yield novel findings, including ethnicity-specific phenotype and genotype. In 2020, the TMC team started a gene augmentation trial targeting RPE65-associated retinopathy, the first in East Asia. In addition, therapeutic options with advanced technology have been developed under intra- and international industry-government-academia collaborations.

Assistant Professor, Toho University Sakura Medical Center

Atsushi Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D is the chair and professor of Department of Ophthalmology and the Director of Toyama University Hospital. His clinical practice focuses on vitreoretinal surgery, with an expertise in macular diseases. Dr. Hayashi graduated the Osaka Medial School in 1988. He received M.D. and Ph.D. from the Osaka Medical School. After completing Ophthalmology residency in Osaka University Hospital, he went on to a Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Osaka University Hospital under Professor Yasuo Tano. In 1994, he went to the Wilmer Eye Institute in Johns Hopkins University as a research fellow of Professor Eugene de Juan, Jr. He spent 2 years in Baltimore, and returned to Osaka University Hospital as an assistant professor. From 2001 he went to Meiwa Hospital as the Chief of Ophthalmology. In 2005, he again went on to the United States, in Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco for basic research of the retina. From 2007, he became the Chair and professor of Ophthalmology, University of Toyama, Japan. In addition, he became the Director of Toyama University Hospital in 2019.
Dr. Hayashi is a vitreoretinal surgeon and interested in basic and clinical research of the viteoretinal diseases. He is actively involved in academic ophthalmology. He is a board member of Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society, Japanese Society for Ocular Circulation, and a council member of Japanese Ophthalmological Society.

Dr. Yasuhiko Hirami is currently Vice President of Kobe City Eye Hospital and a visiting researcher of Laboratory of Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology. His research focuses on clinical application of regenerative medicine and cell transplantation for retinal degenerative disease.

Vice President, Kobe City Eye Hospital (2019-present)
Chief Ophthalmologist, Kobe City Eye Hospital (2017-2018)
Chief Ophthalmologist, Division of ophthalmology, Department of Translational Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital (2008-2017)
Research Associate, Laboratory of Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (2007-2008)
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Kurashiki Central Hospital (2000-2003)
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University Hospital (1999-2000)

Ph.D., Ophthalmology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (2010)
M.D., Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University (1999)

2003 Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University, Medical School. M.D.
2006 Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University. Clinical fellow
2007 Department of Ophthalmology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital
2010 Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University, Medical School. Ph.D.
2014 Department of Ophthalmology Shinshu University Hospital, Assistant Professor
2017 Doheny Eye Institute (UCLA), Research Fellow
2020 Department of Ophthalmology Shinshu University Hospital, Associate Professor

Affiliation:
Department of Surgery-related, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine.

Career History:

Professional Affiliations
2001-present Japanese Ophthalmological Society,
2001-present The vitreoretina society of Japan
2005-present Japanese society of ophthalmic surgeon

Major Research Interest
Vitreo-retinal surgery

Related Publications
1. Intraoperative Three-Dimensional Fluorescein Angiography-Guided Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: The Maximized Utility of the Digital Assisted Vitrectomy. Imai H, Tetsumoto A, Inoue S, Takano F, Yamada H, Hayashida M, Otsuka K, Miki A, Kusuhara S, Nakamura M. Retina. 2020. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002805. Online ahead of print.
2. Intraoperative three-dimensional fluorescein angiography-guided pars plana vitrectomy for branch retinal vein occlusion. Imai H, Tetsumoto A, Yamada H, Hayashida M, Otsuka K, Miki A, Nakamura M. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2020. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000001091. Online ahead of print.

2004: M.D., Yokohama City University
2006: Residency, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2015: Research fellow, Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital
2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2018: Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2020 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center

Dr Ishida is a leading expert on retinal diseases and is currently a professor of ophthalmology at Hokkaido University in Japan. After completing his medical degree in 1990, he undertook his residency in ophthalmology at Keio University. He completed clinical and research fellowships in ophthalmology at Keio University School of Medicine and at Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary), respectively. Dr. Ishida’s research interests focus on retinal cell biology as well as ocular circulation in various retinal and choroidal disorders. As of November 2021, he is an author on over 350 scientific publications (impact factor: over 1200) covering both clinical and basic studies. In 2009, he received the most honorable award from the Japanese Ophthalmological Society (JOS), called the JOS Council Award.

2013 Graduation of Aichi Medical University School of Medicine
2013 Junior Resident, Aichi Medical University Hospital
2015 Senior Resident in Ophthalmology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine
2017 Senior Resident in Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
2017 Senior Resident in Ophthalmology, Osaka Rosai Hospital Clinical Research Center for Occupational Sensory Organ Disability
2019-present Assistant Professor, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine

Takeshi Iwase, MD, PhD
Medical school 1986-1992 Kanazawa University Medical School, Japan
Physician 1992- Kanazawa University Hospital, Japan
Chief physician 2000- Toyama Red-Cross Hospital, Japan
Visiting fellow 2003- Harvard University/ USA
Chief physician 2003- Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Research fellow 2008- Johns hopkins University/USA
Assistant professor 2012- Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine /Japan
Professor and Chairman 2019- Akita University Graduate School of Medicine /Japan

2021 Assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Kyorin University
2020 Associate professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya university hospital
2015 Assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya university hospital
2012 Research fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard medical school, USA
2010 Medical Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Kainan Hospital, Aichi-Prefecture
2005 Ophthalmology resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Hospital

2001 M.D., Okayama University
2012 Assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University
2018 Senior assistant professor (Lecturer), Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University

1985 Graduated from Kyoto University Medical School
1985-1986 Residency at Kyoto University Hospital and Kitano Hospital in Osaka
1989-1991 Research fellowship in the group of Prof Michael F. Marmor at Stanford University, USA
1992 PhD (Ophthalmology) from Kyoto University
1993-1997 Assistant Professor in Kyoto University
1997-2000 Director of Dept. of Ophthalmology in Shiga Prefectural Hospital
2000-2005 Director of Dept. of Ophthalmology in Otsu Red Cross Hospital
2005-2009 Associate Professor & Vice Chairman of Dept. of Ophthalmology in Kyoto University
2009-2012 Director of Dept. of Ophthalmology in Amagasaki Prefectural Hospital
2012- Director of Dept. of Ophthalmology in National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center Clinical Professor in Kyoto University
Subspecialties: vitreoretinal surgery, endoscopic ocular surgery physiology of retinal pigment epithelium, retinal adhesion

< Work Experience >
2012- Managing Director, Dept of Ophthalmology, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center Clinical Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University
2009-2012 Managing Director, Dept of Ophthalmology, Hyogo prefectural Hospital
2005-2009 Vice Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University
2000-2005 Managing Director, Dept of Ophthalmology, Otsu Red Cross Hospital
1997-2000 Managing Director, Dept of Ophthalmology, Shiga Prefectural Hospital
1993-1997 Associate Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University

< Education >
1987-1992 PhD course, Kyoto University School of Medicine
1989-1991 Post-doctoral course, Stanford University School of Medicine (Dr. Marmor MF)
1979-1985 Kyoto University School of Medicine

Dr. Kita’s clinical research interests include retinal detachments, trauma, and techniques in vitreoretinal surgery, with a particular interest in 3D hybrid vitrectomy using endoscope and wide-angle viewing system recently. She developed a new CL for observing fundus with a noncontact wide-angle viewing system (Clin Ophthalmol. 2017), which is nicknamed ‘Mihorin Slim’ and is used widely in Japan.

Dr. Kita is the organizer of Ophthalmic meetings such as Cold Cases in Ophthalmology, Fight Club in Retinal Detachment, and Ophthalmic Collaboration Network at FSM.

Dr. Kita authored and co-authored over 320 articles and book chapters. She gave over 870 presentations and lectures.

Hideki Koizumi is a professor and chairman at University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He received his MD degree from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan in 1998. He was an international retinal fellow at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital and the Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York from 2006 to 2008. His current interests include diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration and noninvasive retinal imaging.

1982-1988 Graduation, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
1988-1992 Residency in Ophthalmology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1992-1994 Vitreoretinal Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
1994-1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
1995-1997 Research Fellow, University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, USA
1997-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
1999-2001 Researcher, Division of Genome Analysis, Institute of Genetic Information, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
2010-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
2013-present Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

2001-2003 Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine
2003-2007 Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
2005-2009 Research Fellow, Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Keio University School of Medicine
2007-2008 Staff Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Saiseikai Central Hospital
2008-2013 Lecturer & Clinical Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine
2013-2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine
2021-Present Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine

After graduating Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, he finished residency program at Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University. After finishing a vitreoretinal fellowship at Osaka National Hospital, he became an assistant professor at Ehime University. Then, he joined a research fellowship program at University of Michigan to study the physiology of retinal glial cells under supervision of Donald G. Puro, MD., Ph.D. After coming back to Osaka University as an assistant professor, besides busy clinical work as a vitreoretinal surgeon, he continued basic research on RPE cell physiology, and has published so far several papers in prestigious basic science journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Glia, and IOVS. In addition, he has published over 130 clinical study papers. He has become a professor and chair at Department of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine since 2018. Currently, his main interests are surgical treatment of various vitreoretinal disorders, including pediatric diseases, and basic research of pharmacological treatment of ocular neovascular diseases.

1987 MD. Osaka Medical College
1989 Clinical Vitreoretinal Fellow, Osaka National Hospital
1996 Research Fellow, Duke Eye Center
2004 Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College
2007 Vice Director, Tane Memorial Eye Hospital
2009 Professor of Ophthalmology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center

Ichiro Maruko, MD, was born and raised in Japan. He is a graduate of the Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan in 1999. He worked at College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA from 2002 to 2004. He received MD and PhD at Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine. He moved to Tokyo Women’s Medical University in 2013. His major interest includes retinal and choroidal imaging. He is also passionate about his work as a medical and surgical retina specialist including age-related macular degeneration.
Dr Maruko is currently a Lecturer of the Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Hidetaka Matsumoto received an M.D. in 2001 from Gunma University School of Medicine and a Ph.D. in 2010 from Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine. He worked in the Angiogenesis lab at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Matsumoto is currently an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine. His research area is retinal diseases, specifically age-related macular degeneration and pachychoroid spectrum diseases, and he has published numerous articles in this field.

Present Position: Professor & Chairman
Department: Ophthalmology
Faculty: Medicine
Institution: Tokushima University Graduate School

EDUCATION and DEGREES
1987 M.D., School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
2000 Ph.D., Toho University, Japan

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS
1993 Japanese Ophthalmological Society

MAIN CLINICAL INTERESTS
Vitreoretinal diseases, Vitreoretinal surgery

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Diagnostic imaging for vitreoretinal disorders, Artificial intelligence

Education Work Experiences

Dr. Yuki Morizane is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and specializes in vitreoretinal diseases. After graduating from Okayama University School of Medicine, Dr. Morizane received his Ph.D. in Ophthalmology from Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Morizane subsequently completed the research fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Morizane’s work focuses on the surgical treatment of vitreoretinal diseases such as refractory macular hole, epiretinal membrane, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Dr. Morizane is a member of American Society of Retina Specialists, Retina Society and Club Jules Gonin.

1999 Kyoto University (M.D.)
1999-2000 Residency in Ophthalmology, Kyoto University Hospital
2000-2002 Clinical Stuff in Ophthalmology, Toyooka Hospital
2002-2006 Postgraduate school, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D.)
2006-2009 Research scholar, Penn State College of Medicine
2009-2019 Assistant professor, Kyoto University Hospital
2019-pres Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

2003: MD, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2003-2005: Residency, Ophthalmology, Kyushu University Hospital
2005-2009: PhD, Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2009-2012: Research Fellow, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School
2015-2019: Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2019-Present: Lecturer in Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Dr. Nakao graduated from Kagoshima University of Medicine in 1998 and joined Department of Ophthalmology in Kyushu University to start his career as an ophthalmologist. In 2000, he joined Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kyushu University and investigated the mechanism of ocular vascular diseases. After the PhD course, he continued his research at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. He received many awards from Japan Eye Bank Association, Bausch & Lomb, Rhoto, Bayer, Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society, Japanese Ophthalmological Society and Japanese Ocular inflammation Society. Dr. Nakao's works are published in top journals such as J Clin Invest, Cell Rep, Blood, Diabetes, IOVS or Ophthalmology Retina. Now he is working for patients with eye diseases, mainly diabetic retinopathy, as a chief doctor in Kyushu Medical Center.

1999: Resident of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan
2007: Assistant prof., Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Hospital
2012: Clinical Research Associate, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, UK
2014: Associate prof., Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2020: Prof., Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU). She is also the Chief of the Advanced Clinical Center for myopia at TMDU. She graduated from Yokohama City University Medical School and received her Ph.D. at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. She did postdoctoral fellowship at Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
Her research mainly focuses myopia, especially pathologic myopia. The High Myopia Clinic at TMDU was established in 1974, and now registered patients have exceeded 6,000 from all over Japan and from abroad. Based on the long-term progression study, she established international photographic classification of myopic maculopathy. She is especially interested in how eye is deformed in pathologic myopia, and then how eye deformity damages retina and optic nerve. As a method to visualize the shape of the entire globe, she established a new technique called ‘3D MRI of the eye’. Based on 3D MRI and wide-field fundus imaging, she proposed a novel classification of posterior staphyloma. Using various imaging modalities (especially swept-source OCT), she has been detecting structural abnormalities which occur in various tissues in eyes with pathologic myopia. Currently she is actively working on ultra-wide field OCT imaging to visualize the entire extent of staphyloma in many patients in vivo. Her lab also investigates basic mechanism of myopization and ocular angiogenesis.
Dr. Ohno-Matsui has been the recipient of Young Investigator Award in Japanese Ophthalmological Society and the Excellence in Research Award at TMDU. She has authored or co-authored 300 manuscripts which were published in prestigious journals. She is the active member of Macular Society, Retina Society, and Club Jules Gonin.

1983 Graduation from Harvard College (A.B.)
1988 Graduation from Harvard Medical School (M.D.)
1988 Internship in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
1989 Residency in Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
1992 Fellow, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Graduate Student, Dept. of Immunology, Tokyo Medical University
1998 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Osaka University School of Medicine
1999 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine
2002 Associate Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine
2009 Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine

Yoko Ozawa M.D., Ph.D. works as a Professor and Director of Department of Ophthalmology, St. Luke’s International University and Hospital. She is a specialist of vitreal, retinal, and macular diseases, and a chief vitreo-retinal surgeon and medical retina clinician. She also works as a Lab Chief of the Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology (RCB lab). Her recent research interest is the aging and neuroprotection of the retina, and its association with oxidative stress and inflammation. One of her missions is to find a neuroprotective treatment for the retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (EMPLOYMENT HISTORY)

1993 M.D. Nara Medical Univ.
1993 Residency in Ophthalmology, Osaka Univ. Hospital
1999 Ph.D. Osaka Univ. Graduate School of Medicine
2001 Research fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2004 Assistant professor, Osaka Univ. Graduate School of Medicine
2009 Associate Professor, Toho Univ. Sakura Medical Center
2017 Associate Professor, Shiga Univ. of Medical Science

2004 Graduated from Hokkaido University School of Medicine
2004 Junior Resident, Hokkaido University Hospital
2006 Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Hospital
2007 Medical Staff (Ophthalmologist), Tokeidai Memorial Hospital
2008 Medical Staff (Ophthalmologist), Teine Keijinkai Hospital
2009 Medical Staff (Ophthalmologist), Hokkaido University Hospital
2013 Ph. D. Completed, Department of Ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Hokkaido University
2014 Medical Staff (Ophthalmologist), Hokkaido University Hospital
2017 Chief doctor (Ophthalmologist), Teine Keijinkai Hospital
2019 Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University Hospital

1985-1991 M.D.: Tohoku University, School of Medicine
1993-1997 Ph.D.: Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
1998-2000 Post Doctoral Fellow: University of Medicine, Kellogg Eye Center
1997-2003 Assistant Professor: Department of Ophthalmology Tohoku University Hospital
2003-2012 Clinical Director: Department of Ophthalmology NTT East Japan Tohoku Hospital
2012-present Professor: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center

Dr. Sonoda gained his MD in 1991 before completing his PhD in immunology at Kyushu University. He took up a postdoctoral fellowship at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, USA, before returning to Kyushu University as an Assistant Professor in 2000. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine from 2010 to 2015 and took up his current position at Kyushu University in 2015.

1993 M.D. Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
1998 Mary K. Iacocca Fellow, Vascular Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University
2003 Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2008 Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University
2014 Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University
2018 Professor & Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagawa University

Teaching Experience
Associate Professor - Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University 2017 - present
Assistant Professor - Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University 2012 - 2017
Specialist in artificial intelligence.

Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 2004 - 2008
Doctor of Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 1995 - 2001

Publications
Association between visual field damage and corneal structural parameters. Lavric A, Popa V, Takahashi H, Hazarbassanov RM, Yousefi S. Sci Rep. 2021 May 24;11(1):10732.
Shortening of Interpupillary Distance after Instillation of Topical Prostaglandin Analog Eye Drops. Sano I, Takahashi H, Inoda S, Sakamoto S, Arai Y, Takahashi Y, Ohkubo A, Kawashima H, Mayama C Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct;206:11-16.
Changes in multiple cytokine concentrations in the aqueous humour of neovascular age-related macular degeneration after 2 months of ranibizumab therapy. Sakamoto S, Takahashi H, Tan X, Inoue Y, Nomura Y, Arai Y, Fujino Y, Kawashima H, Yanagi Y. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr;102(4):448-454.
Applying artificial intelligence to disease staging: Deep learning for improved staging of diabetic retinopathy. Takahashi H, Tampo H, Arai Y, Inoue Y, Kawashima H. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 22;12(6):e0179790.
Relationship between visual prognosis and delay of intravitreal injection of ranibizumab when treating agerelated macular degeneration. Takahashi H, Ohkubo Y, Sato A, Takezawa M, Fujino Y, Yanagi Y, Kawashima H. Retina. 2015 Jul;35(7):1331-8.

Awards
NTT Data, DBJ, and Jetro Award as DeepEyeVision CEO, Entrepreneur Expo 2020. Mar 2021
Microsoft Japan Award as DeepEyeVision CEO, Hongo AI 2020. Dec 2020

Relevant Experience
CEO - DeepEyeVision Inc.: The 1st certified venture company of Jichi Medical University. 2019 - present

Affiliated Academic Society
Japanese Ophthalmological Society, Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology (Councilor), Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

2005 Graduate from Kagoshima University
2005 Resident, Kagoshima University Hospital
2007 Senior resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital
2008 Senior resident, Department of Ophthalmology, JCHO Kyushu Hospital
2014 Ph.D., Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
2015 Research fellow, Doheny Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
2017 Retinal fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital
2019 Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital

EDUCATION:
1996 Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University (Toyama University)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING and EMPLOYMENT:
2020-Present Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
2013-2020 Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
2011-2013 Medical Staff in Ophthalmology, Niigata University
2009-2011 Medical Chief in Ophthalmology, Nagaoka Central General Hospital, Niigata
1996-2009 Medical Staff in Ophthalmology, Niigata University

CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1992-1998 Nagoya University School of Medicine (M.D.)
1998-2000 Resident in Ekisaikai Hospital (Clinical Medicine), Nagoya, Japan
2000-2001 Resident in Nagoya University Hospital
2001-2004 Clinical and Research Fellowship Program (Retina) at Nagoya University Graduate
School of Medicine (Ph.D., Medical Science)
2004-2005 Special Research Fellowship Program (Retina)
2005-2007 Research Fellow, Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University
(Prof. Peter A Campochiaro)
2007-2020 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate
School of Medicine
2021- Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate
School of Medicine

MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
The International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision
The Japanese Ophthalmological Society
The Vitreo-retinal Society of Japan
The Japanese Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (Board Member)

AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Retinitis Pigmentosa Research Award (Japan)
2015 Charitable Trust Fund for Ophthalmic Research in Commemoration of Santen Pharmaceutical’s Founder (Japan)

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Physiology and pathophysiology of retina and visual system
• Electrophysiology in animal models and human eye diseases
• Diagnosis and research for disease mechanism in inherited retinal diseases
• Vitreo-retinal surgery
• Imaging of retina

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVE PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Ueno S　et al.: Selective amplitude reduction of the PhNR after macular hole surgery: ganglion cell damage related to ICG-assisted ILM peeling and gas tamponade. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 47:3545-3549, 2006

Ueno S, et al. : Prolonged blockade of VEGF family members does not cause identifiable damage to retinal neurons or vessels. Journal of cellular physiology, 217:13-22, 2008

Ueno S, et al.: Clinical course of paraneoplastic retinopathy with anti-trpm1 autoantibody in Japanese cohort. Retina, 39：2410-2418, 2019

Kenji Yamashiro received an M.D. from Kyoto University Medical School in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in 2002 after joining Angiogenesis lab in Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Yamashiro is an author on over 190 scientific publications (impact factor: over 1250) and currently a Professor and Chairman at Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University in Japan. His recent interest is in improving medical and surgical treatment for retinal diseases.

homepage
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yasuo_Yanagi
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=6KyEIvYAAAAJ&hl=en

Current Appointment Details
Institution of Primary Appointment: Director, Ohana-Jaya Eye Clinic
Secondary Appointments
Adjunct Professor Duke NUS, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre
Adjunct Professor, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University
Director, DeepEyeVision

Professional Training & Academic Career (Employment History)
Post Doc, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1/4/2001-31/32003
Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 1/4/2003-31/3/2004
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Correction, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Assistant Professor, 1/4/2004-31/3/2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Assistant Professor, 1/4/2012-31/3/2015
Singapore National Eye Centre, Senior Ophthalmologist, 1/7/2015-31/9/2021
Singapore Eye Research Institute, Clinician Scientist, 1/7/2015-current
Adjunct Lecturer, Jichi Medical School, Adjunct Lecturer, 1/7/2015-31/3/2021
Associate Professor, Duke NUS Medical School, Associate Professor, 1/1/2016-current
Adjunct Professor,Yokohama City University,Adjunct Professor, 1/4/2020-current

Awards & Honours
2008 JOS Young Investigator Award (Japanese Ophthalmological Society)
2011 ROHTO Award (Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd)
2011 Nakajima Award (Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology)
2011 Tano Young Investigator Award (Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society)
2011 Alcon Japan Hida Memorial Award (Alcon Japan Co. Ltd)
2012 The APAO Prof. Yasuo Tano Travel Grant (Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology)
2014 JOS Councilors Nominated Award (Japanese Ophthalmological Society)
2014 Japan Medical Association Medical Research Encouraging Prize
2016 APAO Achievement Award (Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology)

1987 - 1993　Kyushu University, School of Medical Sciences (MD)
1995 - 1999　Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences (PhD)
1999 - 2002　Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, MI, USA
2007 - 2010　Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
2010 - 2015　Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
2015 - 2018　Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
2018 - Present　Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan